This article details the steps required to create a simple Visual Studio 2008 Windows Form application, with associated
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Launch the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 IDE.
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Create a Web Application project by going to the File menu in Visual Studio and choosing New Project.
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When the New Project window appears, choose either Visual Basic or Visual C# as the programming language.
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Within the language category, click on Windows and select Windows Form Application from the right-hand panel.
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Choose a name for the project, for example
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In the Toolbox, expand Data Controls, and drag the
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Click on the little arrow in the top right of the
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Click on the Choose Data Source list box.
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Click on the Add Project Data Source link to connect to a data source.
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In the Data Source Configuration Wizard dialog Choose Data Source Type page, select the Database data source type and click Next.
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In the Data Source Configuration Wizard dialog Choose your Data Connection page, select the New Connection button.
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In the Choose Data Source dialog, select the
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In the Connection Properties dialog, specify the hostname, portno, username, and password for the target Virtuoso Server and click the Advanced button.
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In the Advanced Properties dialog, set the Database parameter to isports and click OK.
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Press the Test Connection dialog to verify that the database is accessible.
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Leave the default connect string name -- isportsConnectionString -- and click Next.
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From the list of tables returned for the isports database, select the JOBS table to be associated with the
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The columns names of the select table will be displayed in the the
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Resize the Form and
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To test the application, simply hit Ctrl+F5 within Visual Studio or select Start Debugging from the Debug menu.
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The data from the JOBS table will be displayed in the
The task is now complete.