Connect to Sage Cloud Accounting Data from PowerBuilder via ADO.NET

This article demonstrates using the CData ADO.NET Provider for Sage Cloud Accounting 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 Sage Cloud Accounting 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:

   InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH;

   You can connect to Sage Business Cloud Accounting using the embedded OAuth connectivity. When you connect, the OAuth endpoint opens in your browser. Log in and grant permissions to complete the OAuth process. See the OAuth section in the online Help documentation for more information on other OAuth authentication flows.

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

4. Add a reference to the CData ADO.NET Provider for Sage Cloud Accounting 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.SageBCAccounting.SageBCAccountingConnection conn 
conn = create System.Data.CData.SageBCAccounting.SageBCAccountingConnection(connectionString)

System.Data.CData.SageBCAccounting.SageBCAccountingCommand comm 
comm = create System.Data.CData.SageBCAccounting.SageBCAccountingCommand(command, conn)

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

System.Data.CData.SageBCAccounting.SageBCAccountingDataAdapter dataAdapter
dataAdapter = create System.Data.CData.SageBCAccounting.SageBCAccountingDataAdapter(comm)
dataAdapter.Fill(table)	
datagrid1.ItemsSource=table.DefaultView

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