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Classic mapping in Visual Studio 2010

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Category: DevForce
Forum Name: DevForce 2010
Forum Discription: For .NET 4.0
URL: http://www.ideablade.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2609
Printed Date: 13-May-2026 at 10:41pm


Topic: Classic mapping in Visual Studio 2010
Posted By: asasov
Subject: Classic mapping in Visual Studio 2010
Date Posted: 06-Apr-2011 at 6:17am
Hello. Can anybody please explain if it is possible to use classic IdeaBlade mapping in Visual Studio 2010. I want to migrate my solution from VS 2008 to VS 2010. I've got an *.orm model file and an Add-In for ideablade object mapper in VS 2008. Now in VS 2010 I can't get this Add-In. As I understand the preferred way is to use VS 2010 extension. But we are now completely satisfied with an Add-In Object Mapper.

Thanks in advance, Alexey


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Posted By: kimj
Date Posted: 06-Apr-2011 at 9:26am
You can still use DevForce Classic in Visual Studio 2010, and the Object Mapper will be installed and work as usual.  DevForce 2010 no longer uses the Object Mapper, and instead uses the VS extension and the Entity Framework designer.  We don't offer a migration path to move your application from Classic to DF2010, as so much has changed. 
 
To install DevForce Classic in VS2010 you need version 3.7.0 or later.

Posted By: asasov
Date Posted: 06-Apr-2011 at 11:28pm
Thank you very much.

Posted By: cuneytgargin
Date Posted: 19-Aug-2011 at 4:23am
2010 and Object Mapper...
Hi.. Not having a tool like Object Mapper in 2010 is giving a huge burden for developers.
If you have more than 200 tables and views and storedprocedures.. etc.. 
Each time when you add a table, EDMX is trying to draw connections in diagram...
and it's waste of time and it really uses huge memory...

Are you thinking of preparing any tool for developers with large databases ?

Posted By: robertg
Date Posted: 22-Aug-2011 at 10:06am
I don't know of plans for any additional tools, but over the course of the next couple of patches, we are adding support for the Code First methodology. I know that Code First is often prefered by developers with large, complicated data structures, because while it takes much longer to implement, it provides you with a great amount of control over the behavior of your model, and makes it easy to implement new bits as they're needed.
 
Release 4.1 included a preview for Code First. You can see the introduction at http://drc.ideablade.com/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/code-first - http://drc.ideablade.com/xwiki/bin/view/Documentation/code-first  .
 
Yours,
Robert


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