Tutorial: Get application data from a data source

In this tutorial you learn how to get the data for your Kanzi application from a data source.

Use data sources to separate the user interface from the application data and to remove the dependencies between a Kanzi Studio project and the application code which define the Kanzi application.

Kanzi allows you to define the format and structure of your data source by defining a Kanzi Engine data source plugin.

In this tutorial you learn how to define an XML data source and how to use the data from that data source in a Kanzi Studio project to provide the data to a Kanzi application.

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Before you start this tutorial, make sure you have your Kanzi development environment set up. For developing application logic with Kanzi Engine API, you need:

• CMake 3.15 or newer

• Visual Studio 2017 with latest updates

This tutorial assumes that you understand the basics of working with Kanzi Studio. The best entry points for getting familiar with Kanzi Studio are:

• Tutorial: Getting started with Kanzi Studio

• Tutorial: Create a simple in-vehicle infotainment application

• Tutorial: Hello world!

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