Connecting from RAD Studio

The CData FireDAC Components for Square implement the standard FireDAC classes and integrate Square into RAD Studio wizards. You can access the components from the RAD Studio Tool Palette and use the components alongside standard FireDAC classes like TFDQuery, TFDManager, and TFDConnection.

Connecting from Square

See Establishing a Connection to connect with the Data Explorer and FireDAC Connection Editor wizards.

RAD Studio Version Support

RAD Studio 10.4 (Sydney) and above are supported.

Square Version Support

The component models versions 1 and 2 of the Square Connect API as a database.

Dependencies

CData FireDAC components require the 2010 version of the VC++ x64 redistributable package. You can download this from Microsoft:

2010 VC++ Redistributable package download

See Also

• See Creating VCL Applications to use the Form Designer to create a simple VCL application that queries Square.
• See Writing Data Access Code to create TFDConnection objects. See Connection Definitions for other ways to create connections, with TFDManager for example.
• See Using the FireDAC Components for Square-specific examples of executing prepared statements, discovering schemas, and writing other data access code.