Project Explorer

The project explorer is the central viewer of the elements in your LLBLGen Pro project and the entrance point to for performing actions on these elements. You can compare it with the 'Solution Explorer' in visual studio. In v3, LLBLGen Pro has a project explorer which is multi-selection aware and offers a rich feature set per node through context menus.

The main parts of the project explorer are explained below:

The Project Explorer

The main Project Explorer elements

The following main elements are available in the Project Explorer.

• Project Node. The project node is the node which represents the loaded project. You can use this node to access project oriented functionality.
• Target Framework. This node represents the target framework chosen for the project
• Relational Model Data and Relational Model Data Storage nodes. Relational Model data, be it relational model data retrieved from a relational database (database first) or generated by the designer from entity definitions (model first), is stored in Relational Model Data Storage containers, which are visible below the Relational Model Data node. These Relational Model Data Storage containers are the root nodes of the nodes visualized in the Catalog Explorer.
• Group Nodes. The initial group is the unnamed group. You're free to rename it or create new groups by moving elements like entity definitions to a named group. Groups are either a visual grouping mechanism or a way to group elements for different output projects. This is controlled by settings in the project.
• Entity Definitions, Value Type Definitions, Typed List Definitions, Typed View Definitions and Stored Procedure Call Definitions. These definitions form the main building blocks for the model available though the Project Explorer. Each of these elements can be placed into a named Group or be placed in the unnamed group
• Model View Definitions. Model View Definitions are placed outside groups and can contain entity definitions of multiple groups.

The Project Explorer isn't the only viewer of project information, the Catalog Explorer is equally important, for viewing and interacting with the Relational Model Data available to you in the project.

Every node in the Project Explorer, if applicable, has a context menu which offers functionality on that node or a group of selected nodes of that same type (e.g. a selected set of entity definition nodes).