The CData ADO.NET providers are easy-to-use, standards-based controls that can be used
from any platform or development technology that supports Microsoft .NET, including
PowerBuilder. This article shows how to use the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Project
in PowerBuilder.
This article shows how to create a basic PowerBuilder application that uses the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Project to perform reads and writes.
- In a new WPF Window Application solution, add all the Visual Controls needed for the connection properties. Below is a typical connection string:
User=myuseraccount;Password=mypassword;URL=http://myserver/myOrgRoot;
The User and Password properties, under the Authentication section, must be set to valid Microsoft Project user
credentials. In addition, you will need to specify a URL to a valid Microsoft Project server organization root or
Microsoft Project services file.
- Add the DataGrid control from the .NET controls.
-
Configure the columns of the DataGrid control. Below are several columns from the Account table:
<DataGrid AutoGenerateColumns="False" Margin="13,249,12,14" Name="datagrid1" TabIndex="70" ItemsSource="{Binding}">
<DataGrid.Columns>
<DataGridTextColumn x:Name="idColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=Id}" Header="Id" Width="SizeToHeader" />
<DataGridTextColumn x:Name="nameColumn" Binding="{Binding Path=ProjectName}" Header="ProjectName" Width="SizeToHeader" />
...
</DataGrid.Columns>
</DataGrid>
- Add a reference to the CData ADO.NET Provider for Microsoft Project assembly.
Connect the DataGrid
Once the visual elements have been configured, you can use standard ADO.NET
objects like Connection, Command, and DataAdapter to populate a DataTable with the results
of an SQL query:
System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectConnection conn
conn = create System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectConnection(connectionString)
System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectCommand comm
comm = create System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectCommand(command, conn)
System.Data.DataTable table
table = create System.Data.DataTable
System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectDataAdapter dataAdapter
dataAdapter = create System.Data.CData.MicrosoftProject.MicrosoftProjectDataAdapter(comm)
dataAdapter.Fill(table)
datagrid1.ItemsSource=table.DefaultView
The code above can be used to bind data from the specified query to the DataGrid.