PRB: SQL Server CE 2.0 in Visual Studio .NET 2003 Does Not Support eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0

Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 installs SQL Server CE 2.0. If you install Visual Studio .NET 2003, and then you develop a Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects for Windows CE (ADOCE) application by using eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0, Microsoft CE SQL Server Control 2.0 is not listed in the References dialog box for the project in eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0. The References dialog box lists Microsoft CE ADO Control 3.1. If you add a reference to Microsoft CE ADO Control 3.1, the application fails, and you receive the following error message:

This problem occurs because SQL Server CE 2.0 in Visual Studio .NET 2003 does not support eMbedded Visual Basic or eMbedded Visual C++.

To resolve this problem, obtain the stand-alone version of SQL Server CE 2.0 that includes support for eMbedded Visual Basic 3.0.

This behavior is by design.