%VOSWARNING% %META:TOPICPARENT{name="VirtIngresEntityFrameworkUsage"}% ---+++Visual Studio Windows DataGrid Form Application This article details the steps required to create a simple Visual Studio 2008 Windows Form application, with associated DataGridView control for displaying data in selected tables from the target database. 1 Launch the Visual Studio 2008 SP1 IDE. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Create a Web Application project by going to the File menu in Visual Studio and choosing New Project. %BR%%BR% 1 When the New Project window appears, choose either Visual Basic or Visual C# as your programming language.%BR%%BR% 1 Within the language category click on Windows and select Windows Form Application from the right-hand panel. %BR%%BR% 1 Choose a name for the project, for example VirtWindowsFormApplication, and click OK. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 In the Toolbox, expand Data Controls and drag the DataGridView control onto the form. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Click on the little arrow on the top right of the DataGridView control to load the DataGridView Task menu. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Click on the Choose Data Source list box. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Click on the Add Project Data Source link to connect to a data source. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 In the Data Source Configuration Wizard dialog Choose Data Source Type page, select the Database data source type and click Next. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 In the Data Source Configuration Wizard dialog Choose your Data Connection page, select the New Connection button. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 In the Choose Data Source dialog, select the OpenLink Virtuoso Data Source from the list and click Continue. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 In the Add Connection dialog, specify the hostname, portno, username, and password for the target Virtuoso Server and and check the Save Password check box. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Select the Select Database From List radio button and choose the TUT database from the drop down list. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Press the Test Connection dialog to verify the database is accessible. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Click OK to add the connection.%BR% %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Leave the name of the connect string to the default of TUTConnectionString and click Next. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 From the list of available tables returned for the TUT database, select the cust_orders table to be associated with the DataGridView control. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 The column names of the select table will be displayed in the the DataGridView. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 Resize the Form and DataGridView to allow all columns to be visible if possible. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 To test the application, simply hit Ctrl+F5 within Visual Studio or select Start Debugging from the Debug menu. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% 1 The data from the cust_orders table will be displayed in the DataGrid. %BR%%BR%%BR%%BR% The task is now complete.