I am converting reports from version 2 to version 3. When I select the vertical table in the report, the propeties box appears but any changes I make is not reflected in the table. If I change any attributes at the column or cell level however, the changes are taken. The problem is that some attributes like alternate row coloring are n...
I am trying to figure out how to use Validation on Business Objects. Until now I have only seen examples on CustomValidator that checks for only 1 error. I have two fields with DateTime input that should check for 3 or more errors. I guess normally I should check on client, then on server, last on database level. If I get an error on a f...
What functionality do you think should be built into a persistable business object at bare minimum? For example: validation a way to compare to another object of the same type undo capability (the ability to roll-back changes) ...
Hello There, Can you recommend a DAL object creator that is simple yet useful. I want something that creates and updates object the way LINQ does. It should be in c# and much better if it splits object's properties and data access methods in partial classes. We've used CSLA before but I want something more simplier for our next project...
I am in the process of creating a new database and moving old data into it. I would like to create Business Objects for the new system and looking at the old system, it looks like the objects are based on the tables in the old database. Is this the correct way to create business objects? ...
From the title, I believe it to be a straight forward question, but looking into the "world of Business Objects" I can't seem to put my finger on anything solid as to what a Business Object should be. Are there any best practices that I should follow, or even any design patterns? I have found a book, "Expert C# Business Objects", would...
All, I add a group to be a child of the parent group but, it is not becoming a member of the parent group. I have to go in and set it manually. Anyone know how this works? ...
I have an Object CaseNote which has numerous child object's like CaseNoteContactType. For 1 CaseNote there can be x CaseNoteContactType's. In the UI ContactTypes are shown in a CheckListBox. My question is how do I represent the ContactType child object? It is a simple int|string pair. public Class CaseNote { public Guid CaseNote...
Let's say that I have Customer model with following fields: Id, FirstName, LastName. I want to present list of Customers in List View. For this I use my service method which return List to iterate in view. But now I want also to display some additional information for each customer, for example credit. This information is not stored in ...
I have the ReportBlock from the type VTable that I am modifying. I am able to get the horizonatal block axis to modify the cells but, I cannot seem to modify the column header (different object). I started to look into trying to get back a smalltable but, I am not confident in this approach. Any idea? ...
Suppose my WinForms application has a business entity Order, the entity is used in multiple views, each view handles a different domain or use-case in the application. As an example, one managing orders, the other one digging into one order and displaying additional data. If I'd use nHibernate (or any other ORM) and use one session/data...
I have about 15 .RPT files on my .NET 2.0 site, and I recently changed to a new database server. I successfully changed the Datasource on 14 of those .RPT files, but on one, after making the change, I get "Failed to Save Document" when I try to save the updated report. I can change the subreport's Datasource, and save it just fine, but...
I want to develop an enterprise app that includes a WindowsForms presentation layer, middle-tier components for business logic and data access, and a MsSQL Server database. Middle-tier components should contain some business objects and will be called from presentation layer using .NET Remoting. Whitch is the best way (and why) to refere...
Firstly, This might seem like a long question. I don't think it is... The code is just an overview of what I'm currently doing. It doesn't feel right, so I am looking for constructive criticism and warnings for pitfalls and suggestions of what I can do. I have a database with business objects. I need to access properties of parent objec...
Hello, I have completed a simple database for a project. Only 6tables. Of the 6, one is a "lookup" table. There is one "master" table that is the driver for the system. It is referenced as a foreign key by the other four tables. Give that this step is completed. What is the FASTEST, EASIEST way to create POCOs/BizObjects that can l...
Hi All, I would like to know information on BO VOYAGER and its text books and how to get software for practice. We have developed OLAP cubes using SSAS 2008 and we are concern to look for VOYAGER. any opinions on the VOYAGER and how to start learning VOYAGER. I would like to know the complete information. thanks all prav ...
I need some advice on how to handle this scenario. My application has many tables and custom classes mapped to those tables. Let's use the following as an example (pseudo-code): Public Class Country Name As String Language As String Capital As String President As String Public Class State Name As String Capital As String Country As S...
I created a report that pulled 1 object from the Purchase_order table (PO_REF) and one from the ORG_ZONES table (ZONE_NAME). Why would BO generate a query that joined to a 3rd table, ORGANIZATION for no reason? Note that the ORGANIZATIONS table is related to both the PURCHASE_ORDER and ORG_ZONES table, so in a sense, if you were to loo...
All, Has anyone figured out how to return the sql for an object that is in Webi using the rebean api? I have got the ReportExpression of the column but, from there I am having a difficult time retrieving the SQL of the object. Thanks ...
hi I'm studying business layer and need a complete reference which covers issues about "how to manage dependency between business layer and other layers", "how many ways are there to send data between layers" and most important for me "how to group business logic and make business component and talk about possible ways....". do you kn...