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.

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.

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

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 WPF

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

Getting started for Windows Forms

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

Adding columns and conditions with code

Example of code for adding columns and conditions

Getting started for Windows Forms

Here we will describe how to add the UI for advanced search and data filtration in your Windows Forms application.

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.

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

Getting started for ASP.NET WebForms

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

Build query by code on the client-side

Here you can find an example of JavaScript code with explanation how to add columns to a current query on client-side.

Create a query with sub-query by code

Example with code

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 EasyQuery ASP.NET Core (version 4.x)

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

Creating data model dynamically with code

-Data Model- object is an essential part of EasyQuery framework. However, sometimes you need to add some entities, entity attributes or operators to the existing model or to fill it from scratch using DB metadata information got from another source. In these cases, you can use EasyQuery API to build the model dynamically. Finally, we add entities and entity attributes. Here is an example of creatin a small data model: two tables (Customers and Orders) with one link between them, 2 entities (Customer and Order correpondingly) and a few attributes in each entity.

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 ASP.NET Core + Vue project

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