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Is there a general component/form for connecting to a database?

I need a form where I could easly select a database source (from file or network) using ODBC or any other data provider, but I don't want to code it myself.

Are there any component or open source code that could save me the trouble?

Thanks in advance.

PS.: to be used with ADO.NET

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There is no such component in the .NET framework itself, however Microsoft released the code for the Visual Studio connection dialog. The API is a bit awkward, but it works like a charm.

You can download it here

Thomas Levesque  2010-09-17 20:10:09
For the life of me I cannot figure out why the API is so strange, but it worked fine for me as well.
Brian Gideon  2010-09-17 20:16:15
I think the reason the API is so strange is because it was not originally designed as a stand-alone component, it was part of VS. When they took it out of VS they didn't bother to make the API more intuitive...
Thomas Levesque  2010-09-17 20:26:24

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