Viewing Jumpseller 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 Jumpseller, you gain access to live Jumpseller data within RAD Studio, abstracting the data into tables, views, and stored procedures that can be used to both retrieve Jumpseller data. This article will walk through connecting to Jumpseller using the Data Explorer.

Configure a Connection to Jumpseller

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.

Start by setting the Profile connection property to the location of the Jumpseller Profile on disk (e.g. C:\profiles\Jumpseller.apip). Next, set the ProfileSettings connection property to the connection string for Jumpseller (see below).

Jumpseller API Profile Settings

In your Jumpseller store admin panel, navigate to Apps > Developers > Add Application to register an OAuth app and obtain a Client ID and Client Secret.

Connecting to Jumpseller Data Using Data Explorer

You can create a simple application for displaying Jumpseller data by utilizing the CData FireDAC Components for Jumpseller 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 Jumpseller.
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: Apps) onto the form.

   
8. Select the AppsView 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 Apps data.

    

Related Articles

Below you can find other articles for using the CData ODBC Driver with RAD Studio, Delphi, and C++ Builder.

• DataBind Controls to Jumpseller Data in C++Builder
• DataBind Controls to Jumpseller Data in Delphi
• Build a Simple VCL Application for Jumpseller Data