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The Zoho Projects ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Zoho Projects, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Zoho Projects data like you would a database - read, write, and update Zoho Projects 0, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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Viewing Zoho Projects Data in RAD Studio Data Explorer


How to view Zoho Projects data in RAD Studio Data Explorer using the CData ODBC Driver for Zoho Projects.

Embarcadero RAD Studio provides a development environment for Delphi and C++Builder applications. With the CData ODBC Driver for Zoho Projects, you gain access to live Zoho Projects data within RAD Studio, abstracting the data into tables, views, and stored procedures that can be used to both retrieve and update Zoho Projects data. This article will walk through connecting to Zoho Projects using the Data Explorer.

Configure a Connection to Zoho Projects

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

The connector uses OAuth to authenticate with Zoho Projects. CData Software has already registered an OAuth application with Zoho Project which is embedded and used to authenticate.

If you use the embedded credentials, set the InitiateOAuth connection property to "GETANDREFRESH".

If you would prefer to use your own custom OAuth app, see the Help documentation.

Connecting to Zoho Projects Data Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying Zoho Projects data by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for Zoho Projects and a new VCL Forms Application:

  1. Open the Data Explorer in RAD Studio and expand FireDAC.
  2. Right-click the ODBC Data Source node in the Data Explorer.
  3. Click Add New Connection.
  4. Enter a name for the connection.
  5. In the FireDAC Connection Editor that appears, set the DataSource property to the name of the ODBC DSN for Zoho Projects.
  6. Back in the Data Explorer, expand the tables for the connection.

  7. Create a new VCL Forms application and drag a table (for example: Portals) onto the form.

  8. Select the PortalsTable object on the form and set the Active property to true.

  9. Right-click on the object, bind visually, and link everything (*) to a new control (TStringGrid).

  10. Arrange the TStringGrid on the form and run the application to see the Portals data.