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Kevin Lingofelter
Kevin Lingofelter
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Here's my second installment...=)

The object mapper is functional, but has left a lot of room for improvement:

1. Simple keyboard shortcuts would make a world of difference.

2. Option to specify default values for the null value support based on type. So if the mapper sees a string field, I can make it default to "return alternate on null" and an empty string.

3. Add custom/unbound fields to BOs

4. Add a checkbox to indicate the field is required. When checked, the field is added to the required fields collection

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Larry Caylor
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While we're all dreaming, some things I would like to see added to Object Mapper are;

 

  1. A ReadOnly check box and a drop down scope list for each field. While this can be done with custom code it would make life a lot easier, especially since you have to close object mapper before you can go back to your object and cut out another piece of code to paste into the custom code window.
     
  2. A cut & paste context menu in the custom code window. 
  3. This is not really an object mapper enhancement but it’s related to the custom field suggestion. You can write a custom fill method that allows you to join data from multiple tables. This is especially helpful when you want to display related information. The issue is that you cannot save the object. In order to save any changes you need to copy the data to another instance of the object that does not contain the added fields. It would be nice if Save only looked at the AllFieldsList instead of all columns in the data table. It may be that the new link class in version 1.4 addresses some cases where this feature would be desirable, but I still think it would make the framework more flexible.

-Larry

Kevin Lingofelter
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ooh..that reminds me of a couple other things. Making the object mapper window modeless would be helpful. There have been several times I needed to switch back and forth for one reason or another.

I would also like to see the custom type search window allow use for wildcards. I name all my enums EnumBlahValues. In the custom type window, it would be nice to just type "enum" and get a list of all my enums.

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That we can do Smile
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