DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET data providers can be used with Data Access Application Blocks (DAAB). The classes in the DAABs provide access to the most frequently used features of ADO.NET. Applications can use the DAABs for tasks such as passing data through application layers and returning changed data back to the database. Using DAABs eliminates the need to keep writing the same data access tasks for each new or revised application, so you can spend your time more productively.Applications that use the standard Logging Application Block and design patterns can quickly display the SQL that is generated as part of DataDirect Connect for ADO.NET data providers that support the Microsoft ADO.NET Entity Framework.To use features of the Enterprise Library with your data provider, download Microsoft Enterprise Library 5.0 (April 2010) from http://www.codeplex.com/entlib. The Enterprise Library 5.0 documentation contains detailed information about using the application blocks.NOTE: Enterprise Library 5.0 requires Windows 8, or Windows 7, or Windows Vista SP2, or Windows Server 2012, or Windows Server 2003 SP2. If you are using the data providers on Windows XP SP2, you can use Enterprise Library 4.1 (October 2008). See Appendix B “Using Enterprise Library 4.1” for information on configuration information.