sql server msde: I want to deploy a VB.NET app along with MSDE and a sample database.
I've been trying to use the MSDE Deployment Toolkit, with help from
Mario Szpuszta's 3/04 article on MSDN. However, the article does not
include sample code, nor can I find it on the web - all the links I've
located are dead, and Szpuszta seems to have dropped off the face of
the earth. (The samples that come with the kit are NOT the code
Szpuszta refers to in the article.)

I've put together enough of Szpuszta's sample to install the framework
and MSDE as needed, but I can't get the database deployed. The article
leaves out a lot of critical info, so I'd be glad to have the sample
solution he uses.

I guess my real question at this point is: am I wasting my time? Maybe
there's a newer, more preferred way of solving the problem by now. Any
thoughts?

I'll post my own reply, for those who might want it. I located Mario's
blog and sent him a message. He replied with a link to the source for
his demonstration solution (VB.NET). I won't post the whole ugly link -
just go to GotDotNet/UserSamples and search on "MSDE".

MSDE Deployment Toolkit in Action - Sample Files