Binding Objects Tutorial

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UniData and UniVerse Add-ins for
Visual Studio
Binding Objects Tutorial


















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Publication date: September 2010
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Sujets

• Binding
• Tutoriel
• Application linéaire
• Visual Studio
• Panettieri
• Productique

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• Publié par: Unyya
• Nombre de lectures: 239
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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    UniData and UniVerse Add-ins for Visual Studio

Binding Objects Tutorial

                                   

 

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Notices Edition Publication date:September 2010 Book number:U2N-121-BO-TU-1 Product version:UniData and UniVerse Add-ins for Visual Studio V1.2.1 Copyright © Rocket Software, Inc.   2006-2010. All Rights Reserved. Trademarks The following trademarks appear in this publication: Trademark Trademark Owner Rocket Software™ Rocket Software, Inc. Dynamic Connect® Rocket Software, Inc. RedBack® Rocket Software, Inc. SystemBuilder™ Rocket Software, Inc. UniData® Rocket Software, Inc. UniVerse™ Rocket Software, Inc. U2™ Rocket Software, Inc. U2.NET™ Rocket Software, Inc. U2 Web Development Environment™ Rocket Software, Inc. wIntegrate® Rocket Software, Inc. Microsoft® .NET Microsoft Corporation Microsoft® Office Excel®, Outlook®, Word Microsoft Corporation Windows® Microsoft Corporation Windows® 7 Microsoft Corporation Windows Vista® Microsoft Corporation Java™ and all Java-based trademarks and logos Sun Microsystems, Inc. UNIX® X/Open Company Limited   The above trademarks are property of the specified companies in the United States, other countries, or both. All other products or services mentioned in this document may be cove red by the trademarks, service marks, or product names as designated by the companies who own or market them. License agreement This software and the associated documentation are proprietary and confidential to Rocket Software, Inc., are furnished under license, and may be used and copied only in accordan ce with the terms of such license and with the inc lusion of the copyright notice. This software and any copies thereof may not be provided or otherwise made available to any other person. No title to or ownership of the software and asso ciated documentation is hereby transferred. Any unauthorized use or reproduction of this software or documentation may be subject to civil or criminal liability. The information in the software and documentation is subject to change and should not be construed as a commitment by Rocket Software, Inc.

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Table of Contents Unit 1 1   Product Overview 1   Feature Overview ........................................................................................... 2   The U2.NET Suite....................................................................................... 3   Software Requirements.............................................................................. 3   Unit 2 4   Binding Objects Tutorial 4   Building .NET Applications with U2.NET ......................................................... 5   Unit 3 6   Creating Profiles 6   Creating a Server Profile ............................................................................ 7   Creating a Connection ............................................................................... 9   Installing the Server Components ............................................................ 10   Installing the U2NETDEMO account.......................................................... 11   Creating an Account Profile ..................................................................... 13   Unit 4 14   The PrimaryDataSource Control 14   Creating a Windows Form Application .......................................................... 15   Opening a New Project in Visual Studio.................................................... 15   Setting the Form Properties ..................................................................... 16   Adding the PrimaryDataSource ................................................................ 17   Building the Application .......................................................................... 21   The Solution File .......................................................................................... 23   Unit 5 24   Adding New Features 24   Adding Controls .......................................................................................... 25   iv U2.NET Binding Objects Tutorial

 

Building the Application .......................................................................... 28   The Solution File .......................................................................................... 29   Unit 6 30   Secondary Data Source Definitions 30   Adding a CheckedListBox............................................................................. 31   Setting the Secondary Data Source Definition ............................................... 33   Building the Application .......................................................................... 35   Adding a New Customer .............................................................................. 37   The Solution File .......................................................................................... 39   Unit 7 40   Nested Data Controls 40   Creating Nested Data Controls ..................................................................... 41   Building the frmMain Form ...................................................................... 41   Building the frmOrderMaint Form ............................................................ 44   Adding Grid Controls............................................................................... 46   Building the Application .......................................................................... 49   The Solution File .......................................................................................... 51   Unit 8 52   Linked Primary Data Sources 52   Linking the PrimaryDataSource..................................................................... 53   Setting the SELECT Clause ............................................................................ 56   Building the Application .......................................................................... 57   The Solution File .......................................................................................... 59   Further Reading 60  

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Unit 1

Product Overview

This unit outlines the components of UniData and UniVerse Add-ins for Visual Studio (U2.NET) and also summarizes the contents of this guide.  Note: Unless otherwise stated, all examples in this guide use Visual Basic.Net syntax.  

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Feature Overview Binding Objects provides advanced data binding capabilities to the .NET developer.  The Binding Objects architecture has been designed with both performance and flexibility in mind. It provides seamless integration with the .NET environment, and provides a powerful tool for enabling developers to harness the full power of both their U2 system and the .NET platform. Binding Objects also integrates Microsoft's Visual Studio.NET product.  The product's key features are as follows: 

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•Multivalue-aware data binding methodology, which allows full access   to all three dimensions of item data.  •   Multivalued hierarchy support, which allows controls to be connected and interrelated based on U2 data nesting within a single item.  •   Full integration with U2.NET's fetch-on-demand technology.  •   Support for pessimistic and optimistic locking.

• advanced RAD features to boost developer productivity.Many  

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The U2.NET Suite Binding Objects is one of three components within the U2.NET product suite:  •   Core Objects: Object-oriented native .NET access to U2 data servers.  •   Binding Objects: High-performance data binding technology that enables standard .NET controls to become fully U2-aware. Binding Objects links with Core Objects to provide its functionality.  •   Adapter Objects: Complete implementation of an ADO.NET managed data provider for U2 data servers, offering a standardized interface to access multivalued data in U2 data stores.

Software Requirements The prerequisites for U2.NET 1.2.1 are as follows:  •   UniData 7.1(or later) or UniVerse 10.2 (or later) •   Windows XP or Windows 2003 SP2 •   Framework 3.5 (and .NET Framework 2.0, if developing and deploying Visual.NET Studio 2005 applications) •   U2.NET Developer only o   Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 o   ASP.NET AJAX Extensions 1.0 (for VS 2005 only)

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Unit 2

Binding Objects Tutorial

This unit briefly describes the use of the Binding Objects component when building a .NET application in Visual Studio.  

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Building .NET Applications with U2.NET 

U2.NET uses data binding to reduce the programming burden by allowing developers to hook into frequently required data-oriented interface features and capabilities. This is done by setting control properties at design time or at run time, as opposed to writing code. Implemented properly, it can provide significant savings in development time.  U2.NET's Binding Objects module provides data binding technology to help you build .NET applications quickly. Binding Objects provides RAD capabilities and allows the full flexibility of the multivalued data model to be used within an application.  The Binding Objects components leverage the data that can be entered into U2.NET's extended dictionary definitions.  The units in this tutorial are designed to walk you through the steps involved in creating a .NET application using U2.NET Binding Objects. Each unit covers a task and builds upon the last, so it is important to work through the previous unit. After completing each of the units, you will have created a copy of the Order Maintenance application found in the U2.NET Binding Objects sample application.  This tutorial assumes that you have already installed U2.NET Developer on your workstation, and that the U2.NET server components and the U2NETDEMO account have been downloaded and configured from the U2.NET Data Manager tool to your U2 data server. If you are not sure how to do this, refer to the U2.NET Getting Started Guide or the U2.NET User Guide. In addition, you will need Visual Studio 2005 or Visual Studio 2008 installed on your workstation.  Note: U2.NET ships with several third-party controls that provide enhanced funtionality above standard Windows forms controls. These are available to you for a 30-day evaluation period. After that, you will need to purchase licenses for these third-party controls directly from their respective companies.

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