The following tutorial walks you through creating a project and binding the Spread control to a database. These instructions are based on the steps required in Visual Studio 2013 or later.

In this tutorial, the major steps are:

• Step 1: Adding Spread to a Data Binding Project
• Step 2: Setting up the Database Connection
• Step 3: Setting the Properties in the Controls
• Step 4: Improving the Display by Changing the Cell Type