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DataBind Wave Financial Data to the DevExpress Data Grid


Use the CData ADO.NET Provider for Wave Financial with the DevExpress Windows Forms and Web controls to provide Wave Financial data to a chart.

The ADO.NET Provider for Wave Financial by CData incorporates conventional ADO.NET data access components compatible with third-party controls. You can adhere to the standard ADO.NET data binding procedures to establish two-way access to real-time data through UI controls. This article will demonstrate the utilization of CData components for data binding with DevExpress UI Controls (Windows Forms and Web controls), specifically binding to a chart that visualizes live data.

Connect using the API Token

You can connect to Wave Financial by specifying the APIToken You can obtain an API Token using the following steps:

  1. Log in to your Wave account and navigate to "Manage Applications" in the left pane.
  2. Select the application that you would like to create a token for. You may need to create an application first.
  3. Click the "Create token" button to generate an APIToken.

Connect using OAuth

If you wish, you can connect using the embedded OAuth credentials. See the Help documentation for more information.

Windows Forms Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress chart with Wave Financial data. The WaveFinancialDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart control. The Diagram property of the control defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using (WaveFinancialConnection connection = new WaveFinancialConnection( "InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH")) { WaveFinancialDataAdapter dataAdapter = new WaveFinancialDataAdapter( "SELECT Id, DueDate FROM Invoices WHERE Status = 'SENT'", connection); DataTable table = new DataTable(); dataAdapter.Fill(table); DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series(); chartControl1.Series.Add(series); series.DataSource = table; series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "DueDate" }); series.ArgumentScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Qualitative; series.ArgumentDataMember = "Id"; series.ValueScaleType = DevExpress.XtraCharts.ScaleType.Numerical; chartControl1.Legend.Visibility = DevExpress.Utils.DefaultBoolean.False; ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true; }

Web Controls

The code below shows how to populate a DevExpress Web control with Wave Financial data. The WaveFinancialDataAdapter binds to the Series property of the chart; the Diagram property defines the x- and y-axes as the column names.

using DevExpress.XtraCharts; using (WaveFinancialConnection connection = new WaveFinancialConnection( "InitiateOAuth=GETANDREFRESH")) { WaveFinancialDataAdapter WaveFinancialDataAdapter1 = new WaveFinancialDataAdapter("SELECT Id, DueDate FROM Invoices WHERE Status = 'SENT'", connection); DataTable table = new DataTable(); WaveFinancialDataAdapter1.Fill(table); DevExpress.XtraCharts.Series series = new Series("Series1", ViewType.Bar); WebChartControl1.Series.Add(series); series.DataSource = table; series.ValueDataMembers.AddRange(new string[] { "DueDate" }); series.ArgumentScaleType = ScaleType.Qualitative; series.ArgumentDataMember = "Id"; series.ValueScaleType = ScaleType.Numerical; ((DevExpress.XtraCharts.SideBySideBarSeriesView)series.View).ColorEach = true; }