The SQL XML .NET Data Provider

Part IV

Building Effective Applications with ADO.NET

Chapter 13

Building Effective Windows-Based Applications

You should now feel comfortable working with the various objects in the ADO.NET object model. Need to create a DataSet and store the results of a query in a DataTable using a DataAdapter? No problem. Need to add a DataRelation so that you can navigate between parent and child data in two related DataTable objects? Child's play. Need to create the logic required to submit changes back to the database? Piece of cake.

Although these skills are important, they're still not enough to build an application that allows a user to view and modify the contents of a database. You also need to build a user interface.

In this chapter, we'll use the knowledge you gained from previous chapters to discuss building effective Windows-based applications. In the first part of the chapter, we'll look at the stages of building a sample application that is similar to the one we created in Chapter 2 using the Data Form Wizard. Along the way, I'll talk about how you can use data binding to save time while you're developing the user interface for your application. We'll also examine different strategies for updating and connection strategies. Finally I'll discuss different ways to work with binary large object (BLOB) data in a Windows-based application.



Microsoft ADO. NET Core Reference
Microsoft ADO.NET (Core Reference) (PRO-Developer)
ISBN: 0735614237
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2002
Pages: 104
Authors: David Sceppa

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