Devart announced a new release of dotConnect and Entity Developer with major feature updates.
Key enhancements in this release:
Expanded connectivity for business platforms
dotConnect for BigCommerce 3.2
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Added the new CustomerMetafields object
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Added the new ProductImageContents object for working with binary content of product images in BigCommerce
dotConnect for FreshBooks 3.2
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Added new objects: Account, AdjustmentJournalEntry, AdjustmentJournalEntryLine, ChartOfAccountsReport, CreditNote, CreditNoteLine, Estimate, EstimateLine, and JournalEntriesByAccountReport
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Added new report objects: AccountAgingReport, BalanceSheetReport, CashFlowReport, CashFlowSummaryReport, ChartOfAccountsReport, ExpenseDetailsReport, GeneralLedgerReport, GeneralLedgerSummaryReport, InvoicesReport, InvoiceDetailsReport, JournalEntriesByAccountReport, ManualJournalEntryReport, ManualJournalEntrySummaryReport, PaymentsCollectedReport, ProfitAndLossReport, TaxSummaryReport, and TrialBalanceReport
dotConnect for Mailchimp 3.2
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Added new objects: CartLines, Carts, Customers, OrderLines, Orders, ProductVariants, Products, PromoCodes, PromoRules, and Stores
dotConnect for QuickBooks Online 3.2
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Added 50 new QuickBooks report objects
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Added the new TaxExemptionReasonId field to objects
dotConnect for SugarCRM 3.2
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Added support for the RowsAndColumns, Summation, and SummationWithDetails reports
Modern authentication
dotConnect for Salesforce 6.2
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Added support for Server-to-Server authentication
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Added the ClientCredentials element to the AuthenticationType enum
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Added the PreserveNames property to the SalesforceConnectionStringBuilder class to preserve the original names of custom objects and fields, including the __c suffix
Entity Developer 8.1
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Added support for Server-to-Server authentication in Salesforce
Improved support for large-scale CRM operations
dotConnect for Zoho CRM 3.2
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Zoho CRM API v8 is supported
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Changed the behavior: The ZohoAPIVersion enum has only new Preferred (it's API v8 now, but can change in future) and Deprecated (it's API v2 now) elements.
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Added the BulkRead option to the connection string. It's enables Bulk Read API of Zoho CRM for querying large data volumes
dotConnect for Zoho Books 2.2
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Added the new object SalesReceipts
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Added support for nested objects in the LineItems field of the Bills object
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Improved selection of BankTransactions records for all available statuses
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Improved record filtering by the Status field
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Improved support for the CustomFields and CustomFieldHash fields in the SalesOrders, Bills, CreditNotes, and CustomerPayments objects
Modern .NET and Oracle Database support
dotConnect for Dynamics 365 3.2
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Added .NET 6 and .NET 8 assemblies to the Devart.Data.Dynamics NuGet package
dotConnect for Oracle 11.1.100
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Added support for the JSON data type in Direct mode for Oracle Database 21c, 23ai, and 26ai
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dotConnect is a suite of high-performance ADO.NET data providers that enable direct access to major database systems and cloud services. It is a complete solution that helps develop data-related .NET applications and web sites.
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