Hi i'm developing windows desktop app using 3 tier architecture with VB, when i run the application i get "Could not find file 'C:\Users\PHU-T\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Visual_Basic_2013_SBS\Chapter 09\Orange Student\bin\Debug\Students.accdb"
error. The Student.accdb
file is the Data Access Layer project
, the file is copied to bin\Debug
folders of the Data Access Layer
and Business Logic Layer projects
but not in the Presentation Layer
. I don't want to create fixed data source like 'C:\Users\PHU-T\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Students.accdb'
as the project will be submitted for marking. How can i solve this? i'm using the data source below.
Data Source=|DataDirectory|\Students.accdb
You need to add a reference to the DAL project from your PL project in order for the .accdb file to end up in the output directory of your main application.
Update
I could not reproduce this myself in Visual Studio 2013 with a similar project setup. Referencing the BLL project from the main app was all I needed to copy the DB. You might want to check the properties of the .accdb file in your project and make sure it's set to "Copy Always".