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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 compa tible 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 bug with the "database is locked" error, when the s econd reader tries to access it, is fixed
Entity Developer:
· Model Refactoring feature is implemented; it speeds up creating complex types and Table Per Type and Table Per Concrete Type inheritances from several model entities
· Create Storage and Mapping command, that allows automatically creating of the corresponding storage part object and defining mapping, is added to the shortcut menu of classes, properties, and associations
· Select Storage Object command, that allows quick navigation to the corresponding storage part object, is added to the shortcut menu of classes, properties, associations, and methods
· The possibility to delete the corresponding storage part objects automatically when deleting conceptual model objects is added
· The functionality of ignoring columns in the database in the "Update From Database" wizard if they were omitted once before is implemented
· The Property Editor dialog is improved: fast acc...

Via: dotConnect for Salesforce 2.1.34