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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T21:39:15+00:00 2026-05-13T21:39:15+00:00

I like the Add Connection or SQL Connection dialog that is in Visual Studio

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I like the “Add Connection” or “SQL Connection” dialog that is in Visual Studio in Server Explorer window.
I also like the one in CodeSmith.
I would like to have that same dialog or simular functionality in my windows application.

I need it to work with SQL Server, and SQL Server Express Database files (*.mdf).

My clients have .NET 3.5 SP1 and SQL Server 2008 Express installed.

Is this a system dialog I can use? Is there an open source dialog like it? Thanks.

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    2026-05-13T21:39:15+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 9:39 pm

    I was looking for exactly that, and it appears that Microsoft has published the source for the Visual Studio connection dialog, so that it can be used outside VS :

    http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/Connection

    I just tried it, it works fine 🙂

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