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Entity Developer is a powerful ORM modeling and code generation tool for NHibernate, ADO.NET Entity Framework, and LINQ to SQL. It introduces new approaches for designing ORM models, boosts productivity, and facilitates the development of database applications.

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  1. I run a non trivial database - some hundreds of tables. We often use (sql server) views to generate statistical data for entities (i.e. they see how many sub objects are there etc.) so that we can easilfy filter by them (some of those views include some quite complex properties.

    Views can not have primary keys. Mine have them (i.e. they are not double) but I can not set that up in SQL Server.

    In order to us them properly I have to manually define a primary key and then I can use an association between the view and the…

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  2. The code Generation templates of Entity Developer allow to customize how the .NET code Looks like, but as far as I can see there is no way to define how Database object names are generated.

    It would be great to be able to have the database Generation script somehow configurable.

    I don't Need anything but changing the Name Generation for Triggers and sequences, so Options to configure that would solve my current Problem as well, especially as I guess making the whole Generation template configurable might be error prone.

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  3. Linq to SQL. in case of huge database it is very difficult to work with stored procedures mishmash, when the package logical grouping is lost. In simple way it has the workaround with package name prefix.

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  4. The parameters will be generated like they were created in oracle, sqlserver, mysql, etc. We can setup naming roles for parameters names of the generated methods.

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  5. It would really help if you implement few new properties in DbContext template (and maybe other but I work with that).

    1.Output directory for generated partial classes (if we want to create them)
    2. Set the filename of Context file (now model name and file name are same)
    3. Take into consideration "Model name as file prefix" also for context class as it is for entities

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  6. Due to poor template editing inside vs (visualize blocks, search capability) I often edit template outside VS; However it is not reloaded when I go go back to VS as it happens with other files.

    It would be nice if implemented.

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  7. A few of our class names come out of the regenerate model needing slight changes. Give the user the ability to add mapping of generated name to the name they want to use. And give the user the ability to save this mapping to a file where they choose. Every time I regenerate I need to manually map the names.

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  8. Create a template that supports using .NET 5 Source Generation instead of creation of traditional class files.

    https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/introducing-c-source-generators/

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  9. Currently you can define 'Typedefs' and assign an 'IUserType' converter to properties, but there's a lot of room for improvement:

    1.- Add support for 'ICompositeUserType' converters. That implies adding the possibility of assigning more than one column to a single property.

    1. Allow defining known 'IUserType' and 'ICompositeUserType' coonverters, with their expected column types and property types, so they can be selected inside the 'Edit Property' view instead of having to manually type their name in the property grid. When a converter is selected the columns list for that property should be pre-filled acording to its definiton.

    2. Include typedefs in the…

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  10. Entity Framework supports Entity type parameters to MDF's in the conceptual model. Entity Designer does not. As a company who has migrated from EDMX to EDML for all your other advantages, this was a disappointing surprise that you don't support what EF does.

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  11. 3 votes
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  12. Given that the product uses DX libraries, I would love to see the new DX SVG themes integrated into the application. This is one of the few apps that don't have a true "dark mode" or theme that replicates a "dark mode". Seems like this would be an easy upgrade that would add a tremendous amount of value for our team and their eyes.

    https://docs.devexpress.com/WindowsForms/2399/build-an-application/skins

    Thanks!

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  13. I develop model first with Entity Developer. When starting a new project, its nice to use the "Recreate Database Tables" option in the "Update to database wizard". But, when the program is live, this option is DANGEROUS and can delete the tables in the database.

    It would be nice, at some point, to go to the model settings and disable this checkbox so that it cannot accidently be clicked out of habit.

    Aaron

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  14. I created a class to use as a property type in my template. When used as template property:
    <#@ property name="TestProp" type="MyPropType"#>
    everything is fine. But if I use it as extended property:
    <#@ extended name="TestProp" type="MyPropType" owner="Class" #>
    it doesn't work. I can see the property in property inspector, but it's not functional.

    Example property type:

    [TypeConverter(typeof(ExpandableObjectConverter)), DataContract]
    public class MyPropType: NotifiedPropertyObjectBase
    {
    

    ......
    [Browsable(true), DefaultValue(true), RefreshProperties(RefreshProperties.Repaint), DisplayName("Write"), Description("Read.")]
    public bool Write { get; set; }

    ....

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  15. Having the posibility to Enter "normal" SQL Code and out of this, generate the right LinQ Code.

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  16. Since we can connect to Oracle without using a TNSNAMES.ORA by fully specifing de DSN entry I think the connection interface should manage this by itself.
    An example of a DSN-less connectionstring:

    Data Source=(DESCRIPTION=(ADDRESSLIST=(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=TCP)(HOST=MyHost)(PORT=MyPort)))(CONNECTDATA=(SERVER=DEDICATED)(SERVICE_NAME=MyOracleSID)));User Id=myUsername;Password=myPassword;

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  17. First of all, thanks for your great work ! Your Castle Active Record template is excellent.

    It would solve a very common problem if you could add another template which generates classes that do not inherit from ActiveRecordBase (see http://www.castleproject.org/activerecord/documentation/trunk/advanced/mediator.html).

    That should create <ClassName>.cs with attribute-decorated properties and optionally another, <ClassName>Repository.cs

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  18. Include Devexpress XPO in your code generator

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  19. I used to use Eco (now called MDriven) which provided Entity-State logic as part of the entity design.

    Developer could define a number of "state machines" per entity, where control logic was applied as Guards (code that evaluates to prevent state X->Y change); Trigger (code that executes during the transition); Effect (code that executes at the conclusion of the transition).

    For ex. I could have an "OnlineOrder" entity with an initial state of "ShoppingCart" and want it to go through the stage of "OrderEntry" then "OrderConfirmed", and finaly "OrderShipped".

    see http://www.new.capableobjects.com/ for more details.

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  20. Add functionality to automatically generate a Data Model based on a Service Reference. (.svc link)

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