c-treeDB API for C#

Tutorial 1: Introductory Tutorial

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This tutorial will take you through the basic use of the c-tree Database API for C#.

As with all other examples in the c-tree tutorial series, this tutorial simplifies the creation and use of a database into four simple steps: Initialize(), Define(), Manage(), and You’re Done() !

Tutorial #1: Introductory - Simple Single Table

We wanted to keep this program as simple as possible. This program does the following:

Initialize() - Connects to the FairCom Database Engine.
Define() - Defines and creates a "customer master" (custmast) table/file.
Manage() - Adds a few rows/records; Reads the rows/records back from the database; displays the column/field content; and then deletes the rows/records.
Done() - Disconnects from FairCom Database Engine.

Note our simple Main() function:

using System;

using FairCom.CtreeDb;

using FairCom.CtreeDb.ENUMS;

namespace Tutorial1

{

class Tutorial1

{

static CTSession MySession;

static CTTable MyTable;

static CTRecord MyRecord;

// main()

// The main() function implements the concept of "init, define, manage

// and you're done..."

[STAThread]

static void Main(string[] args)

{

Initialize();

Define();

Manage();

Done();

Console.WriteLine("\nPress <ENTER> key to exit . . .");

Console.ReadLine();

}

We suggest opening the source code with your own editor.

Continue now to review these four steps.

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