"Enhance UI Performance in WinForms" by Jason Beres [Visual Studio Magazine, June 2004]

ReadMe.txt for the DataExplorer application.

The following files are included in the DataExplorer:

AboutForm.vb - Shown for the About box
ConnectForm.vb - Prompt for entering the database, username and password to connect to a database
ConnectionInfo.vb - Class which contains database state information
DatabaseHelper.vb - Data accesss code for retrieving data objects from SQL Server
MainForm.vb - The main user interface for DataExplorer
TreeClass.vb - Class which contains the methods which are called asynchronously from the MainForm.vb form class.


When you run the DataExplorer application, select Connect from the File menu, and enter in your database, username and password.  From there, the TreeView's nodes will load on a worker thread.  To load the data and schema for a table, double-click on the nodes in the TreeView.  To view the text of a stored procedure or view, double click it's node in the TreeView.

