Working with the Managed Data Provider For Host Files

The Managed Data Provider for Host Files operates in most ways as a normal data provider: you can connect to a host file system, execute commands and retrieve data.

In This Section

How to Create a Project in Visual Studio for the Managed Provider for Host Files

How to Connect to and Disconnect from a Host File System

How to Execute Commands in the Host File System

How to Retrieve Data from the Host File System

How to Obtain a Single Value from a Host File System

Working with the Host File Adapter and Dataset

Obtaining Schema Information from the Host File System