Getting started
1
First, install the Vidyano extension from the Visual Studio gallery.
Download the sample database program and deploy the MyCRM database on your SQL Server installation.
NOTE: This tutorial will assume you create your new Vidyano application against this sample database.
2
In Visual Studio, from the File menu, select New ⇒ Project.
From the templates on the left, under Visual C# ⇒ Vidyano.
Choose Vidyano Application, name your project MyCRM and click OK.
3
Give your App a Title and provide an administrative Password to secure the backend. Make sure to pick a secure password.
Click Next to continue.
4
On this wizard step you need to select the database where your application data is residing.
Click on the browse button and select the MyCRM database that we installed earlier.
Click OK and click Next to continue.
NOTE: For this tutorial you can ignore the other options on the dialog.
5
Vidyano will store some metadata in repository tables. Clicking Next will create these tables on the selected database, in this case MyCRM.
Click Next to continue.
6
At this point, Vidyano is setting up your project.
During set up you might get a message dialog asking if you want to search for TypeScript typings, you can select No.
7
Press ctrl+f5 or click the ► button on the toolbar to start your application.
Sign in to the application using admin and the password you chose in step 3 of this tutorial.
8
Now that you are in, let's add a menu item to see the customers on the database.
On the menu, click Add menu item, select Customers and click OK.
Wait for the application to reload and click Customers.