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Author  Topic  jps3318 Starting Member 1 Post Posted - 2009-02-20 : 10:49:09 I installed a 3rd party application on my system, and now an icon appears in the system tray that identifies itself as: "Microsoft SQL Server Service Manager Version 8.00.2039" Information I need to process is being written, by the 3rd party application, to the SQL Server Database it installed. I can read the data from the command line using OSQL, but now I need to read the data using a C++ application. I've been using MS Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition for my application needs on windows, but I don't see a way to read from this MSDE. Before attempting to write any code, (in the MS Visual C++ IDE) I selected tools, Connect to database, Microsoft SQL Server Database File, Selected the *.MDF file from the 3rd party app, and clicked test connection. I get a "26 - Error Locating Server/Instanc Specified". One problem I have is figuring what vintage of software I'm suppose to use to solve this problem. I'm running Windows XP Pro, and the MSDE version (stated above) came with a 3rd party app. I can't change these two versions. Everything else I can change, but I not sure where to go from here.