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MSDEGUI - a GUI tool to help developers use the MSDE database

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This tool uses ADO.NET to offer browsing of databases and tables, editing values and an SQL window to test queries.
using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;
using System.Data.OleDb;
using System.Data.SqlClient;
using System.Data.SqlTypes;

namespace MSDEGUI
{
	/// <summary>
	/// Summary description for ConnStrDlg.
	/// </summary>
	public class ConnStrDlg : System.Windows.Forms.Form
	{
		public string m_sConnStr = "";
		private System.Windows.Forms.Label label1;
		private System.Windows.Forms.TextBox txtConnStr;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnTest;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnAccept;
		private System.Windows.Forms.Button btnCancel;
		/// <summary>
		/// Required designer variable.
		/// </summary>
		private System.ComponentModel.Container components = null;

		public ConnStrDlg()
		{
			//
			// Required for Windows Form Designer support
			//
			InitializeComponent();

			//
			// TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
			//
		}

		/// <summary>
		/// Clean up any resources being used.
		/// </summary>
		protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )
		{
			if( disposing )
			{
				if(components != null)
				{
					components.Dispose();
				}
			}
			base.Dispose( disposing );
		}

		#region Windows Form Designer generated code
		/// <summary>
		/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
		/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
		/// </summary>
		private void InitializeComponent()
		{
			this.label1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Label();
			this.txtConnStr = new System.Windows.Forms.TextBox();
			this.btnTest = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.btnAccept = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.btnCancel = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
			this.SuspendLayout();
			// 
			// label1
			// 
			this.label1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 8);
			this.label1.Name = "label1";
			this.label1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(128, 16);
			this.label1.TabIndex = 0;
			this.label1.Text = "Enter data source";
			this.label1.TextAlign = System.Drawing.ContentAlignment.MiddleLeft;
			// 
			// txtConnStr
			// 
			this.txtConnStr.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(104, 8);
			this.txtConnStr.Name = "txtConnStr";
			this.txtConnStr.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(176, 20);
			this.txtConnStr.TabIndex = 1;
			this.txtConnStr.Text = "";
			// 
			// btnTest
			// 
			this.btnTest.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 48);
			this.btnTest.Name = "btnTest";
			this.btnTest.TabIndex = 2;
			this.btnTest.Text = "Test";
			this.btnTest.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.OnTest);
			// 
			// btnAccept
			// 
			this.btnAccept.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(112, 48);
			this.btnAccept.Name = "btnAccept";
			this.btnAccept.TabIndex = 3;
			this.btnAccept.Text = "Accept";
			this.btnAccept.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.OnAccept);
			// 
			// btnCancel
			// 
			this.btnCancel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(208, 48);
			this.btnCancel.Name = "btnCancel";
			this.btnCancel.TabIndex = 4;
			this.btnCancel.Text = "Cancel";
			this.btnCancel.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.OnCancel);
			// 
			// ConnStrDlg
			// 
			this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
			this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(296, 77);
			this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
																		  this.btnCancel,
																		  this.btnAccept,
																		  this.btnTest,
																		  this.txtConnStr,
																		  this.label1});
			this.Name = "ConnStrDlg";
			this.Text = "Connection String Entry";
			this.ResumeLayout(false);

		}
		#endregion

		private void OnTest(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			try
			{
				SqlConnection sqlConn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=" + txtConnStr.Text + ";Trusted_Connection=Yes;");
				sqlConn.Open();
				sqlConn.Close();
			}
			catch(Exception ex)
			{
				MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
				return;
			}

			MessageBox.Show("Connection Successful");
		}

		private void OnAccept(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			try
			{
				SqlConnection sqlConn = new SqlConnection("Data Source=" + txtConnStr.Text + ";Trusted_Connection=Yes;");
				sqlConn.Open();
				sqlConn.Close();
			}
			catch(Exception ex)
			{
				MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
				this.Close();
				return;
			}

			m_sConnStr = "Data Source=" + txtConnStr.Text + ";Trusted_Connection=Yes;";
			this.Close();
		}

		private void OnCancel(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			this.Close();
		}
	}
}

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Programming computers ( self taught ) since about 1984 when I bought my first Apple ][. Was working on a GUI library to interface Win32 to Python, and writing graphics filters in my spare time, and then building n-tiered apps using asp, atl and asp.net in my job at Dytech. After 4 years there, I've started working from home, at first for Code Project and now for a vet telemedicine company. I owned part of a company that sells client education software in the vet market, but we sold that and I worked for the owners for five years before leaving to get away from the travel, and spend more time with my family. I now work for a company here in Hobart, doing all sorts of Microsoft based stuff in C++ and C#, with a lot of T-SQL in the mix.

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