Data Access Tools in Visual Basic

Visual Basic provides a number of tools to meet data access programming needs, such as controls and data-bound controls, designers, and technologies such as Format objects. This chapter introduces the tools listed below.

Topics

• DataView Window and the Microsoft Visual Database tools: Database Designer and Query Designer.
  
  
• Data Environment Designer
  
  
• Data Report Designer
  
  
• Format Objects
  
  
• The SQL Editor
  
  
• T-SQL Debugger
  
  
• Wizards Related to Data Access
  
  
• UserConnection Designer This ActiveX designer is used for RDO programming.

Other Data Access Subjects

For information on controls related to data access, see the Programmer's Guide:

• Using the ADO Data Control
  
  
• Using the DataCombo and DataList Controls
  
  
• Using the DataGrid Control
  
  
• Using the Microsoft FlexGrid and Hierarchical FlexGrid Controls

For information on data binding, see Building Data Sources.