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The SAP ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live SAP Business One, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

With the SAP ODBC Business One Driver, accessing Accounts, Activities, Orders, Customers, etc. is as easy as querying a database.

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Connect to SAP Business One Data from PowerBuilder


This article demonstrates how to use the CData ODBC Driver for SAP Business One to connect to SAP Business One data and execute queries in PowerBuilder.

The CData ODBC Driver for SAP Business One can be used from any platform or development technology that supports ODBC, including PowerBuilder. This article shows how to connect to SAP Business One data and execute queries from the Database Painter and controls such as the DataWindow.

Connect to SAP Business One as an ODBC Data Source

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.

To authenticate to SAP Business One you must provide the Userand Passwordproperties.

To connect to data, specify Url. This is your SAP Business One Service Layer root URL.

Create a Profile for the ODBC Driver for SAP Business One

Follow the steps below to use the Database Painter tool to create a database profile based on an ODBC DSN (data source name) for SAP Business One. In the Database Painter, you can use wizards and the UI to work with SAP Business One data.

  1. In PowerBuilder, click Tools -> Database Painter.
  2. In the Objects window in the Database Painter, right-click the ODBC node and click New Profile.
  3. On the Connection tab, enter a name for the profile and select the SAP Business One DSN in the Data Source menu.
  4. To view and modify a table, right-click a table and then click Edit Data -> Grid.

Using SAP Business One Data with PowerBuilder Controls

You can use standard PowerBuilder objects to connect to ODBC data sources and execute queries. The following example shows how to retrieve SAP Business One data into a DataWindow. You can add the following code to the open method:

SQLCA.DBMS = "ODBC" SQLCA.DBParm = "ConnectString='DSN=CData SAPBusinessOne Source'" CONNECT USING SQLCA; dw_orders.SetTransObject(SQLCA); dw_orders.Retrieve();