#Powerful Dropbox Application Integration

• DataBind to Dropbox cloud storage using standard Visual Studio wizards.
• Integrate .NET applications with Dropbox Files, Folders, Users, and more!

#ADO.NET Provider Overview

The Dropbox ADO.NET Provider offers the most natural way to access Dropbox data from any .NET application. Simply use Dropbox Data Provider objects to connect and access data just as you would access any traditional database. You will be able to use the Dropbox Data Provider through Visual Studio Server Explorer, in code through familiar classes, and in data controls like DataGridView, GridView, DataSet, etc.

#Using the Dropbox Data Provider

The Dropbox Data Provider wraps the complexity of accessing Dropbox services in an easy-to-integrate, fully managed ADO.NET Data Provider. Applications then access Dropbox through the Dropbox Data Provider with simple Transact-SQL.

The CData ADO.NET Provider for Dropbox hides the complexity of accessing data and provides additional powerful security features, smart caching, batching, socket management, and more.

#Working with DataAdapters, DataSets, DataTables, etc.

The Dropbox Data Provider has the same ADO.NET architecture as the native .NET data providers for SQL Server and OLEDB, including: DropboxConnection, DropboxCommand, DropboxDataAdapter, DropboxDataReader, DropboxDataSource, DropboxParameter, etc. Because of this you can now access Dropbox data in an easy, familiar way.

Driver Features

• Fully-managed .NET: 100% fully managed ADO.NET libraries supporting .NET Standard, .NET Core 2.0, & Xamarin.
• Developer Friendly: Seamless integration with all versions of Visual Studio.
• Powerful ADO.NET Features: Including support for ADO.NET Entity Framework (EF 5 & 6), ADO.NET 2.0, LINQ to Datasets, etc.
• Replication and Caching: Our replication and caching commands make it easy to copy data to local and cloud data stores such as Oracle, SQL Server, Google Cloud SQL, etc. The replication commands include many features that allow for intelligent incremental updates to cached data.
• String, Date, Numeric SQL Functions: The driver includes a library of 50 plus functions that can manipulate column values into the desired result. Popular examples include Regex, JSON, and XML processing functions.
• Collaborative Query Processing: Our drivers enhance the data source's capabilities by additional client side processing, when needed, to enable analytic summaries of data such as SUM, AVG, MAX, MIN, etc.
• Easily Customizable and Configurable: The data model exposed by our ADO.NET Providers can easily be customized to add or remove tables/columns, change data types, etc. without requiring a new build. These customizations are supported at runtime using human-readable schema files that are easy to edit.
• Secure Connectivity: Includes standard Enterprise-class security features such as TLS/ SSL data encryption for all client-server communications.

Visual Studio Integration - Server Explorer

As an ADO.NET Data Provider, Dropbox ADO.NET Provider can be used to access and explore Dropbox data directly from the Visual Studio Server Explorer.

It's easy. As a standard ADO.NET adapter, developers can connect the Server Explorer to Dropbox ADO.NET Provider just like connecting to any standard database.

• Add a new Data Connection from the Server Explorer and select the Dropbox Data Source

• Configure the basic connection properties to access your Dropbox account data.

Explore all of the data available! Dropbox ADO.NET Provider makes it easy to access live Dropbox data from Visual Studio.

• After configuring the connection, explore the feeds, views, and services provided by the Dropbox Data Source.
• These constructs return live Dropbox data that developers can work with directly from within Visual Studio!

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