PRB: Uninstalling SQL Server CE Version 1.1 Does Not Cause Platform Builder 3.0 to Remove Existing References (292724)

SYMPTOMS

If you install Microsoft CE Platform Builder (PB) 3.0 and Microsoft® SQL ServerT 2000 Windows® CE Edition version 1.1 (SQL Server CE) on a computer, and you create a PB project that includes SQL Server CE, and you then uninstall SQL Server CE, PB does not remove the catalog reference for SQL Server CE from the existing project. Therefore, an attempt to build the image may fail.

CAUSE

This behavior is by design.

WORKAROUND

To work around the problem, you can either manually remove or exclude the SQL Server CE references from the project. You can remove the references from the project by using either of the following methods:

Method 1 Select the SQL Server CE component in the workspace window, and then press Delete.
Method 2
1. Right-click the SQL Server CE component in the workspace window, and then click Settings to display the Platform Settings dialog box.
2. In the Platform Settings dialog box, click the General tab, and then select the Exclude component from Build check box.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Make sure that SQL Server CE and PB 3.0 are installed on the computer.
To add SQL Server CE to your project, drag the SSCE component from the catalog list. You can now use SQL Server CE in your project.
Uninstall SQL Server CE, which removes SQL Server CE from the catalog list. However, SQL Server CE is still in your project.WARNING: Do not manually remove the SQL Server CE files from your desktop computer. Use the Add/Remove Programs applet to remove the SQL Server CE files from your computer.
If you build the project now, the build fails with the following, or similar, SQL Server CE error message:
cannot find c:\ssce11\sscerel.bat
Either delete the reference to the SQL Server CE component from your project or mark the component as Exclude component from Build by using the directions provided in the "Workaround" section of this article.