Restoring a DB using C#

I am trying to restore a DB from one server to the other using Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo. The issue is I keep getting an error stating that it ca开发者_开发技巧nnot find the .MDF file. THe reason for that is that it is trying to find it in a the data folder for the Instance name of SQL from whence it came rather than looking in the data folder of another instance of SQL. Is there a way to to tell it which folder to search for the mdf rather than assuming it is the one tagged to the BAK file? This is so frustrating

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Take a look at this article by Bappi M Ahmed. It shows a complete method for restoring a database file. Here is the method it shows:

public void RestoreDatabase(String databaseName, String filePath, 
       String serverName, String userName, String password, 
       String dataFilePath, String logFilePath)
{
    Restore sqlRestore = new Restore();

    BackupDeviceItem deviceItem = new BackupDeviceItem(filePath, DeviceType.File);
    sqlRestore.Devices.Add(deviceItem);
    sqlRestore.Database = databaseName;

    ServerConnection connection = new ServerConnection(serverName, userName, password);
    Server sqlServer = new Server(connection);

    Database db = sqlServer.Databases[databaseName];
    sqlRestore.Action = RestoreActionType.Database;
    String dataFileLocation = dataFilePath + databaseName + ".mdf";
    String logFileLocation = logFilePath + databaseName + "_Log.ldf";
    db = sqlServer.Databases[databaseName];
    RelocateFile rf = new RelocateFile(databaseName, dataFileLocation);

    sqlRestore.RelocateFiles.Add(new RelocateFile(databaseName, dataFileLocation));
    sqlRestore.RelocateFiles.Add(new RelocateFile(databaseName+"_log", logFileLocation));
    sqlRestore.ReplaceDatabase = true;
    sqlRestore.Complete += new ServerMessageEventHandler(sqlRestore_Complete);
    sqlRestore.PercentCompleteNotification = 10;
    sqlRestore.PercentComplete += 
       new PercentCompleteEventHandler(sqlRestore_PercentComplete);

    sqlRestore.SqlRestore(sqlServer);
    db = sqlServer.Databases[databaseName];
    db.SetOnline();
    sqlServer.Refresh();
}

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Perhaps you have to add RelocateFile objects to the RelocateFiles ArrayList Property on the Restore object. Have you tried this?