VB 2013 - DB Access 2007 (accdb) Connection

This is Tutorial Visual Basic .Net 2013 : How to connect Database MS Access 2007 (.accdb). You can also using Microsoft Office Access 2010 or 2013.

• Step 1: Create New Project use VB 2013
• Step 2 :Create database and table in MS Access 2007
• Step 3 : Design form in VB .Net 2013

#Step 1 :
Make sure you already install VB 2013 in your computer

See also : How to Connect DB SQL Server to VB NET 2013

Open Visual Studio 2013

Click Visual Studio 2013

Click File - New - Project

after that like below picture :

Click OK

After that, please follow STEP 2
#Step 2 :
Create Database use MS Access 2007
Database name : db.mdb
Table name : TBL_PRODUCT
design table like below picture :

fill sample product

 Save db.mdb at : D:\MyApp\MyApp\MyApp\bin\Debug

 #Step 3 :
Design form1 like below picture

Just add "Datagridview1" in Form1

Place below code in Form1.vb

Imports System.Data.OleDb
Public Class Form1
    Dim Conn As OleDbConnection
    Dim da As OleDbDataAdapter
    Dim ds As DataSet
    Dim DBLocation As String
    Sub DBConn()
        DBLocation = "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;Data Source=DB.accdb"
        Conn = New OleDbConnection(DBLocation)
        If Conn.State = ConnectionState.Closed Then Conn.Open()
    End Sub
    Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        DBConn()
        da = New OleDbDataAdapter("Select * from TBL_Product", Conn)
        ds = New DataSet
        ds.Clear()
        da.Fill(ds, "TBL_Product")
        DataGridView1.DataSource = (ds.Tables("TBL_Product"))
    End Sub
End Class

Here the result :

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