Update and refine the example

.github/meta.yml

@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 url: vcl-dashboards-store-layout-template-database
 website: https://docs.devexpress.com/VCL/405642/ExpressDashboards/vcl-dashboards
 tags: [vcl, dashboards, layout, database]
-description: |
-  DevExpress VCL Dashboards - Store Dashboard Layouts in a Database 
+description: "DevExpress Dashboards for Delphi/C++Builder - Store Dashboard Layouts and User Interaction State in a Database"

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+# Default Delphi compiler directories
+# Content of these directories are generated with each Compile/Construct of a project.
+Win32/
+Win64/
+Win64x/
+
+# Delphi compiler-generated binaries (safe to delete)
+*.exe
+*.exe.*
+*.dll
+*.bpl
+*.bpi
+*.dcp
+*.so
+*.apk
+*.drc
+*.map
+*.dres
+*.rsm
+*.tds
+*.dcu
+*.lib
+*.a
+*.o
+*.ocx
+
+# Delphi autogenerated files (duplicated info)
+*.cfg
+*.hpp
+*Resource.rc
+*.rsp
+
+# Delphi local files (user-specific info)
+*.local
+*.identcache
+*.projdata
+*.tvsconfig
+*.dsk
+*.dsv
+
+# Delphi history and backups
+__history/
+__recovery/
+*.~*
+
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+# C++Builder specific
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# C++Builder compiler outputs
+*.obj
+*.hpp
+*.ilc
+*.ild
+*.ilf
+*.ils
+*.map
+*.tds
+# Program Database file that stores debugging symbols
+*.pdb 
+
+
+# Precompiled headers
+*.pch
+
+# C++Builder packages and libraries
+*.bpl
+*.bpi
+*.lib
+*.a
+*.dll
+*.so
+
+# C++Builder intermediate / cache files
+*.cbproj.local
+*.cbproj.identcache
+*.cbproj.user
+*.cbtemp
+
+
+# Castalia statistics file (since XE7 Castalia is distributed with Delphi)
+*.stat
+
+# Boss dependency manager vendor folder https://github.com/HashLoad/boss
+modules/
+
+# Output files
+*.pdf
+*.docx
+*.zip
+data.dat

CPB/DashboardTemplate.cpp → CPB/StoreDashboardInDB.cpp

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ int WINAPI _tWinMain(HINSTANCE, HINSTANCE, LPTSTR, int)
 	{
 		Application->Initialize();
 		Application->MainFormOnTaskBar = true;
+		Application->Title = "DevExpress VCL: Store Dashboard Layout in a Database";
 		Application->CreateForm(__classid(TDataModule1), &DataModule1);
 		Application->CreateForm(__classid(TMainForm), &MainForm);
 		Application->Run();

CPB/uData.cpp

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #pragma resource "*.dfm"
 TDataModule1 *DataModule1;
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-const String DataFileName = "..\\..\\data.dat";
+const String DataFileName = "data.dat";
 
 
 __fastcall TDataModule1::TDataModule1(TComponent* Owner)

CPB/uData.h

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ class TDataModule1 : public TDataModule
 	TBlobField *mdLayoutsState;
 	TDataSource *dsLayouts;
 	TdxBackendDataConnectionManager *dxBackendDataConnectionManager1;
-	TdxBackendDatabaseSQLConnection *ReportsNWindConnectionString;
 	TdxBackendDataSetJSONConnection *RevenueByIndustryConnection;
 	TdxBackendDataSetCollectionItem *RevenueByIndustryConnectionItem1;
 	TdxSkinController *dxSkinController1;