Question

I’ve created an application (using c# winforms) in which I’m managing item sheets such books, music and movie dvds, games, etc. Those sheets contain basic information such title, synopsis, author, etc. There are even images (full-size + thumbnail).

So now I’m entering the stage of development where I need to save all the changes and load them again when I re-open the application. It’s the first time I’m doing this kind of operation so I’m unsure of the best ways to do this.

So how do we save/load a database in a C# winform application? Are there best or faster methods than others?

Any link to tutorials would be greatly appreciated, I haven’t found any valuable ones on my own, or the ones I’ve found dealt with Web applications.

Thank you!

Answer 1

Microsoft Entity Framework is the way to go.

I’d suggest to pay close attention to CodeFirst feature of EF because you have an application but don’t have a DB yet. Here is Tutorial: Code First with EF 4.1