Chapter 6: Introducing Windows Applications and ADO.NET

Overview

In the previous chapters, you ran programs using the Windows Command Prompt tool. In this chapter, you'll be introduced to Windows applications. Windows provides graphical items, such as menus, text boxes, and radio buttons, so that you can build a visual interface that is easy to use. You can create Windows applications that use ADO.NET, and you'll see how to do that, using Visual Studio .NET (VS .NET), in this chapter.

Windows applications are simple to learn and use because people have become accustomed to interacting with machines in a visual manner. The ubiquitous Microsoft Word and Excel are just two examples of how successful Windows applications can be because of the way they combine power and ease of use.

The idea of using graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and a mouse to interact with a computer is not unique to Windows. In fact, these concepts were originally developed back in the early 1970s by engineers at Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) in California, and one of the first computers to use a GUI and a mouse was the Alto. Unfortunately, the Alto was expensive, and it wasn't until Apple Computer launched the Macintosh in 1984 that the GUI became popular. Later, Microsoft developed the Windows operating system that built on the ideas made popular by Apple.

Featured in this chapter:

  • Developing a simple Windows application

  • Using Windows controls

  • Accessing a database with a DataGrid control

  • Creating a Windows form with the Data Form Wizard




Mastering C# Database Programming
Mastering the SAP Business Information Warehouse: Leveraging the Business Intelligence Capabilities of SAP NetWeaver
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