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Using Data Across Multiple Windows Forms
01 October 07 11:11 AM

Recently I've had more than a few questions about how to handle working with data across multiple forms. If you've watched my Forms over Data video series you know how to create a database , connect to it , save your data properly , and work with data Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 14 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2005, Winforms, DevCenter, Article, Data

Attachment(s):MultiFormSample.zip

Binding Multiple Combo Boxes to the Same Data Source
19 September 07 11:03 AM

Recently the VB Team received a customer bug submitted through Connect that had to do with binding multiple combo boxes to the same data source. The customer was reporting that once a selection was made in one combo, the other combos were also changing. Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 2 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2005, Community, Winforms, DevCenter, Article

Building a Secure Login Form (Parameterized Queries Part 2)
06 June 07 10:48 PM

In my first post on parameterized queries I built a simple login form that really was a contrived example meant to showcase how to use the TableAdapter Configuration Wizard to configure a parameterized query. However, since I opened myself up here, I Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 21 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2005, SQL Server, Winforms, Article, Data

Attachment(s):LoginClient.zip

Many-to-Many Data Binding
30 May 07 11:25 AM

In my Forms over Data videos series I show you how to create a one-to-many data entry form in video #3. Recently, I've had a few people ask how to create a form that displays a many-to-many relationship so I thought I'd post on how to do that today. You Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 18 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2005, Winforms, Article, Data

Creating a Parameterized Query
25 May 07 01:23 PM

I've been asked by a couple readers on how to pass parameters into a SQL statement to your database using the TableAdapters. I actually created a video on how to do this in the context of a search query ( play video | download video | entire series ). Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 28 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2005, Winforms, Article, Data

Tips on Related Data Binding and ComboBoxes
25 April 07 10:30 AM

I've been noticing a lot of questions on the forums related to Winforms data binding and the ComboBox and I thought I'd post something up here to help people out. In fact data binding, or what we call “Windows Forms over Data” is a huge, sometimes misunderstood, Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 21 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2005, Winforms, Article, Data

Simple Related Object List Binding
21 April 07 08:15 AM

I thought I'd post a quick how-to here based on some questions that came up in the forums like this one . The question is how do we relate two lists of data together so that when we select a "parent" object we can get automatic filtering on the related Read More...

Postedby Beth Massi | 3 Comments    

Filed under: Visual Basic, VS2005, Winforms, Article