Connect to Acumatica Data from PowerBuilder via ADO.NET

This article demonstrates using the CData ADO.NET Provider for Acumatica 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 Acumatica 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 = https://try.acumatica.com/ISV/entity/Default/17.200.001/;User=user;Password=password;Company=CompanyName;

   Set the following connection properties to connect to Acumatica:

   • User: Set this to your username.
   • Password: Set this to your password.
   • Company: Set this to your company.
   • Url: Set this to your Acumatica URL, in the format http://{Acumatica ERP instance URL}/entity/{Endpoint name}/{Endpoint version}/.
     For example: https://acumatica.com/entity/Default/17.200.001/

   See the Getting Started guide in the CData driver documentation for more information.

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=Id}" Header="Id" Width="SizeToHeader" />
   		...
   	</DataGrid.Columns>
   </DataGrid>
   

4. Add a reference to the CData ADO.NET Provider for Acumatica 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.Acumatica.AcumaticaConnection conn 
conn = create System.Data.CData.Acumatica.AcumaticaConnection(connectionString)

System.Data.CData.Acumatica.AcumaticaCommand comm 
comm = create System.Data.CData.Acumatica.AcumaticaCommand(command, conn)

System.Data.DataTable table
table = create System.Data.DataTable

System.Data.CData.Acumatica.AcumaticaDataAdapter dataAdapter
dataAdapter = create System.Data.CData.Acumatica.AcumaticaDataAdapter(comm)
dataAdapter.Fill(table)	
datagrid1.ItemsSource=table.DefaultView

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