Figure 3. Color-Coded XML Designer with Statement and Tag Completion

For a more graphic view of data, developers can use the design view of the XML Designer. Simply drag and drop tables from any data source, including Microsoft SQL Server™ and Oracle databases, from the Server Explorer to the design surface. You can create data sets that are made up of data from numerous sources including any XML file.

Figure 4. ADO+ Data Set Designer

Often you need to add, modify, or delete data while you are designing your application. With the Data Preview tab, you can not only add and modify data, but also navigate the relationships of your data.

Figure 5. Data Preview

The data-binding technologies for Visual Studio 7.0 have been dramatically improved to take full advantage of ADO+. So building user interfaces that interact with data is easy. More importantly, now you can bind values to business objects and Web Services