Getting started, preparing the visual studio project
In this tutorial, we use visual studio 2008 as the ide for c# development.
Visual studio has a test version, which can be downloaded at: Download visual studio here
Now, let's see how to create the visual studio project and configure the database access.
Create the project
Add griaule's component
Right click an empty space in the toolbox components sheet and click on choose items.
In the com sheet, select griaule's component.
If everything went fine, the component should appear in the components sheet
Add database access
In this part, we will define how the database connection is made.
Firstly, we need to add a dataset to our project. Proceed as following:
On the next screen, choose new connection.
On this screen set the server name, authentication informations, and database name , that you've defined in this part of the tutorial: Creating the SQLSERVER database
There is a button to test the connection, click it and check if everything is working fine.
Choose to include sensitive data in the connection string
Choose to save the connection
Add to the dataset, the table that will store the user's fingerprints. Also, set the dataset name
Click data, show data sources. If everything is correct, you should be able to see your just added dataset
