This tutorial shows how to use Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET DBBrowserGrid control to create a simple grid application with data browsing capabilities. The name of the application is DBBrowserGrid, and the Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET DBBrowserGrid control is used in a number of ways. Complete source code for this tutorial is included with the Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET distribution.

This tutorial is organized into three major steps.

• Step 1—Demonstrates binding to arrays. An MDI Windows Forms application is created. The application contains a main form working as MDI container and MDI child form containing Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET DBBrowserGrid control bound to an array, which contains objects.

• Step 2—Demonstrates binding to an ADO.NET data objects – DataSet, DataTable and DataView. The application connects to the database and displays the data in the DBbrowserGrid control.

• Step 3—Demonstrates how to apply TableStyles and ColumnStyles to the data viewing. Few table styles added to the application created in the Step 2 and applied to the DBBrowserGrid control.

A Microsoft Solution file for this tutorial is included with the Objective Grid for Microsoft .NET distribution. The solution contains 3 projects, one for each of the three steps listed above. These projects are named, Step 1, Step 2, and Step 3 respectively.

The sections that follow detail the steps required to create the DBBrowserGrid application.