Connect to Microsoft Project Data from PowerBuilder via ADO.NET

This article demonstrates using the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Project 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 Microsoft Project 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:

   User=myuseraccount;Password=mypassword;URL=http://myserver/myOrgRoot;

   The User and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid Microsoft Project user credentials. In addition, specify a URL to a valid Microsoft Project server organization root or Microsoft Project services file.

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

4. Add a reference to the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Project 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.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectConnection conn 
conn = create System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectConnection(connectionString)

System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectCommand comm 
comm = create System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectCommand(command, conn)

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

System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectDataAdapter dataAdapter
dataAdapter = create System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectDataAdapter(comm)
dataAdapter.Fill(table)	
datagrid1.ItemsSource=table.DefaultView

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