Using Data Control

Now we will create an application that displays records from one of the NWIND.MDB database tables. Steps to create the application:

• Create a new application and add the data control to the form.
• Name the data control dtaCust.
• Double click the DatabaseName property to select the file named NWIND.MDB.
• Double click the RecordSource property and select the Customers table from the list.
• Add a label control (lblCustName) to the form.
• Open the label's DataSource property. Now bind the label control to the data control. The label's DataSource property will enable you to select the value dtaCust.
• Open the DataField property and select ContactName.
• Run the application, you will see the following:

Now you can add as many labels as you want to display multiple columns. The extra labels simply have their DataField values bound to specific columns in the table.