Viewing Salesforce Data in RAD Studio Data Explorer

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

Connecting to Salesforce Data Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying Salesforce data by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for Salesforce and a new VCL Forms Application:

1. Open the Data Explorer in RAD Studio and expand FireDAC.

2. Right-click on CData Salesforce Data Source and click Add New Connection.

   
3. Name the connection.

4. Fill in the necessary connection parameters and click OK.
   

   Salesforce への接続にはLogin、OAuth、SSO の種類があります。Login 方式では、Username、Password、Security Token を使って接続します。

   Username、Password を使用しない/できない場合、OAuth 認証を使用することができます。

   SSO (シングルサインオン) は、SSOProperties、SSOLoginUrl、TokenUrl プロパティを設定することでIdentity プロバイダ経由で利用できます。詳細はヘルプドキュメントの「はじめに」を参照してください。

   
5. Back in the Data Explorer, expand the tables for the connection.

6. Create a new VCL Forms application and drag a table (for example: Account) onto the form.

   
7. Select the AccountTable object on the form and set the Active property to true.

8. Right-click on the object, bind visually, and link everything (*) to a new control (TStringGrid).

   

9. Arrange the TStringGrid on the form and run the application to see the Account data.