Twenty-one tutorials are presented in this section. The tutorials assume that you are familiar with programming in Visual Studio, know what a DataSet is, and know how to use bound controls in general. The tutorials provide step-by-step instructions and no prior knowledge of List for WinForms is needed. By following the steps outlined in this chapter, you will be able to create projects demonstrating a variety ofList for WinForms features, and get a good sense of what List for WinForms can do and how to do it.

The tutorials use an Access database, C1NWind.mdb. The database files C1NWind.mdb and the tutorial projects are in the Tutorials subdirectory of the List for WinForms installation directory.

We encourage you to run the tutorial projects in Visual Studio, examine the code, and experiment with your own modifications. This is the best and quickest way to realize the full potential of List for WinForms. You will find that List for WinForms is very easy to use, and it enables you to create powerful database applications.

The tutorials assume that the database file C1NWind.mdb is in the \common directory that was added, by default, during the WinForms Edition installation (Documents\ComponentOne Samples\Common), and refer to it by filename instead of the full pathname for the sake of brevity.