GUI Generator??
Quick update: It's going well, I've a control per entity which edits/adds an entity, optional comboboxes for related entities to fill fk's (configurable through custom properties 
), a search control to find entities, and now also a grid to list entity instances, sortable etc.
I've to tie some things together and write the delete confirmation code, but most of the work is over I hope to have something next week.
Ok, almost done Everything is now tied together When you list a set of customers, you can click a customer, list its details, see the related orders (1:n and m:n related entities) and click those, delete them, edit them, sort, page etc.
Add new on related and list subset has to be implemented, as well as some small issues with m:n related entities and addnew but that's it.
At the moment I have 5(!) pages in the whole app and a set of controls For northwind it generates at the moment 430KB of asp.net code alone hehe . As everything is build with controls which are loaded dynamically, it's very flexible and a lot of code is re-used.
I have to say, it was and still is a blast creating this. I hope it's not only useful but also gives insight in how to get started with a UI generated with a bunch of templates.
Stay tuned.
(edit).
screenshots: viewing customer detail with related entities: Pay attention to the paging area, which works without bothering the rest sshot1
editing existing order, pay attention to the comboboxes for related entities, which are configurable via custom properties in the designer (not enabled by default, you can enable them) sshot2
Html validators both for required and values in fields are generated into the HTML, so numeric fields only accept numeric values etc. Not-nullable fields have a different background and a '*' behind them (not visible in the screenshots)
Visually, it's a themed site, so you can change the look/feel
Joined: 26-Feb-2006
adrianporger wrote:
Great!
While you are at it... Can you also add a HTML Date validator ?8)
That's build in the date control I wrote.
Have a great new years eve!
Adrian
You too!
Joined: 22-Feb-2005
Joined: 15-Jul-2005
Nice work, Frans! 
DONE
Ok, I now have to migrate the 6 or so non-templated pages to templates, and create some tasks and I'll upload the first beta batch.
I wouldnt be surprised it has all kinds of little bugs, like with guid pk's, odd relations, deep inheritance hierarchies etc. but it's fairly easy to fix these as the code is pretty straight forward.
As the code generated is pretty simple actually, it's easy to modify the templates to match your own needs. (I hope 
).
I hope to have a first download tomorrow (friday).
(edit) I don't think the build will be ready today, so it will be monday or perhaps this weekend if I find a small period of time.