Viewing Tally Data in RAD Studio Data Explorer

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

Configure a Connection to Tally

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.

Set the following connection properties to connect to Tally Instance:

• Url: Set this to the URL for your Tally instance. For example: http://localhost:9000.

Connecting to Tally Data Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying Tally data by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for Tally 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 Tally.
6. Back in the Data Explorer, expand the views for the connection.

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

8. Select the CompanyView 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 Company data.