The Data Controls category of the Tool Palette provides a set of data-aware controls that represent data from fields in a database record, and can permit users to edit that data and post changes back to the database. Using data-aware controls, you can build your database application's user interface (UI) so that information is visible and accessible to users. For more information on data-aware controls see Using data controls. 

In addition to the basic data controls, you may also want to introduce other elements into your user interface:

• You may want your application to analyze the data contained in a database. Applications that analyze data do more than just display the data in a database, they also summarize the information in useful formats to help users grasp the impact of that data.
• You may want to print reports that provide a hard copy of the information displayed in your user interface.
• You may want to create a user interface that can be viewed from Web browsers. The simplest Web-based database applications are described in Using database information in responses. In addition, you can combine the Web-based approach with the multi-tiered architecture, as described in Writing Web-based client applications.