Hi, I cannot find in the designer where I can add a Custom Property for an Entity Field. I am using Version 5.0.

Can someone show me how to add one?

Thanks, Dave

You mean a custom property for an Entity, right? If yes, then in the Code Generation sub tab you can find the option to add custom properties, attributes and interfaces.

also for entity fields -> select the entity field and add the custom property. The plugin doesn't allow bulk setting on fields. Custom properties are actually surpassed by attributes which are easier to apply using rules in the project settings

I see in the Catalog Detail Viewer a section for the selected field that says Custom Properties but there is no way to add those properties.

I still can't find where I can add the Custom Property at the field level. Could you provide a screen shot of this?

Thanks

Fishy wrote:

I see in the Catalog Detail Viewer a section for the selected field that says Custom Properties but there is no way to add those properties.

Those are read from the database schema. If they're not in the schema, you can't add them to the schema.

I still can't find where I can add the Custom Property at the field level. Could you provide a screen shot of this? Thanks

Custom properties for entities/entityfields are edited in the entity editor. Open the entity in the editor, go to code gen info tab, select the field in the 'Element' drop down and select the custom properties tab below it to add a custom property.

More importantly though: what is it that you want to accomplish?

I use it in a lpt file:

#Region " Fetch by fields marked as 'Index' "
<%foreach(FieldElement field in currentEntity.Fields) { %><%if (field.OutputSettingValues.CustomProperties.ContainsKey("Index")) {%>
        Public Shared Function FetchEntityCollectionBy<%=field.Name%>Plus(ByVal <%=getFieldParameter(field)%>, Optional ByVal includeFields As List(Of EntityField2) = Nothing, Optional maxEntries As Integer = 0, Optional ByVal sort As SortExpression = Nothing, Optional ByVal prefetch As List(Of PrefetchList) = Nothing) As EntityCollection(Of <%=currentEntityName%>Entity)
            Using adapter As New CustomDataAccessAdapter

                Dim EntityCollection As New EntityCollection(Of <%=currentEntityName%>Entity)
                
                adapter.FetchEntityCollection(EntityCollection, New RelationPredicateBucket(<%=currentEntityName%>Fields.<%=field.Name%> = <%=camelCase(field.Name)%>), maxEntries, sort, CreatePrefetchPaths(prefetch), If(includeFields IsNot Nothing, New IncludeFieldsList(includeFields), Nothing))

                Return EntityCollection
            End Using
        End Function<%}%><%}%>
#End Region

Otis wrote:

Fishy wrote:

I see in the Catalog Detail Viewer a section for the selected field that says Custom Properties but there is no way to add those properties.

Those are read from the database schema. If they're not in the schema, you can't add them to the schema.

I still can't find where I can add the Custom Property at the field level. Could you provide a screen shot of this? Thanks

Custom properties for entities/entityfields are edited in the entity editor. Open the entity in the editor, go to code gen info tab, select the field in the 'Element' drop down and select the custom properties tab below it to add a custom property.

More importantly though: what is it that you want to accomplish?

That worked. Thanks

For purposes of driving template code, it's better to use a custom frameworksettings file with your own settings. THey're easy to set in the designer and have the advantage that you don't carry the setting around in the generated code as custom properties are generated into the code as well. http://www.llblgen.com/Documentation/5.0/SDK/Frameworksandsettings.htm