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Databases for Real
Database Bindings
Issue: 3.6 (July/August 2005)
Author: Paul Lefebvre
Author Bio: Paul Lefebvre is President and Chief Software Architect of LogicalVue Software, producers of SQLVue, RBUnit, and other products.
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Starting Page Number: 34
RBD Number: 3615
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3615.sit Updated: Monday, July 25, 2005 at 11:27 AM
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Last time, we used Database Bindings to display table data in a ListBox. This time we will use a DataControl to display the products in a more form-based fashion, with one product per page. This will allow us to progress through the list of Products, delete products, change products, and add new products. We will continue to use the Northwind database and the product table.
Product Detail
The first thing we need to do is to create a new window that will be used to display the product detail. We want this window to display the same fields that are shown in the Product List we created last time:
ProductName
UnitPrice
UnitsInStock
Discontinued
You can choose to start with the project we used last time or to create a new project.
Create a window (perhaps named wProductDetail) and add three EditFields and Labels for ProductName, UnitPrice, and UnitsInStock. Add a CheckBox for Discontinued.
Now, add a DataControl to the window. This control is what will enable the fields you just added to display data for a row in the Products table. Set these properties on the DataControl:
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