The ComponentOne 2020v2 release enhances the number of datasources supported by .NET Standard service library DataConnectors, which provides a set of connectors that can connect to different types of data sources. You can now connect to four data sources, namely OData, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales, Salesforce Data, and Kintone using an ADO. NET provider for each type. These providers have the same ADO. NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB. Therefore, they make accessing data easier by letting you follow a similar set of classes available in the .NET architecture. These providers also have advantageous features such as authentication, caching, and SQL/LINQ query support. To add up to these features, the DataConnector also includes an Entity Framework (EF) Core provider for each type of datasource, which makes this library useful even when working with Entity Framework Core.

This blog will help you understand how to use the ADO. NET provider for Salesforce to connect to the Salesforce data and even explain the basic features, including authentication, querying, and caching. To get started, you will need to install the C1.DataConnector and C1.AdoNet.Salesforce packages from NuGet:

You can also download and install the ComponentOne DataConnectors service component from here and find the installed samples at the following location: ‘C:\Users\xxxx\Documents\ComponentOne Samples\ServiceComponents\DataConnector.’

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