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Connecting VB form to a Database

Go to view tab >> Other windows>> Data source

Data source window

appears click add new
Data source
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Choose Database and

click next

Click next
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Click New connection

Change the database

To Ms Access Database
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Choose the
database
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Test Connection click

>>ok>>ok

Click next
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Click yes
then next

Note the copy of the Database is created in the folder bin >> debug of your saved project

Click next
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Select Tables and

Click Finish

Select Details from the

customers

Then drag the customers

file to the form
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Adding code to the form buttons

Add new
Private Sub btnAdd_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles btnAdd.Click

CustomersBindingSource.AddNew()
End Sub

Save
Private Sub btnSave_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles btnSave.Click

Try
CustomersBindingSource.EndEdit()
TableAdapterManager.UpdateAll(It4uDataSet)
MsgBox("Record Successfully saved")
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox("Error occur, please recheck the fields and try again")
End Try

End Sub

Delete
Private Sub btnDelete_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles btnDelete.Click

CustomersBindingSource.EndEdit()
TableAdapterManager.UpdateAll(It4uDataSet)
MsgBox("Record deleted")
End Sub
End Class
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Exit/close
Private Sub btnClose_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles btnClose.Click

If MessageBox.Show("Are you sure you want to exit?", "Exit", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo,

MessageBoxIcon.Question) = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Yes Then
frmMain.Show()

Me.Hide()
Else
Return
End If

End Sub

Move next
Private Sub btnNext_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles btnNext.Click

Customersbindingsource.MoveNext

End Sub

Move previous code

Private Sub btnPrevious_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles btnPrevious.Click

Customersbindingsource.MovePrevious
End Sub

Using radio button on gender selection

Private Sub radMale_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles radMale.Click

If radmale.checked then

GenderTextbox.Text = radmale.text

End if

End Sub
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Private Sub radFemale_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

Handles radFemale.Click

If radfemale.checked then

GenderTextbox.Text = radfemale.text

End if

End Sub

Private Sub CustomersBindingNavigator_RefreshItems(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e

As System.EventArgs) Handles CustomersBindingNavigator.RefreshItems

If GenderTextbox.text = radMale.text Then

radMale.Checked = True

radFemale.Checked = False

ElseIf GenderTextbox.text = radFemale.text Then

radFemale.Checked = True

radMale.Checked = False

Endif

End Sub

Add new button with radio

Private Sub btnAdd_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs)
Handles btnAdd.Click

CustomersBindingSource.AddNew()
Radmale.checked =True
End Sub