CorrectFilePaths & SQL Compact Edition problems

Question

Hello,
I've got some problems using Application Compatibility Tool and the CorrectFilePaths fix for one of our Applications that use MS SQL Compact Edition 3.5 SP2 for storing users settings.
We are using redirected AppData Roaming (points to P:\Profiles\AppData, P:\ is a network drive), the issue originated with some users having trouble running 2 or more instances of the application. SQL CE only allows ONE process to write to the .sdf file
if it's on a network drive. This is not the case if the .sdf is on a local drive, ex. in C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local, so I thought I'd try to use CorrectFilePaths to redirect that .sdf to the local appdata folder.
After many tries to redirect just the .sdf and no luck I decided to try to redirect the whole application folder in Roaming AppData to the Local AppData, this seems to work for everything except the SQL CE .sdf file.. D'oh!
The command I've used with CorrectFilePaths: "%userappdata%\Infor;%userprofile%\AppData\Local\Infor"
Some info from Process Monitor:
14:07:18,6760837    MangoClient.exe    4452    CreateFile    C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Infor\Infor Smart Office\S0\U0\Local\DB\Mango.sdf    PATH NOT FOUND    Desired
Access: Read Attributes, Dis, Options: Open Reparse Point, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a
14:07:18,7130720    MangoClient.exe    4452    CreateFile    C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Infor\Infor Smart Office\S0\U0\Local\DB\Mango.sdf    PATH NOT FOUND    Desired
Access: Read Attributes, Synchronize, Dis, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: None, AllocationSize: n/a
Error in the applications log file:
27.08.2014 14:07:18 ERROR Mango.Core.Persistance.DataBase.CreateDatabase COR0001  The SQL CE database could not be created from the connection string Data Source="C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Infor\Infor Smart Office\S0\U0\Local\DB\Mango.sdf";LCID=1033.
Functions depending on database will not be available.
The path is not valid. Check the directory for the database. [ Path = C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Infor\Infor Smart Office\S0\U0\Local\DB\Mango.sdf ]
Anyone know how I can get this to work? :)

Answer 1

14:07:18,6760837    MangoClient.exe    4452    CreateFile    C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Local\Infor\Infor Smart Office\S0\U0\Local\DB\Mango.sdf    PATH NOT FOUND    Desired
Access: Read Attributes, Dis, Options: Open Reparse Point, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, Write, Delete, AllocationSize: n/a
14:07:18,7130720    MangoClient.exe    4452    CreateFile    C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Infor\Infor Smart Office\S0\U0\Local\DB\Mango.sdf    PATH NOT FOUND    Desired
Access: Read Attributes, Synchronize, Dis, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: None, AllocationSize: n/a
Hi,
According to the Process Monitor information, the path you  try to create file is not exit. Please confirm the path or file name correct.
According to the error message:
Functions depending on database will not be available.
The path is not valid. Check the directory for the database. [ Path = C:\Users\xxx\AppData\Roaming\Infor\Infor Smart Office\S0\U0\Local\DB\Mango.sdf ]
It's functions problem, please check it. If so, I think maybe it would be better to provide this question at SQL forum.
Contact SQL Server:http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?category=sqlserver
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support