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Event Driven Programming

10.2 The Data-Bound Controls

We can bind certain controls to the data control, the remote data control, and the ADO data
control and those controls are called bound controls. To bind a control to a database control, we
use properties like DataSource to specify the database control, and then use properties like
DataField or BoundColumn to specify what field to display in the bound control, Here are the
controls that can function as bound controls:
• Picture boxes
• Labels
• Text boxes
• Checkboxes
• Image controls
• OLE controls
• List boxes
• Masked edit controls
• Rich text boxes
• Combo boxes
In addition, there are special controls that are designed to be used as bound controls:
• DBList
• DBCombo
• FlexGrid
• MSFlexGrid
Finally, a number of bound controls are specially built to be used with the ADO control only:
• DataList
• DataCombo
• DataGrid

We’ll see these controls at work in this chapter. That’s it, then, for the overview of databases.
We’ve seen how the process works in overview; now it’s time to turn to the immediate solutions.

10.3 Creating Database Using Visual Database Manager

To create a database using Visual DBA, use the Create Database dialog.
10.3.1 To Create a Database
1. Select the Databases object category branch in the Database Object Manager window, and

then click the Add Object toolbar button .

The Create Database dialog appears.

The fields in this sample dialog are filled in as if creating the demodb database.

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