The Kinetic Framework

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Checked in by server upgrade

New Post: How to set a char/varchar column to an empty string?

rschaeferhig — Mon, 09 May 2011 18:41:27 GMT

I inherited a set of apps from developers who've left the company that were generated under Kinetic framework 1.1. Before I get involved in trying to upgrade the framework, which appears to be sorely overdue, I have a program that needs to write empty strings into char/varchar columns. Unfortunately the code generated by the framework interprets an empty string (either "" or String.Empty) as NULL so my tables end up full of NULL columns rather than empty strings which will break dozens of older apps that read them (long story).

Is there a way to set the value of a property of a SQL entity to an empty string? The specific code segment is:

foreach (PropertyInfo info in entityBase.GetType().GetProperties())
{
       if (info.CanWrite)
      {
           if (info.PropertyType.ToString() == "System.String")
          {
               info.SetValue(entityBase, String.Empty, null);
          }
      }
}

The entire program is a utility that is intended to load multiple tables from similarly formatted input files. "entityBase" is instantiated against one of several entities generated by Codesmith from the database. The above code iterates over the properties of the requested entity and sets all the string-based columns to String.Empty. As noted above I've also used "" and both generate a NULL.

I looked for SetValue in the Framework to see if I could override the behavior but I can't find it so I assume it is part of the base code for the Framework and not modifiable.

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

Created Issue: After generation there is an error on EntityBase.Save no suitable method found to override [19774]

blake05 — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:45:21 GMT

Error 1 'Kinetic.Business.Framework.EntityBase.Save(Kinetic.Business.Framework.SqlHelper)': no suitable method found to override
D:\Desktop\Kinetic\Business\Framework\Generated.EntityBase.cs 690 30 Kinetic.Business

The issue can be resolved by fixing the method signature to use the SqlHelper Interface.

Change This:

public override void Save(SqlHelper helper)

To:

public override void Save(IDataHelper helper)

New Comment on "WhyTheNuSoftFramework"

mminto — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:04:36 GMT

Hi RossCode, I have used CodeSmith within 2 organisations and hope to start using it from within the new business I have just started working for. They produce ERP solutions for the mining sector. They are at the beginning of major re-write of their entire suite of ERP modules and databases. They are migrating from Open Edge Progress 10.2B to a .Net / C Sharp / Sql Server 2008 R2 solution. I would like to introduce them to some tools to ease the transition and improve the quality and consistency of the produced code. CodeSmith offers some great frameworks and I was wondering what suggestions you would have regarding an appropriate framework to start with. I would like to think that we could avoid a framework that is too heavy, and one that would allow connection pooling and promote a service orientated architecture approach. A lot of the developers here are about to embark on a major change in the solution architecture paradigm, and I hope to minimize the pain as much as possible. Also, the whole development team here are about to receive training in the use of the SCRUM development methodology. I am also a firm believer in the use of tools like ReSharper 5.1. Another question: can your framework use Sql Server 2008 ?

Source code checked in, #52373

_TFSSERVICE — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:08:20 GMT

Checked in by server upgrade

Commented Issue: Fails to build under CodeSmith 5.1 [13306]

khaos — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:14:20 GMT

Under the recently released CodeSmith 5.1, main.cst fails to build, and the Properties window does not initialize with the custom properties.

Examination of the build output reveals;
c:\ProgramData\CodeSmith\v5.1\Template Cache\1876480247\Main_cst.cs(500,56): error CS0234: The type or namespace name 'CustomProperties' does not exist in the namespace 'CodeSmith' (are you missing an assembly reference?)

Solution;
add following to Main.cst
<%@ Assembly Name="CodeSmith.CustomProperties" %>
Comments: ** Comment from web user: khaos **

THANKS! (5.2 also)

New Post: The future?

lilas — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:24:17 GMT

Is anyone working on this framework? Is there going to be a version 4?

Its a great framework but having problems in Codesmith 5.2!

Updated Wiki: Home

banderson — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:53:25 GMT

Welcome To The Kinetic Framework

The Kinetic Framework is an extensible business and data layer framework. It is built as a set of CodeSmith templates. The templates generate a strongly typed C# domain model based off your SQL 2005 database schemas. Our code framework is a great way to get a custom development project off the ground on the right foot.

Background

The Kinetic Framework was developed over many years and different types of projects (mostly large web applications). We are happy to be able to share the combined experiences of our consulting related to custom development frameworks with our clients and now the .Net open source community. Why The Kinetic Framework?

Documentation

Get up to speed by using our reference documentation including a simple 3 step "How To" guide and advanced topics material. We also have a rough project Road Map if you are interested in our future development plans. We monitor the discussions so please don't hesitate to ask questions.

Code Samples

We now have a team that has started producing code samples for Kinetic Framework working against the AdventureWorks database. It is a constant work in progress. You can download the source at the The Kinetic Framework Samples.

Technical Requirements

In order to run these templates you will need to use CodeSmith v4 or greater. It costs $99 for their standard editon. There is a free trial version for 30 days which is plenty of time to get you going. The framework is designed to run against SQL 2005 databases.

New Post: SQLite and .Net Compact

srihanuman — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:23:43 GMT

I am sorry about the link, but long time has passed since....We have been using these customizations on a project and everything was working ok, no problem at all. Also, some more work was done.

I will be posting a link in a day or so...

New Post: Will there be a Version 4?

sowokie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:09:39 GMT

It would be great if you did the version 4 you had planned! Could´t you outline what you wanted to do and give us the possibility to help you? I would hate to see this framework just die!

New Post: SQLite and .Net Compact

sowokie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:55:44 GMT

The link does´t work. Could you supply us with a new link (maybe a permanent one).

Did you do more work on this?

Patch Uploaded: #3569

akamphuis — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 21:01:20 GMT

akamphuis has uploaded a patch.

Description:
updates that fix varchar(max) varbinary(max) and uses with (nolock) tsql syntax when doing reads.

includes changeset 36044, 36043, and 36042

Source code checked in, #36044

akamphuis — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:47:55 GMT

updated so that dyanmic sql mode uses with (nolock) syntax for performance

Source code checked in, #36043

akamphuis — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:46:31 GMT

merged rkrauses fix for validation errors with varchar(max) fields

Source code checked in, #36042

akamphuis — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:45:17 GMT

merged rkrauses bug fix for varbinary(max) issues with dynamic sql

Created Issue: Fails to build under CodeSmith 5.1

pmdye — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:00:10 GMT

New Post: SQLite and .Net Compact

SriHanuman — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 19:12:57 GMT

Hi,

here are the code changes to get it working with SQLite and .Net Compact:

http://www.2shared.com/file/4995737/7260085a/NuSoftNetCF.html

Z.

New Post: SQLite code generating

SriHanuman — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:15:17 GMT

Hi,

I made some changes to the FW to support SQLite database. There is no support for composite primary keys, but it can be easily added. It was not thoroughly tested so use on your own risk. If anybody is interested:

http://www.2shared.com/file/4988126/d7fb8452/NuSoft.html

Z.

New Post: child objects data in datagridview

bluelife — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:53:53 GMT

Hi again,

I managed to solve issues #1 and #2 by combining information presented in these two great
articles:

http://www.timvw.be/presenting-the-sortablebindinglistt-take-two/
http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/ObjectBindingSource.aspx

regards