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Changes for page Entity Modeler

Last modified by Theodore Petrosky on 2014/02/17 14:33
From version 20.1
edited by cmeyer
on 2007/10/11 01:50
Change comment: Improved information about right clicking, views, and fetch specification editing
To version 21.1
edited by chuckhill
on 2006/11/01 19:12
Change comment: There is no comment for this version

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1 -XWiki.cmeyer
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38 38  
39 39  From here on, the functionality is much the same as EOModeler.
40 40  
41 -== Editing Fetch Specifications ==
42 -
43 -Switch to Outline view and right click on your entity. Choose New Fetch Specification.
44 -
45 45  == Handy Tips ==
46 46  
47 -* There is no right click functionality yet in Project Explorer or Entity Modeler view
48 -* There //is// right click function in Outline view
43 +* There is no right click functionality yet
49 49  * Use the Delete or Backspace key to delete items
50 50  * Double click to create a new entity, attribute, or relationship
51 51  * Click on an entity in the Outline View to see its details
52 -* Show Views menu is not correctly populated
53 -* If you close Properties, Reset perspective or Show View > Others... then search for Properties
54 54  
55 55  == Database Configurations and EOPrototypes ==
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66 66  
67 67  [[image:DatabaseConfig.jpg]]
68 68  
69 -The Prototype entity is taken from other models referenced by this project. Use the New Database Config icon to add configurations for additional databases:
62 +The Prototype entity is taken from other models referenced by this project(?). Use the New Database Config icon to add configurations for additional databases:
70 70  
71 71  [[image:NewDatabaseConfig.jpg]]
72 72  
73 -The active database configuration is used by Entity Modeler to:
66 +The active database configuration is what EOModeler will use when generating SQL. Only one configuration can be active at time. The other configurations will have a button to make them active:
74 74  
75 -~1. Determine the database types of an attribute as shown in the properties view
76 -2. Determine what is written out as the default connection dictionary when you save
77 -
78 -Additionally, all of the database configurations are written out to the //EntityModeler section of the model's userInfo. If you use Project Wonder, you can then just set
79 - ##modelName.DBConfigName=MySqlConfig##
80 -in Properties and it will switch out the connection dictionary and prototypes.//
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82 -Only one configuration can be active at time. The other configurations will have a button to make them active:
83 -
84 84  [[image:DatabaseConfig2.jpg]]
85 85  
86 -== Generating SQL ==
87 -
88 -Click the SQL icon to generate SQL. If there are multiple database configurations setup, there will be a pulldown menu at the top that lets you pick which configuration you want to generate for.
89 -
90 -[[image:GenerateSQL.jpg]]
70 +Click the SQL icon to generate SQL.