To run the West Wind Web Store .Net you will need the following:

• .NET Framework 2.0
  
• IIS 5 or later with a Web Server up and running before installation
  
• SQL Server 2005, 2000 or MSDE
  MS Sql Server 2005 Express is available for free.
  

To modify and develop the Web Store:

• Visual Studio .Net 2005 SP1 or Visual Studio 2008
  
• Note: Visual Web Developer Express is not supported due to the requirement for
  Web Application Projects (WAP).
  

Tools for SQL Express or MSDE:

• Microsoft Sql Server Management Studio Express free SQL Admin tool from Microsoft.
  
• DbaMgr2k free SQL Admin tool for MSDE or Sql Express users
  

The Web Store works with the following data sources:

• SQL Server MSDE
  
• Visual FoxPro (OleDb)
  

The wwBusiness Class also supports the following databases:

• MySql
  
• VistaDb
  
• Generic OleDb Providers
  
• Generic Odbc Providers
  
• Oracle (only database owner mode at the moment)
  

Note: Out of these only Sql Server/MSDE and Visual FoxPro data is provided for the Web Store. We highly recommend you use SQL Server since this is what the store is designed for. Other database servers are not directly supported for the Store and no databases are shipped, but you can port the data on your own if you choose.

Source Code
The full version of the Web Store comes with all source code. The source code is provided as Visual Studio .NET solution which includes 6 separate projects. The ASP.NET project is provided as a stock ASP.NET project that also works in Visual Web Developer. If you're using Visual Web Developer you cannot open the separate support projects as VWD only supports one Web project at a time.

Full C# Source code is provided for all aspects of the store, the support business objects, business object library, control library and utilities library.