Hi All,

What I would really like to do is set a custom property on each entity then emit code if that custom property is set to true, so I can skip certian entities when I need to. I looked for some example of this in the include templates but could not find anything. I am not sure if this has to be a TDL, or C#/VB.net language template or not. This is my first templete I want to create from scratch. Any help would be great.

Thanks,

Frank

There's no filtering mechanism in place for this at the moment, which skips certain entities based on meta-data in the entity.

Is this code which is in an include template, in a template which generates code for all entities into a single file or in a template which per entity generates a separate file?

Well, I would like it to generate a separate file for each entity. What I am trying to do is add some templates to my project that will generate some of the aspx/ascx files I need, but I don't necessary need them for every entity in the project. So I thought if I could use the custom properties at the entity level to tell the template engine when to generate this code that would work perfectly. I guess I could just let it generate for all entities and then just delete the ones I don't need.

Thanks,

Frank

It's a nice idea by the way.

But for now I think you'd have to generate for all and then delete the un-needed by hand.

You could implement this, but with a customization to the template engine (The TDL engine or the .lpt engine, depending on the template type you're using). In there, you'll see a loop which loops over the entities for example. In that loop, you could check for a specified custom property and a specified value (which you specify via extra parameters of the task which are passed to the engine ). It's alittle tricky but it might be helpful.

Could the standard code be made to control the loop based on an optional delegate that would return true/false; if the delegate was not provided a true would be used?

How would you provide the delegate when the code generation cycle is started?

I will probably just let it create for all of the entities then delete the ones I do not need, I would love to go in and try to update the source to make it work but I probably won't have time to get that done. Anyway, thanks for all the suggestions.

Frank

How would you provide the delegate when the code generation cycle is started?

I have no idea.

arschr wrote:

How would you provide the delegate when the code generation cycle is started?

I have no idea.

Me neither. It's a tough problem, and solutions look simple until you come to the point of actually using them and then it doesn't seem possible...