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Data Connection Wizard/Dialog

I'm looking to add a feature to one of my apps that allows the user to select a data source similar to how Microsoft Word mail merge does. I'm wondering if there is something out there which I could use in a commercial application. If not, any suggestions on how to roll my own (i.e., how to look at the machines data source list)?

Also, I do know of the Microsoft.Data.ConnectionUI.DataConnectionDialog, however this is not usable (the dll is not free to distribute AFAIK).

Much obliged!

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Hello, I have just released a Data Connection Dialog which is designed to work and look like the Microsoft version. It works will the built-in data sources in .NET and is extensible! It comes with a sample MySQL c# source code that demonstrates extending the functionality for custom data sources. Please check it out at www.mjmeans.com/dcd.aspx.

Mark Means  2009-04-22 21:56:39

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