Scrumpot
2013-05-30T23:58:19Z
New (trial) customer here - looking to evaluate the program. I have been running and "manually" using Sony Vegas Pro 11 and rendering/creating my customer DVD's through DVD Architect Pro 5.0 for some time, and am intrigued by your potential for me to pre-format all my options, and automate this process. So I have downloaded and installed your trial evaluation version to test and evaluate your product, in advance of (soon hopefully - for you) my purchasing it.

I am frustrated however, that even though I clearly meet all your piggy-back software/program pre-install prerequisites, I cannot seem to get your product here, to even launch. Immediately following it successfully initiating a session of VegasPro, your welcome/splash screen then freezes/"crashes" with a pop-up saying "my Cypres has fired" (cute).

My system event log shows the following recorded (application crash log) critical error stream detail:

Log Name: Application
Source: Swoopware.TandemVids.Data
Date: 5/30/2013 7:32:19 PM
Event ID: 0
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Family-PC
Description:
Swoopware.TandemVids.Data.2011.1.11.0

Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=3.5.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Swoopware.TandemVids.Data" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">0</EventID>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2013-05-30T23:32:19.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>54684</EventRecordID>
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Family-PC</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>Swoopware.TandemVids.Data.2011.1.11.0

Could not load file or assembly 'System.Data.SqlServerCe, Version=3.5.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

What am I doing wrong / what is going on? ...Do I perhaps need to assure an instance (or a certain other instance) of SQLserver is actively already started/running on my machine? It appears that it is already started/running when I check my running services agent. ...Arggggggg! ...HELP!

TIA,
-Grant
Mick Hardy
2013-05-31T00:21:54Z
Hi Grant,

TandemVids cannot load the database components, which means Microsoft Compact SQL Serever V3.5 SP2 is not installed or misconfigured.

This is usually caused by running the TandemVids MSI installation file instead of the EXE file. There is no need to reinstall. Make sure you're connected to the Internet and run the "Setup TandemVids.EXE" file. This will download and install Microsoft Compact SQL Server V3.5 SP2. The setup exe file checks for prerequisites and then launches the MSI installation file.

Apologies for the dramas. You're not the first person to hit this problem. The new version of TandemVids I'm currently working on isn't encumbered by this issue. It's partly Microsoft's fault because I wasn't allowed to embed the earlier version of Compact SQL Server with TandemVids and their new version is not backwards compatible. This means you'll encounter this even with the latest version of Compact SQL Server installed.

There is no need to run SQL server before starting TandemVids. Compact SQL runs inside TandemVids and will not be listed as a separate instance of SQL. The instance you probably see is likely an instance of SQL Express installed by different software. Express is Compact's big brother and many applications use it, including Sony Vegas for it's media database.

Mick
Scrumpot
2013-05-31T05:36:07Z
That took care of it - thank you!

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