Summary

In this chapter, you learned how to create Windows programs using Visual Studio .NET. Windows provides graphical items such as menus, text boxes, radio buttons, and text boxes that allow you to build a visual interface that users of your programs will find easy to use.

You saw how to use a DataGrid control to access the rows in a database table. You also learned how to use the Visual Studio .NET Data Form Wizard to create a Windows application that accesses both the Customers and Orders tables at the same time.

In Part II, "Fundamental Database Programming with ADO.NET," you'll examine the details of the various ADO.NET classes and you'll see how to work in depth with ADO.NET.