From a sample to your own project

[EasyQuery GitHub repositories](https://github.com/easyquery) contain several sample projects that demonstrate how to use EasyQuery library on different platforms, with differen frameworks and in different scenarios. The best way to start with EasyQuery is to choose the sample closest to your scenario and modify it according to your requirements (your DB, data model, environment, layout, styles, etc). So, in this section we are going to describe how to do it.

Getting Started

Adding columns and conditions with code

Example of code for adding columns and conditions

Copying the EasyQuery's code from a sample to your project

If you have already modified one of our sample projects to make it work with your DB, the next step will be to copy the EasyQuery's code to your own solution. This article describes how to do it.

Column class

Represents some column which will be queried.

Using MS SQL instead of Access in WebDemo sample project

In this article, you will find the detailed instructions how to modify WebDemoCS or WebDemoAjaxCS to make it work with SQL Server instead of Access

How to add a column with the same attribute as in newly added condition

A code snippet which demonstrates how to do this task

Column class

Represents some column which will be queried.

Using EqMvcDemoEF sample with your own DB context

This article contains a brief instruction how to modify EqMvcDemoEF sample project to make it work with your own context class

How to add an extra condition to your query

Two possible ways of resolving this task

Getting started for WPF

You will be able to apply EasyQuery WPF to your application, performing all the instructions in this article

Getting started for Silverlight

This article will guide you through all steps necessary to apply EasyQuery.NET to your application, with extract examples

Condition class

Represents one condition in the query.

How to limit columns from duplication

How to limit columns from duplication in MVC project, so when you add a column that is already used in a report it won’t be added again.

Getting started for WPF

Getting started tutorial on how to use EasyQuery components to implement an ad-hoc query builder in WPF application.

Add query builder page from our MVC sample project in your own app

This article described how to set up an advanced search page in your web-application using EqMvcDemoDB project as a template.

Condition class

Represents one condition in the query.

Getting started for Windows Forms

This article shows how to apply EasyQuery.NET to your application

Upgrading to 5.x: WinForms and WPF projects

This tutorial describes how to modify your old Windows Forms or WPF project with EasyQuery 3.x to upgrade to EasyQuery version 5.2.0 (or higher). Please note. Version 5.2.0 of EasyQuery works only on .NET Framework 4.6.1 or higher. So, if your project targets a lower version of .NET Framework - you will need to update Target Framework for your project first (right-click on the project in Solution

Condition.LinkType enum

Represents type of linking of conditions in group