ReadMe.txt File for Blinq 1.0 Web sites

Unzip the files with the Use Folder Names specified

1. The sample \Blinq\BlinqVB site requires VS 2005 Standard Edition or higher, or Visual Web Developer 2005 Express, and SQL Server 2000 SP4, 2005 SP1, or Express SP1. You must install the LINQ May 2006 Community Technical Preview before running the BlinqSetup.msi (see Resources). The installer creates a \Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET\Blinq folder, which contains DLLs for the project's \bin folder, and adds BrowserFiles and ThemeFiles subfolders. IIS 5.0+ on the test machine is optional.

2. Before running this article's sample code, execute the InstNwnd.sql sample script to install the Northwind database in a SQL Server instance (see Resources). Prevent bloating the app with 12 pages that have minimal or no significance by deleting the CustomerCustomerDemo, CustomerDemographics, Employee Territories, Territories, and Region tables before running Blinq.exe.

3. Open the \Blinq\BlinqVB in VS 2005 Standard+ or VWD 2005 Express edition.

4. Use one of the batch files in the \Blinq folder to run Blinq.exe for the first time.

5. If you have IIS 5+ installed, running Blinq.exe creates a virtual directory and opens the site once in IE 6+.

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