Hi I am able to assign a default value to an empty dto field using this kind of setup: objectReturn = New Orm.DerivedModel.DtoClasses.CompanyDto DirectCast(objectReturn, Orm.DerivedModel.DtoClasses.CompanyDto).Enabled = True

I couldn't see a way to setup the default in the derived model setup or the entity setup screens. I have also seen the comments that the database is relied on to insert a default instead of a null value for a field.

My situation is that I use the dto to define the structure in the page and certain fields such as the enabled checkbox (above) would be best ticked by default.

Ideally I would set this up in the entity or DTO model rather than my own code (although it is nice to have the option to do it in code). Am I missing where it can be done in the model or should I just carry on using the code based approach as shown?

Regards

Jon

You can override OnInitializing and OnInitialized of the Entity Class which are called at the start / end resp. of InitClassEmpty.

Thanks for that - good to know. I take it then that there is no way to set the defaults inside the model designer?

No, defaults for the entity are either set in the database (the defaults for the tables you can define in the designer) or in code using a partial class.