

Once the database connection is established, the next step is to select the data source to be used in the application. The database is now connected to the application and it is time to select a data source. Assuming the connection is successful, click on the OK button to apply the connection. Once you have selected the Northwind database click on the Test Connection button to verify the database is accessible. Click on the Browse button and locate the Northwind.mdb database. If you are unable to locate this database on your system it can be downloaded from Microsoft's web site.Ĭhange the Data source field to Microsoft Access Database if necessary. This can usually be found in "Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office nn\Samples\Northwind.mdb" (where nn signifies your version of Microsoft Office). The chapter assumes that you have Microsoft Access installed together with the NorthWind sample Access database. The concepts covered, however, apply equally to other databases such as Microsoft SQL Server. The examples in this chapter work with a Microsoft Access database. In fact, an incredible amount of database functionality can be built into a Visual Basic application without actually writing a single line of code. The next chapter will build on this knowledge by exploring Visual Basic and the DataGridView Control.Īs with most other aspects of Visual Basic and Visual Studio, Microsoft has put a significant amount of work into making it easy to work with databases. This chapter of Visual Basic Essentials is intended to provide a detailed overview of developing applications that work with databases using Visual Basic and ADO.Net. The company disabled VBScript on machines running Windows 10 a month early Purchase and download the fully updated Visual Basic 2010 edition of this eBook in PDF and ePub for only $9.99 Microsoft revealed plans last month to disable VBScript by default on machines running Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008 R2 or 2012 R2. Microsoft notes that it is investigating the issue currently and that it plans to distribute an update as soon as the issue is resolved. Windows 10 version 1903 and Windows Server 1903: KB4512508.

Windows 10 version 1809 and Windows Server 2019: KB4511553.Windows 10 version 1607 and Windows Server 2016: KB4512517.The known issue has been added to release pages for all supported versions of Microsoft Windows: All cumulative updates that Microsoft released appear to be affected by the issue.
