sql express 2005 backup

[vbgladiator]

Hey,

I have a vs.net 2005 application using sql express 2005 for the database.
I want to give the user the ability to backup the database files to a specified directory where the user can then back it up to wherever they want.
Is there a stored procedue that I can use?
How can I go about it?
Otherwise, they have to shutdown the sql server service to be able to copy the database files anywhere. I want to avoid that.

Thanks,

[dee-u]

This may be worth looking into...