The CData ODBC Driver for Act-On can be used from any platform or development technology that supports ODBC, including Sybase PowerBuilder. This article shows how to connect to Act-On data and execute queries from the Database Painter and controls such as the DataWindow.
Follow the steps below to use the Database Painter tool to create a database profile based on an ODBC DSN (data source name) for Act-On. In the Database Painter, you can use wizards and the UI to work with Act-On data.
ActOn uses the OAuth authentication standard. To authenticate using OAuth, you will need to create an app to obtain the OAuthClientId, OAuthClientSecret, and CallbackURL connection properties.
See the Getting Started guide in the CData driver documentation for more information.
See the help documentation for a guide to creating a Act-On DSN.
You can use standard PowerBuilder objects to connect to ODBC data sources and execute queries. The following example shows how to retrieve Act-On data into a DataWindow. You can add the following code to the open method:
SQLCA.DBMS = "ODBC"
SQLCA.DBParm = "ConnectString='DSN=CData Act-On Source'"
CONNECT USING SQLCA;
dw_images.SetTransObject(SQLCA);
dw_images.Retrieve();