Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.

Load ' Create a connection string Dim ConnectionString As String = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0; Data Source=c:\\Northwind.mdb" Dim sql As String = "SELECT CustomerId, CompanyName, ContactName From Customers"

' Create a Connection object and open it Dim conn As Connection = New Connection() Dim connMode As Integer = ConnectModeEnum.adModeUnknown conn.CursorLocation = CursorLocationEnum.adUseServer conn.Open(ConnectionString, "", "", connMode) Dim recAffected As Object Dim cmdType As Integer = CommandTypeEnum.adCmdText Dim rs As _Recordset = conn.Execute(sql)

' Create dataset and data adpater objects Dim ds As DataSet = New DataSet("Recordset") Dim da As OleDbDataAdapter = New OleDbDataAdapter()

' Call data adapter's Fill method to fill data from ADO ' Recordset to the dataset

da.Fill(ds, rs, "Customers")

' Now use dataset

DataGrid1.DataSource = ds.DefaultViewManager You need to add these namespaces before using ADO.NET components.

Imports System Imports System.Data Imports System.Data.SqlClient

' DataGrid Control

' Add a datagrid control to a form and write the following code. Change your data source, table and column names if you're using different databases.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim cmdString As String = "Select * from Employees" Dim connString As String = "user id=sa;password=;database=northwind;server=MCB" Dim myConnection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(connString)

Try ' Open connection myConnection.Open() Dim da As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter(cmdString, myConnection) Dim dataSet1 As DataSet = New DataSet() da.Fill(dataSet1, "Employees") DataGrid1.DataSource = dataSet1.DefaultViewManager Catch ae As SqlException

MessageBox.Show(ae.Message) End Try End Sub

' ListBox Control

' Add a list box control to a form and add the following code to the form load event.

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim cmdString As String = "Select * from Employees" Dim connString As String = "user id=sa;password=;database=northwind;server=MCB" Dim myConnection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(connString)

Try ' Open connection myConnection.Open() Dim da As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter(cmdString, myConnection) Dim dataSet1 As DataSet = New DataSet() da.Fill(dataSet1, "Employees") ListBox1.DataSource = dataSet1.DefaultViewManager ListBox1.DisplayMember = "LastName"

Catch ae As SqlException MessageBox.Show(ae.Message)

End Try End Sub

' Combo Box

' Just add a combo box to a form and add the following code:

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load Dim cmdString As String = "Select * from Employees" Dim connString As String = "user id=sa;password=;database=northwind;server=MCB" Dim myConnection As SqlConnection = New SqlConnection(connString)

Try ' Open connection myConnection.Open() Dim da As SqlDataAdapter = New SqlDataAdapter(cmdString, myConnection) Dim dataSet1 As DataSet = New DataSet() da.Fill(dataSet1, "Employees") Dim DataViewManager1 As DataViewManager = dataSet1.DefaultViewManager ComboBox1.DataSource = DataViewManager1 ComboBox1.DisplayMember = "Employees.FirstName"

Catch ae As SqlException MessageBox.Show(ae.Message)

End Try End Sub