Re: C# windows form project MySQL localhost issue

[Phillip Ward]

If you want to use MySQL Workbench to manage your databases, then yes, you need to download and install it.
If you want to connect your C# application to a MySQL Server running on the same or a different machine, then you need to download and install the "MySQL Connector/NET".

MySQL Workbench is not a DBMS. It cannot "run" databases for you. For that, you need MySQL Server.

Think of it like this:
"MySQL Workbench" is to Databases what "Google Chrome" is to Web Pages.

Regards, Phill W.