Hi,

On version 5.0.7 i am generating DTOs in my Derived Model.

Imagine i have a DtoClass 'Blah' with a property 'Port' with fields 'PortId' and 'PortName'. Using the designer this will create an embedded type like so:

namespace BlahDtoTypes
    {
        
        /// <summary> DTO class which is derived from the entity 'Port (Port)'.</summary>
        [Serializable]
        [DataContract]
        public partial class Port
        {
            /// <summary>Gets or sets the PortId field. Derived from Entity Model Field 'Port.PrtId'</summary>
            [DataMember]
            public System.String PortId { get; set; }
            /// <summary>Gets or sets the PortName field. Derived from Entity Model Field 'Port.PrtName'</summary>
            [DataMember]
            public System.String PortName { get; set; }
        }

Imagine if i had already created a 'Port' dto in the derived model. Is there a way i can force the generated dto class for my 'BlahDto' to use my 'Port' dto for the property instead of the embedded property?

Cheers, Iain

That's not how DTOs are designed, as they are just projections which can be different from one root to another.

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