</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <div id="ProjectTitle">Data Source for Entity Framework</div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText">Step 2: Connecting the Data to C1DataSource</div></div> </div> <div id="AfterHeaderContent"> <!-- Spacing --> <span id="ToggleAllSectionsLink" class="FunctionLink"> <label id="CollapseAllLabel">Collapse All</label> <label id="ExpandAllLabel" style="display: none;">Expand All</label> </span> </div> <div class="BreadcrumbsContainer"><table><tr><td> <a href="C1DataSourceWinFormsQuickStart.html">Quick Start: C1DataSource for WinForms </a> > Step 2: Connecting the Data to C1DataSource</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> <p>In this step, you'll add a <a href="C1.Win.Data.Entity.4~C1.Win.Data.Entities.C1DataSource.html">C1DataSource</a> component to the form and connect it to the <i>Categories</i> table of the data source.</p> <ol> <li>Drag a <a href="C1.Win.Data.Entity.4~C1.Win.Data.Entities.C1DataSource.html">C1DataSource</a> component from the Toolbox onto the form. This is a non-visual component, so it will appear on the tray below the form area rather than on the form itself.</li> <li>In the <b>Properties</b> window, set the <a href="C1.Win.Data.Entity.4~C1.Win.Data.Entities.C1DataSource.html">C1DataSource</a>'s <a href="C1.Win.Data.Entity.4~C1.Win.Data.Entities.C1DataSource~ContextType.html">ContextType</a> property to the available item in the drop-down list. It should be something similar to <i>AppName.NORTHWNDEntities</i>. <div style="WIDTH: 100%"> <table class="hs-box"> <tbody> <tr> <td class="hs-box-icon" valign="top"><img src="images/hs-note.gif"></td> <td class="hs-box-content" valign="top"><strong>Note:</strong> The <a href="C1.Win.Data.Entity.4~C1.Win.Data.Entities.C1DataSource~ContextType.html">C1DataSource.ContextType</a> Property accepts both <strong>DbContext</strong> and <strong>ObjectContext</strong> derived types, as its values.</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </li> <li>Click the <b>ellipsis</b> button next to the <strong>ViewSourceCollection</strong> property to open the <b>EntityViewSourceProperties Collection Editor</b>.</li> <li>Click <b>Add</b> and set the <strong>EntitySetName</strong> property to <i>Categories</i>. <p><img src="Graphics/QuickStartWinForms/EntityViewSourceProps.png" width="472" height="341"> </p> </li> <li>Click <b>OK</b> to close the editor. <p>With the database connected to <a href="C1.Win.Data.Entity.4~C1.Win.Data.Entities.C1DataSource.html">C1DataSource</a>, all you need to do is add a grid to display the data.</p> <p> </p> </li> </ol> <a name="seealsobookmark"></a> </div> <div id="FooterContent"> <p> </p><p> </p><hr style="height: 1px"><p>Copyright (c) <script type="text/javascript"> var theDate=new Date() document.write(theDate.getFullYear()) </script> GrapeCity, inc. All rights reserved. <script> $(document).ready(function() { if (!(window.self !== window.top)) { // Not running in a frameset // Get the page name var pageName = location.href.substring(location.href.lastIndexOf("/") + 1); if (pageName.indexOf("#") != -1) { pageName = pageName.substring(0, pageName.indexOf("#")); } // Append to webframe.html var framePage = "webframe.html#" + pageName; location.href = framePage; } }); </script></p> <a target="_blank" href="http://our.componentone.com/groups/">Product Support Forum</a> | <a target="_blank" href="http://feedback.componentone.com/forums/255782-winforms-documentation">Documentation Feedback</a> </div> </body> </html>