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DbNetSuiteVS is a suite of AJAX enabled ASP.NET controls that can be used in the creation of database aware web applications.

Adding DbNetSuiteVS to Visual Studio

To add DbNetSuiteVS to the Visual Studio toolbox follow these steps:

1.	If you do not already have a tab in the toolbox called DbNetSuiteVS then right click on the toolbox panel and select Add Tab. Create a tab called DbNetSuiteVS

2.	.Right click on the tab and select Choose Items.

3.	In the Choose Items dialog that opens click on the Browse button

4.	Navigate to the bin folder in the DbNetSuiteVS installation folder and select the file DbNetLink.DbNetSuiteVS.dll.

5.	The DbNetSuiteVS control is now selected in the Choose Items dialog. Click on OK to add DbNetSuiteVS to the Toolbox

Using DbNetSuiteVS in Visual Studio

To use DbNetSuiteVS in Visual Studio simply drag one of the DbNetSuiteVS control icons from the toolbox onto the design window and specify the ConnectionString and FromPart properties in the Properties window.

Configuration Settings

The following settings can be made in the web.config file.

ConnectionStrings

To connect DbNetSuiteVS to your database you must add a connection to the connectionStrings section of the application web.config file. For more information on supported databases and data providers click here

DbNetSuiteVSTinyMCELocation

This property must be set if you want to enable the HTML editor. The property should be set to the the virtual path of the TinyMCE folder

DbNetSuiteVSCultureSource

Specifies if the culture should be taken from the "client" or "server". The culture determines amongst other things how date and currency values are displayed and validated.

DbNetSuiteVSLicenseId

The ID of the license. Not required for evaluations.

DbNetSuiteVSLicenseKey

The DbNetSuiteVS license key.