Building Windows Forms Applications
Apress eBooks · 2006
SummaryIn this chapter, we discussed various ways to fetch data automatically from an external data source, be it an array, a database, a dataset, or any data structure capable of storing and retrieving data. You also saw how Windows Forms controls offer built-in support for binding to data sources and retrieving and modifying them. The main topics covered in this chapter were as follows: Understanding what data binding is Understanding the types of data-bound controls (simple and complex binding) Synchronizing controls with a data source Understanding the types of bindable data sources Using a data grid for data binding Updating data sources with bound controls In the next chapter, you’ll meet the Web equivalents to a lot of these controls, as you look into ASP.NET and the world of Web Forms.