Deploying Desktop and Tablet PC Applications
Applications developed for desktop and Tablet PC are installed like any other Microsoft Windows application. To install Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (SQL Server Compact Edition) with the application, you must run the SQL Server Compact Edition installer for desktop computers and Tablet PC computers (SQLServerEv31-EN.msi). Installing SQL Server Compact Edition by running the installer registers the native DLLs and puts the managed assemblies in the Global Assembly Cache. This makes sure that the installation of the SQL Server Compact Edition on the Tablet PC can be serviced by Microsoft Update or similar technologies in future.
The installer contains the following libraries:
SQLCESE30.DLL
SQLCEQP30.DLL
SQLCEME30.DLL
SQLCEOLEDB30.DLL (OLEDB data provider)
SQLCECA30.DLL
SQLCECOMPACT30.DLL
SQLCEER30xx.DLL
System.Data.SqlServerCe.dll (ADO.NET data provider)
For more information about building a Windows application that uses SQL Server Compact Edition, see How to: Build and Deploy an Application to a Desktop and Tablet PC.
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Installing on a Desktop and a Tablet PC (SQL Server Compact Edition)