The CData ADO.NET Provider for Act! CRM implements the ActCRMProviderFactory class to enable you to write generic data access code to Act! CRM through the ADO.NET base classes.

Creating Data Access Objects with ActCRMProviderFactory

The following sections show how to use the ActCRMProviderFactory class to create objects like ActCRMConnection, ActCRMCommand, and ActCRMDataAdapter in a generic way.

Register and Configure DbConnections

Register the provider to the configuration context and define the DbProviderFactory and DbConnection objects. See Creating DbConnections for a guide.

Querying Using DbCommands

Executing DbCommands describes how to use an existing DbProviderFactory and DbConnection object to execute queries to Act! CRM.