When you launch the Performance Tuning Wizard from Visual Studio, you can:
■ To create a new connection, select Tools / Progress DataDirect / Run DataDirect Performance Tuning Wizard.... When the Performance Tuning Wizard Welcome dialog appears, click Next. Continue at Step 2.
■ To modify an existing connection, in Server Explorer, right-click a data connection, and then select Run Progress DataDirect Performance Tuning Wizard.... When the Performance Tuning Wizard Welcome dialog appears, click Next. Continue at Step 3.
3 The Wizard presents a series of questions about your environment. Click Next to proceed through the Wizard.The following figure shows an example of one of the questions you might be asked to answer for a DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET data provider.
■ To make the connection string available to other applications (the initial default), select Copy the connection string to clipboard. You can use the connection string in other applications.
■ To create a new connection, select Create a new connection with the Performance Tuning Wizard connection string options.The Modify Connection dialog box appears, allowing you to specify a host, password, user ID, and other information. Refer to the DataDirect Connect Series for ADO.NET User’s Guide for more information.
■ If you launched the Performance Tuning Wizard from an existing connection, select Re-configure the connection with the additional Performance Tuning Wizard connection string options.
■ To create a new application, select Generate a new application pre-configured with these connection settings. In this example, the Performance Tuning Wizard was run on an Oracle connection, so an Oracle application is generated, using the DataDirect Oracle Project template. Refer to the DataDirect Connect Series for ADO.NET User’s Guide for more information about the provider-specific templates.
5 Click Finish to exit the Performance Tuning Wizard.