Which Visual Studio project types support Shift+Alt+D to open the Data Sources window?

Question

In Visual Studio 2012, it appears that only maybe a third of the 20 or so C# project types support using Shift+Alt+D to open the "Data Sources" window (and none that I've found ever display the mythical "Data" menu bar option).

Is there any sort of guide as to which project types will allow you to work with data sources?

Also, is there any way to "adjust" the features of a project after it's been created?

Update: See my answer below for how to add the Data Sources function to an existing project.

Answer 1

I believe you are looking for this page:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/yft2c9ad.aspx

To quote msdn: "You can add a data source to a project only if it supports creating and working with data sources. For example, you can't open the Data Sources window in a project for a Windows Store app."

Basically, if using a database seems logical in your application, you can probably use one.

To answer your question about the "mythical 'Data' menu bar option", here's how you access it:

You just have to select "View", then "Other Windows", and finally "Data Sources"

And to answer your final question about, "Also, is there any way to 'adjust' the features of a project after it's been created?"

Yes, yes there is. If you mean as a compiled executable, one could simply decompile the project or use an ILcode editor. If you mean as a solution in visual studios, using the solution explorer you can access "My Project" and simply double click that to get a nice little gui for adjusting your project.

EDIT:

For an overload of information about data in visual studios, you can visit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wzabh8c4.aspx

For more information about just the data source window, you can visit: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6ckyxa83.aspx