Object to DataSet, Back to Object

   I have a model of our Employees and all their related objects already built with DevForce, with an application that updates these records working. I have a new request for the application that I wanted to get some input on. I have to create a form that creates some updates for new or existing Employees. This action will be intitiated at the Department level by a supervisor. This request needs to go through several people before it is approved. When the request is approved the records need to be updated to the database and the data saved as a pdf file. 

My idea was to create a DataSet that can be routed to each individual in the approval process. When users create a new request, the DataSet is populated with all the information about the Employee and saved. The request Form would then open and use this DataSet to make the temporary request for changes. So, the data would come from the DataSet NOT the EntityFramework. I would store the DataSet in a central location as the form is routed to all the necessary people. When the request is finally approved, the records update the database.

So, I need to know a couple of things.

1. Can I save my Entity Model object created in DevForce as a DataSet? If so, how?

2. How can I populate an Entity object from the DataSet, then submit it to the database?

Any help would be appreciated.

Edited by pucsoftware - 28-Jul-2008 at 6:30am