Simple Data Binding Page - 2

8. Now click on the TextBox and in the property sheet for the TextBox, Click on the more button on the (Advanced) DataBinding property, it will open a DialogBox “Formatting and Advance Binding”. The first screen will look some thing like the following screenshot:  

9. Click on the ComboBox of the Binding. It will pop open a smart tag. Click on the Add Project Data Source.

10. The previous activity will open up the Data Source Configuration Wizard. The user will be prompted to Choose a Data Source type as shown below. Choose the option database and click next.

11. This will open the next screen which will prompt for the database connection. Obviously no connection will be available. Click the button new which will pop up the screen as shown below:

12. In the above screen click on the button Browse and choose the SQLServer Datafile. The wizard will look like the screenshot seen below:

13. When next is clicked the user will be prompted with a message box which will look like the following screenshot. Choose Yes to proceed.

14. The next screen of the Wizard appears. Choose the default options and click next to continue. Depending on the speed of the computer and the size of the database file this step will take substantial time.