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   <title>Error converting a property to enum (EF5 + DF2012) :  Today I updated DevForce to...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.ideablade.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=1485" rel="nofollow">cefernan</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3734<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 20-Dec-2012 at 11:39am<br /><br />Today I updated DevForce to 7.0.3 and now, I will enjoy Enum Support :)<span style="font-size:10px"><br /><br />Edited by cefernan - 20-Dec-2012 at 11:39am</span>]]>
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   <title>Error converting a property to enum (EF5 + DF2012) : Nice, thanks Kim. </title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.ideablade.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=1485" rel="nofollow">cefernan</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3734<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 04-Dec-2012 at 9:25am<br /><br />Nice, thanks Kim.]]>
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   <title>Error converting a property to enum (EF5 + DF2012) :   Enums are supported in the...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.ideablade.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=11" rel="nofollow">kimj</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3734<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 04-Dec-2012 at 9:12am<br /><br />Enums are supported in the current bits we're now testing.&nbsp; We don't yet have a release date, but it should be later this month.]]>
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   <title>Error converting a property to enum (EF5 + DF2012) : Hello,Do you have any news about...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.ideablade.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=1485" rel="nofollow">cefernan</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3734<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 04-Dec-2012 at 9:09am<br /><br />Hello,<div><br></div><div>Do you have any news about "Enum support"?</div>]]>
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   <title>Error converting a property to enum (EF5 + DF2012) : Ok, thanks Kim! </title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.ideablade.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=1485" rel="nofollow">cefernan</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3734<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 31-Oct-2012 at 8:47am<br /><br />Ok, thanks Kim!]]>
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   <title>Error converting a property to enum (EF5 + DF2012) :   Unfortunately we won&amp;#039;t...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.ideablade.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=11" rel="nofollow">kimj</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3734<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 24-Oct-2012 at 9:20am<br /><br />Unfortunately we won't have enum support in the RTW, but should before the end of this year.]]>
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   <title>Error converting a property to enum (EF5 + DF2012) : Ok. Will it be released in the...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.ideablade.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=1485" rel="nofollow">cefernan</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3734<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 24-Oct-2012 at 4:24am<br /><br />Ok. Will it be released in the official version?]]>
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   <title>Error converting a property to enum (EF5 + DF2012) :   No, you&amp;#039;re not missing...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.ideablade.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=11" rel="nofollow">kimj</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3734<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 23-Oct-2012 at 1:21pm<br /><br />No, you're not missing anything.&nbsp; We don't support enums in DF2012 just yet.&nbsp; ]]>
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   <title>Error converting a property to enum (EF5 + DF2012) : I&amp;#039;m trying to convert a property...</title>
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    <![CDATA[<strong>Author:</strong> <a href="http://www.ideablade.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=1485" rel="nofollow">cefernan</a><br /><strong>Subject:</strong> 3734<br /><strong>Posted:</strong> 23-Oct-2012 at 12:25pm<br /><br />I'm trying to convert a property to enum via EF Designer. I followed the steps described in:&nbsp;<div><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/jj248772.aspx" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/data/jj248772.aspx</a><br><div><br></div><div>When I do it in my project, I receive the following error when I save the model:</div><div><div><i>Error<span ="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>3<span ="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>Running transformation: System.ArgumentException: typeUsage</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.EntityModel.Edm.Metadata.NamingService.FmtTypeName(TypeUsage typeUsage)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.FmtPropertyTypeName(EdmPropertyWrapper property)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteEntityDataPropertyDefinition(EdmPropertyWrapper property)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass55.&lt;WriteEntityDataProperty&gt;b__54()</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteRegion(String regionName, Action action)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteEntityDataProperty(EdmPropertyWrapper property)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass52.&lt;WriteEntityDataProperties&gt;b__51()</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteRegion(String regionName, Action action)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteEntityDataProperties(EntityOrComplexTypeWrapper entityOrComplexType)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass41.&lt;WriteEntityClass&gt;b__40()</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteCodeDef(ICodeDef def, Action bodyAction)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.&lt;&gt;c__DisplayClass41.&lt;WriteEntityClass&gt;b__3f()</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteRegion(String regionName, Action action)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteEntityClass(EntityOrComplexTypeWrapper entityOrComplexType)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteEntityClasses(CsdlWrapper csdl)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.WriteDomainModel(CsdlWrapper csdl)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.GenerateDomainModel(EdmxWrapper edmx)</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.CodeGenerator.BaseDomainModelTemplate.Generate()</i></div><div><i>&nbsp; &nbsp;at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TextTemplating658B6893D562081BC01C77E3BF511F814371987403A2727887BD032849A3FB190EDFF090A35CBF74001D5C029C780425DAC42CC4FDC9CBA3DE3364489BE98EEE.GeneratedTextTransformation.TransformText() in d:\GIT\.Net\Projects\Crmall 4.0\Source\DomainModel\CrmallModel.edmx.tt:line 16<span ="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>d:\GIT\.Net\Projects\Crmall 4.0\Source\DomainModel\CrmallModel.edmx.tt<span ="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>16<span ="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>1<span ="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre">	</span>DomainModel (DomainModel\DomainModel)</i></div></div></div><div><br></div><div>Just to certify, I've created a new project without DevForce (just EF5) and executed the same steps. It worked perfectly.</div><div><br></div><div>Am I missing something?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div>]]>
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