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Connect to SuiteCRM Data from PowerBuilder


This article demonstrates how to access SuiteCRM data from Appeon PowerBuilder using the CData ADO.NET Provider for SuiteCRM.

This article demonstrates using the CData ADO.NET Provider for SuiteCRM in PowerBuilder, showcasing the ease of use and compatibility of these standards-based controls across various platforms and development technologies that support Microsoft .NET, including Appeon PowerBuilder.

This article shows how to create a basic PowerBuilder application that uses the CData ADO.NET Provider for SuiteCRM to perform reads and writes.

  1. In a new WPF Window Application solution, add all the Visual Controls needed for the connection properties. Below is a typical connection string:

    URL=http://mySuiteCRM.com;User=myUser;Password=myPassword;

    The User and Password properties must be set to valid SuiteCRM user credentials. Additionally, specify the URL to the SuiteCRM application, for example http://suite.crm.com.

    Note that retrieving SuiteCRM metadata can be expensive. It is advised that you store the metadata locally as described in the Caching Metadata section of the data provider help documentation.

  2. Add the DataGrid control from the .NET controls.
  3. Configure the columns of the DataGrid control. Below are several columns from the Account table: <DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False" Margin="13,249,12,14" Name="datagrid1" TabIndex="70" ItemsSource="{Binding}"> <DataGrid.Columns> <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="idColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=Id}" Header="Id" Width="SizeToHeader" /> <DataGridTextColumn x:Name="nameColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=Name}" Header="Name" Width="SizeToHeader" /> ... </DataGrid.Columns> </DataGrid>
  4. Add a reference to the CData ADO.NET Provider for SuiteCRM assembly.

Connect the DataGrid

Once the visual elements have been configured, you can use standard ADO.NET objects like Connection, Command, and DataAdapter to populate a DataTable with the results of an SQL query:

System.Data.CData.SuiteCRM.SuiteCRMConnection conn conn = create System.Data.CData.SuiteCRM.SuiteCRMConnection(connectionString) System.Data.CData.SuiteCRM.SuiteCRMCommand comm comm = create System.Data.CData.SuiteCRM.SuiteCRMCommand(command, conn) System.Data.DataTable table table = create System.Data.DataTable System.Data.CData.SuiteCRM.SuiteCRMDataAdapter dataAdapter dataAdapter = create System.Data.CData.SuiteCRM.SuiteCRMDataAdapter(comm) dataAdapter.Fill(table) datagrid1.ItemsSource=table.DefaultView

The code above can be used to bind data from the specified query to the DataGrid.