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Project Description
SQL Server Compact Toolbox is a Visual Studio 2010 Pro or higher add-in (for 3.5/4.0) and standalone app (for 4.0), that adds scripting, import, export, migrate, rename, run script, manage replication and more to your SQL Server Compact Data Connections in VS Server Explorer.

Standalone 3.1 - April 2013 - Support for 3.5 and several new features

Version 3.3 - March 2013 - New SQL editor with syntax coloring, search and much more
SQL Server Compact Toolbox 3.3–Visual Guide of new features

Version 3.2 - January 2013 - Export a SQL Server database directly to SQL Server Compact, and many other improvements
SQL Server Compact Toolbox 3.2–Visual Guide of new features

Please download the Visual Studio add-in (for both 3.5 and 4.0) from Visual Studio Gallery

To start using the add-in, open Server Explorer and create one or more Data Connections.
Then launch the SQL Server Compact toolbox from the button in Server Explorer.

For more SQL Server Compact news and tips, visit my Blog and follow me on Twitter: @ErikEJ

For similar functionality in SQL Server Management Studio and from command line, use my SQL Compact Scripting Utility Project on CodePlex.

Please feel free to provide feedback on bugs and feature requests using the Issue Tracker











Standalone edition:


This project is inspired by the excellent SQL Azure Explorer CodePlex project. Thanks for being there.

For more technical information on Visual Studio add-ins, see this blog post.