Here’s the error we receive when running the application on a machine that doesn’t work:
System.ArgumentException: The
specified store provider cannot be
found in the configuration, or is not
valid. —> System.ArgumentException:
Unable to find the requested .Net
Framework Data Provider. It may not be
installed.
We managed to narrow down the error cause and we’re fairly certain this is it. On my dev machine I have Visual Studio 2010 installed. When I installed the ADO.Net SQLite provider (http://sourceforge.net/projects/sqlite-dotnet2/) at the end of the installation it asks me what Visual Studio to install it with. I selected Visual Studio 2010 and it work. Installing the setup package I created lets me use the application and everything is ok.
On my coworkers machine, we did the same process. First install the application without installing the data provider (linked above) and we got that error. Then we installed the data provider, selected Visual Studio 2010 at the end of the installation wizard and the installed application now works.
Now on a completely new Windows XP virtual machine, we try to install the application and run the application and we get the same error. Then we install the data provider, but it doesn’t prompt us to select a Visual Studio because it doesn’t have it installed, why would a client need it, right? We try to run the installed application after it installs and we get the SAME error, as if the driver isn’t even installed.
Any suggestion? What exactly do I need the clients to have? It seems selecting a Visual Studio solves this problem, so maybe that option is installing something we’re not seeing?
Tried having the System.Data.SQLite.dll sitting next to the .exe?