Re: "Data Environment" for VB.net ?

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From: P. Prosper (mocanoREMOVETHIS_at_moca-coop.com)
Date: 04/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 14:17:21 -0400

Thanks for your quick answers,
What I am looking for, is the ability to drag and drop table fields onto the
form. Couldn't find a way to do that with the dataset.

"William Ryan eMVP" <dotnetguru@comcast.nospam.net> wrote in message
news:%23eyIHBhLEHA.3324@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> Just to add onto what CJ said, you are now disconnected. You can define a
> LOT of validation in your dataset, but you aren't hooked to the db so you
> won't necessarily know if your value is ok or not until you submit the
> update (although most of the stuff, like types, autoincrement , allownull
> etc can be done client side).
> "CJ Taylor" <[cege] at [tavayn] dit commmmm> wrote in message
> news:e8KHO4gLEHA.3472@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Yeah, you want to look at DataAdapters and Datasets, which are all part
of
> > the ADO.NET package.
> >
> > However they have completly different designers, because after all the
> .NET
> > environment is completly different, there is no separate DataEnvironment
> > (which I did like but I like DA's more now).
> >
> > Also, remember ADO.NET is disconnected where as DE's were connected
> > recordsets. (the connection was kept alive through the life of the
> > recordset), ado.net does not.
> >
> > HTH,
> > CJ
> >
> > "P. Prosper" <mocanoREMOVETHIS@moca-coop.com> wrote in message
> > news:eQfAtsgLEHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > > Hello,
> > > Sorry for the cross-posting, I first posted this message to the vb.6
NG
> > > (wrong group) <g>.
> > >
> > > Are there any add-in or tools out there (for VB.NET ) that would allow
> one
> > > to drag and drop database fields onto a form. (similar to the
> > > DataEnvironment in vb.6) ?
> > >
> > > I am looking for one that could set the validation rules for each
> TextBox
> > > based on the definition of the fields in the tables
> > >
> > > I know there is the Data Form Wizard but that's not what I need.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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