Sams Teach Yourself .Net in 21 Days

By Jason Beres

• Table of Contents
  • Copyright
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Editor
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You
  • Introduction
  • Week 1: At a Glance
  • Day 1. Introduction to the Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Day 2. Introduction to Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 3. Writing Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 4. Deploying Windows Forms Applications
  • Day 5. Writing ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 6. Deploying ASP.NET Applications
  • Day 7. Exceptions, Debugging, and Tracing
  • Week 1. In Review
  • Week 2: At a Glance
  • Day 8. Core Language Concepts in Visual Basic .NET and C#
  • Day 9. Using Namespaces in .NET
  • Day 10. Accessing Data with ADO.NET
  • Day 11. Understanding Visual Database Tools
    • Managing Databases with the Server Explorer
    • Building Data-Driven Forms with the Server Explorer
    • Using the DataForm Wizard to Create Data Entry Forms
    • Understanding Databinding
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Quiz
    • Exercises
  • Day 12. Accessing XML in .NET
  • Day 13. XML Web Services in .NET
  • Day 14. Components and .NET
  • Week 2. In Review
  • Week 3: At a Glance
  • Day 15. Writing International Applications
  • Day 16. Using Macros in Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 17. Automating Visual Studio .NET
  • Day 18. Using Crystal Reports
  • Day 19. Understanding Microsoft Application Center Test
  • Day 20. Using Visual SourceSafe
  • Day 21. Object Role Modeling with Visio
  • Week 3. In Review

Day 11. Understanding Visual Database Tools

Yesterday you learned the ins and outs of ADO.NET. Although you had to write some code to work with data, you saw how easy it is to write data access applications using ADO.NET. Today, you learn that you can write complete data-driven applications without writing any code. Using the visual tools in Visual Studio .NET, including the Server Explorer, you can create database connections, manage databases, create tables, views, and stored procedures, and use wizards to generate forms automatically. Today is broken down into three main sections. You learn how to

• Use the Server Explorer to manage databases and Connection objects, including creating views, stored procedures, and debugging stored procedures
• Create a data-driven form using the Server Explorer
• Use the DataForm Wizard to create a data-driven data entry form

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