dotConnect for Salesforce

dotConnect for Salesforce Description

dotConnect for Salesforce is was designed to enable users to access data from Salesforce.com cloud CRM and Database.com cloud database through the standard ADO.NET or Entity Framework interfaces. It allows you to easily connect your .NET applications to Salesforce data, and integrate Salesforce services with widely used data-oriented technologies. dotConnect for Salesforce offers local SQL engine to query Salesforce data, advanced data caching, query optimization and other enterprise level features. dotConnect for Salesforce eliminates the need to learn complex Salesforce Web Services API - it allows you to use your knowledge of SQL and LINQ to Entities. In order to provide the easiest way to integrate Salesforce services into .NET applications and the highest performance, dotConnect for Salesforce offers a number of enterprise-level features. Its local SQL engine allows you to use SQL-92 compatible SELECT statements to work with Salesforce Leads, Contacts, Opportunities, Accounts and other objects in the same way as with SQL tables. You may use complex JOINs, WHERE conditions, etc. - all the SQL benefits, not available with SOQL.Requirements: · NET Framework 4.0 · ADO.NET Entity Framework Limitations: · 30 days trial What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ] · The "Use Assignment Rules" connection string parameter is added · The bug with using Date columns in the WHERE clause of SOQL statements is fixed Entity Developer: · The "Close the window when the generation completes successfully" option in the Generation Process window is implemented in the standalone Entity Developer · The "Rewrite connection string during regeneration" option (default value is True) of model settings is added to provide the possibility to turn off modifying connection string in *.config after model is saved first time · The design time support for model-defined functions is added · The behaviour is changed: now connection string is configured with the name of the assembly, where the model is located, in case when the context class is located in another assembly · The bug with the Retrieve Data functionality of the model with the DbContext template, when its Fluent Mapping property is set to True, is fixed · The bug related to the detection of Table... �.You can free download dotConnect for Salesforce from Softpedia now.