DevForce Community Forum : Find all "hard" properties on entity http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ This is an XML content feed of; DevForce Community Forum : DevForce 2012 : Find all "hard" properties on entity Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:30 -700 Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:17:29 -700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.69 360 www.ideablade.com/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=4606 DevForce Community Forum http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_images/IdeaBlade_logo_tm.png http://www.ideablade.com/forum/ Find all "hard" properties on entity : Thank you, this worked! http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4606&PID=17249#17249 Author: katit
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Posted: 20-Nov-2013 at 10:17am

Thank you, this worked!]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2013 10:17:29 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4606&PID=17249#17249 Find all "hard" properties on entity : You can use the metadata DevForce... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4606&PID=17248#17248 Author: kimj
Subject: 4606
Posted: 20-Nov-2013 at 9:58am

You can use the metadata DevForce holds for the entity and its properties.  Something like this:
 
var metadata = entityManager.MetadataStore.GetEntityMetadata(modifiedEntity.GetType());
foreach (var p in metadata.DataProperties) {
  var oldValue = p.GetValue(modifiedEntity, EntityVersion.Original);
  var newValue = p.GetValue(modifiedEntity, EntityVersion.Current);
}
 
The DataProperties collection contains only data (non-navigation) properties.  The EntityMetadata also contains other information you might find useful - http://drc.ideablade.com/devforce-2012/bin/view/Documentation/model-examine.
]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:58:28 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4606&PID=17248#17248 Find all "hard" properties on entity : I need to filter out entity properties... http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4606&PID=17247#17247 Author: katit
Subject: 4606
Posted: 20-Nov-2013 at 8:01am

I need to filter out entity properties to avoid navigation properties.

I'm writing audit code, which should store all changes and currently it fails on getting "Original" value of navigation property. I need to collect all properties even keys for navigation properties. How do I filter this list?

foreach (var property in modifiedEntity.GetType().GetProperties())
               {
                    var oldValue = modifiedEntity.EntityAspect.GetValue(property.Name, EntityVersion.Original).ToString();
                    var newValue = modifiedEntity.EntityAspect.GetValue(property.Name, EntityVersion.Current).ToString();

                    if (oldValue.Equals(newValue)) continue;

                    auditEntry.SYSAuditDetails.Add(new SYSAuditDetail
                        {
                            SYSAudit = auditEntry,
                            FieldName = property.Name,
                            OldValue = oldValue,
                            NewValue = newValue
                        });
               }]]> Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:01:33 -700 http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=4606&PID=17247#17247