I am just starting with VB 2008 Express Edition. At Start Page/Getting Started/Learn VB we're sent to Visual Basic Guided Tour page. The 8th step "Managing your records: Using data in your program" instructs on how to create a Database using SQL Server Compact 3.5, which is installed. At the 7th step - database creation - after giving a name to the database, when I click Add, the Data Source Configuration Wizard opens with the message: An error ocurred while retrieving the information from the database: Cannot open log for source 'vbexpress'. You may not have write access. OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit Thanks for any clues, Peter
I'm in the same boat with almost the exact same problem. Did you ever figure it out and if so can you help me out? Much appreciated "peterkentt" wrote: > I am just starting with VB 2008 Express Edition. At Start Page/Getting > Started/Learn VB we're sent to Visual Basic Guided Tour page. The 8th step > "Managing your records: Using data in your program" instructs on how to > create a Database using SQL Server Compact 3.5, which is installed. > > At the 7th step - database creation - after giving a name to the > database, when I click Add, the Data Source Configuration Wizard opens with > the message: > > An error ocurred while retrieving the information from the database: > Cannot open log for source 'vbexpress'. You may not have write access. > > OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit > > Thanks for any clues, > > Peter
It seems as if only the two of us had this problem; untul now I haven't got a single word of anyone else... ouch!!! "mtranchi" wrote: > I'm in the same boat with almost the exact same problem. Did you ever figure > it out and if so can you help me out? Much appreciated > > "peterkentt" wrote: > > > I am just starting with VB 2008 Express Edition. At Start Page/Getting > > Started/Learn VB we're sent to Visual Basic Guided Tour page. The 8th step > > "Managing your records: Using data in your program" instructs on how to > > create a Database using SQL Server Compact 3.5, which is installed. > > > > At the 7th step - database creation - after giving a name to the > > database, when I click Add, the Data Source Configuration Wizard opens with > > the message: > > > > An error ocurred while retrieving the information from the database: > > Cannot open log for source 'vbexpress'. You may not have write access. > > > > OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit > > > > Thanks for any clues, > > > > Peter
yeah sometimes people can be really stingy with information if they know we're beginners. If i figure it out or hear anything, i let you know. thanks, mike "peterkentt" wrote: > It seems as if only the two of us had this problem; untul now I haven't got a > single word of anyone else... ouch!!! > > "mtranchi" wrote: > > > I'm in the same boat with almost the exact same problem. Did you ever figure > > it out and if so can you help me out? Much appreciated > > > > "peterkentt" wrote: > > > > > I am just starting with VB 2008 Express Edition. At Start Page/Getting > > > Started/Learn VB we're sent to Visual Basic Guided Tour page. The 8th step > > > "Managing your records: Using data in your program" instructs on how to > > > create a Database using SQL Server Compact 3.5, which is installed. > > > > > > At the 7th step - database creation - after giving a name to the > > > database, when I click Add, the Data Source Configuration Wizard opens with > > > the message: > > > > > > An error ocurred while retrieving the information from the database: > > > Cannot open log for source 'vbexpress'. You may not have write access. > > > > > > OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bit > > > > > > Thanks for any clues, > > > > > > Peter
mtranchi wrote: > yeah sometimes people can be really stingy with information if they know > we're beginners. ... or if they don't know the answer :-). -- David Wilkinson Visual C++ MVP
