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As an example program, let’s make a little thing that will browse for a database, list the tables in the selected database, list the columns and data for a selected table. The program itself is an MDI application. The user specifies a connection string that will connect the application to a database server. The user is then presented with a hierarchical list of databases, tables in databases and columns in tables. As the user selects an item from this hierarchical list, details for the selected item are displayed in a grid control. Create the application - Steps to create the skeleton of the database browser application. Add Main Menu - Add a menu to the application. Add Connection String Class - create a class that will wrap the connection string values. Create Connection String Dialog - Create a dialog box to collect the connection strings from the user. Display Connection String Dialog - Hook up the Connection String Dialog to a menu item in the main window. After the Connection Strings have been collected, open an MDI child database browser form. Create MDI Child - Create the MDI Child window that is responsible for handling the database connection. Add MDI Child Menu - Add the menu items that are specific to the MDI Child form's needs. Implement Database Server Connection - Implement the code necessary to handle the connection to the database server. Implement Database Data Display - Implementation of the code that extracts and displays the selected item's detailed data.
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