Visual Web Designer 2010 Express not recognizing Access MDB files

[bagrigsb]

Withing Microsoft's Visual Web Developer 2010 Express,
I am trying to link an MS Access 2000 database to a
web form using the Toolbox tool provided with the
program. In the second dialog box where you specify
the database to use, it shows that the Data_App folder
is empty, yet in the windows explorer window the file
is clearly there.

Is this a limitation of the evaluation version, too old
of Access database file, or something stupid that I am
doing? I gotta admit, I am a newby to .NET and ASP.NET,
but I can create other aspx web forms with no problems.
I can connect to the MS Web Server, for instance.

I'd use MySQL, but it doesn't want to work on my computer.
That is the other post I made to Bytes.

Any suggestions on what could be causing this?

[Frinavale]

I've never used Visual Studio Express before so there may be a limitation but I think that maybe the "file type filter" in the dialogue that lets you select the database might be filtering out the file that you're looking for.

Try selecting "*.*" in the file filter drop down list:)

-Frinny

[bagrigsb]

Thank you for replying Frinavale!
Unfortunately, I already tried that *.* in the filter.

I did manage to get a database to be recognized finally.
Copy a database into the clipboard, then within VWD2010
select the Data_App folder and paste (ctrl v) it. Kinda
quirky if you ask me.