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Tips for LINQ: Fill any generic List from a DataTable

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This article shows how to populate any generic list from a DataTable.
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    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
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    <ProjectGuid>{F9E6B53B-B30D-46E2-91A4-35848C54A52A}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
    <RootNamespace>FromDataTableToGenericListExample</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>FromDataTableToGenericListExample</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
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    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions">
      <RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Data\Client.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Data\DataFiller.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Data\Employee.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Process\Program.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Database\SqlDataBase.cs" />
    <Compile Include="Process\TestExample.cs" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Content Include="Scripts\Scripts.sql" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
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       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
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