</ iframe > </noscript> <!-- End Google Tag Manager (noscript) --> <div id="BeforeHeaderContent"> </div> <div id="HeaderContent"> <div id="ProjectTitle">DataSource for Entity Framework in WPF</div> <div id="PageTitle"><div id="PageTitleText">Step 2 of 4: Connecting to the DataSource</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="WPFQuickStart.html">WPF Quick Start</a> > Step 2 of 4: Connecting to the DataSource</td></tr></table></div> <div id="BodyContent"> <ol> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 17pt 0in 0in; mso-style-name: 'Heading 3 Reference'"> In this step, you'll add a <span class="LinkClass">C1DataSource</span> component to the window (or page) and connect it to the Categories table of the data source.Double click the MainWindow.xaml in your Solution Explorer to open the page. </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 17pt 0in 0in; mso-style-name: 'Heading 3 Reference'"> Drag a <span class="LinkClass">C1DataSource</span> component from the Toolbox onto the window and name it c1DataSource1. This is a non-visual component, so it can be placed anywhere within the window's inner content. Note that if it does not appear in the toolbox, you can right-click the toolbox and choose Add Items. In the Choose Toolbox Items select WPF Components and click Browse to browse to the C1.WPF.Data.Entity.4.dll and then add it. </div> </li> <li> <div style="MARGIN: 17pt 0in 0in; mso-style-name: 'Heading 3 Reference'"> In the Properties window, set the C1DataSource's ObjectContextType property to the available item in the drop-down list. It should be something similar to AppName.NORTHWINDEntities. </div> </li> <li> <div class="C1HNumber"> Click the ellipsis button next to the ViewSources property to open the ViewSources Collection Editor. </div> </li> <li> <div class="C1HNumber"> Click Add and set the EntitySetName property to Categories. </div> </li> </ol> <blockquote style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" dir="ltr"> <p class="C1HContinue"> <img border="0" alt="" src="Documents/Graphics/WPFQuickStart/ViewSources.png"></p> </blockquote> <p class="C1HContinue"> </p> <ol style="COUNTER-RESET: item 5" start="6"> <li> <div> Click OK to close the editor. </div> </li> </ol> <p class="MsoBodyText">With the database connected to <span class="LinkClass">C1DataSource</span>, all you need to do is add a grid to display the data.</p> <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/272000-wpf-and-silverlight-documentation">Documentation Feedback</a> </div> </body> </html>