Creating Client Data Applications
Most applications revolve around reading and updating information in databases. To allow data integration in applications, Visual Studio provides tools and support for working with data using ADO.NET and Windows Forms Data Binding.
In This Section
- Getting Started with Data Access
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Provides links to topics on creating applications that work with data, using Visual Studio.
- Connecting to Data in Visual Studio
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Provides links to topics on connecting your application to data with design time tools, and ADO.NET connection objects, using Visual Studio.
- Preparing Your Application to Receive Data
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Provides links to topics explaining what datasets are, how to create new datasets, and how to create and edit the individual objects they are made of.
- Fetching Data into Your Application
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Provides links to topics describing how to load data into datasets, and how to execute SQL statements and stored procedures.
- Displaying Data on Forms in Windows Applications
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Provides links to topics that explain how to display data on Windows Forms through data-bound controls.
- Editing Data in Your Application
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Provides links to topics describing how to manipulate the data in the data tables of a dataset.
- Validating Data
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Provides links to topics describing how to add validation to a dataset during column and row changes.
- Saving Data
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Provides links to topics explaining how to send updated data from an application to the database.
- Data Resources
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Provides links to additional data associated sections, including data related dialog boxes and data adapters.
Reference
- System.Data
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Describes the System.Data namespace and provides a table of relevant classes.
- ADO.NET
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Provides links to topics that explain the data access features in the .NET Framework.