Getting Started

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 for ASP.NET WebForms

Here you can find the instructions how to add EasyQuery components into your ASP.NET WebForms project

ASP.NET Core tutorials

This section contains all getting started articles for the version 5.x branch of EasyQuery for .NET Core. Please note if you have a project for .NET Framework (version 4.x or earlier) - please look at the articles in [$$-Version 3.x-$$](/$aid/eqdn-6f1z3hf0ml4u) section.

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

Getting started for EasyQuery ASP.NET Core (version 4.x)

Describes how to setup EasyQuery in ASP.NET Core web application

Getting started for ASP.NET 4

Describes the steps you need to perform for applying EasyQuery ASP.NET to your MVC or WebForms project

Getting started for WPF

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

Version 3.x releases

Release notes articles for all version 3.x releases

Version 3.x (obsolete)

Contains the "getting started" articles for version 3.x branch of EasyQuery. This section includes the tutorials for Windows Forms, WPF, WebForms and old ASP.NET MVC (not Core) editions of the library.

Version 5.x

Contains the articles with solutions for different scenarios built on top of EasyQuery 5.0 (or higher)

Version 4.x (obsolete)

Getting started articles for the old version (4.x) of EasyQuery for .NET Core

Upgrading to 5.x: ASP.NET (MVC and WebForms) projects

This tutorial describes how to upgrde your old ASP.NET MVC project with EasyQuery 3.x to EasyQuery version 5.2.0 (or higher). 1.2 Use NuGet Package Manager to install the following packages: Korzh.EasyQuery.AspNet4 Korzh.EasyQuery.EntityFramewok6 - if you are using Entity Framework 6.x Korzh.EasyQuery.DataExport - if you will need the data exporting functions Korzh.EasyQuery.MsSqlGate (or .MySqlGate or .OdbcGate depending on your DB) - if you need to load your model directly from DB connection. Finally, we need to make some modifications on our pages where we use EasyQuery scripts. Version 5.2.0 and higher of EasyQuery scripts will not need JQuery anymore, so you will be able to throw them away if they are not used in your own pages. Here is an example for "advanced search" view: To update your Web Forms page your will need to do the following 3 steps: Add EasyQuery scripts and styles on your page.

Getting started for Windows Forms

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

Getting started for EasyQuery ASP.NET MVC

This article will guide you through all steps necessary to apply EasyQuery ASP.NET to MVC web application

Getting started for ASP.NET Core + Vue project

How to use EasyQuery library in Vue.js project with ASP.NET Core backend.

Upgrade instructions. From Version 3.x to 5.x for .NET Framework 4.x projects

Gridview filtering with EasyQuery ASP.NET (WebForms)

Gridview filtering with EasyQuery ASP.NET (WebForms)

Getting started with EasyQuery in ASP.NET Core + Angular project

How to add ad-hoc reporting or data-filtering functionality to your ASP.NET Core project with Angular frontend.