The .NET Data Provider is integrated with Visual Studio. Refer to the Ingres platform-specific Readme for the Visual Studio versions supported by the Ingres .NET Data Provider.

The .NET Framework has design-time support. .NET objects, derived from certain component objects, can exist within an application runtime environment and in a designer environment such as Microsoft Visual Studio.

Integration with Visual Studio visual tools allows a programmer to drag-and-drop the data provider design component onto a control. Integration also allows the programmer to use wizards and editors to aid application development.

The Visual Studio Toolbox contains a series of tabs (for example, Data, Components, and Window Forms) that list objects for the Visual Studio design environment. These objects can be dragged-and-dropped onto design surfaces such as the Windows Form control (WinForm). This operation can trigger wizards, designers, or simply a paint of a control on the design surface.