sorry i did not tell the clear problem to u. i have developed one application for client. i want to install that applicaion in client machine. i have created setup file for vb.net. i have taken backup for database(.bak , .mds, .ldf file also). i have included those file in my setup. but i want to connect that file in my application. i do not know how to do that. i am not going to install sql server 2005 in client machine. do u have any idea about it.
(how to connect front end and back end without using sql server 2005. i am having database file like .bak, .mds, .ldf. when we use sql server, we give server name, database name, username, password. but here what to do)