Managing Your Records: Using Data in Your Program
Visual Studio 2005
Most programs use data in one way or another. For example, in an earlier lesson, you entered data in the form of numbers; that data was then used in a calculation with the result returned in a message box.
In very simple programs, data is represented as fields within the program itself. For more complex programs, however, data is stored in a structure separate from the program called a database.
In this set of lessons, you will learn how to create a database and use it to display and update data in your programs.
In This Section
Getting the Information You Need: Connecting to an Existing Database
Showing Information to the User: Displaying Data in Your User Interface
