On 10/04/13 11:42pm, Robert Huber @ 7r wrote:
Another thought (you mentioned that you output PDF) is that you could easily
create an XSLT to take the Cayenne Model and turn it into an html report. Happy
to assist with that since I've worked on a lot of xslt now.
As there seems to be no Print…
I see. Modeler was never intended to be a standalone ER Modeling tool. My own
vision was to keep it useful for Cayenne users. Never the less, most of the
things that you mentioned are directly aligned with this goal, and we can
improve Modeler for everyone if we pay attention to them. For many o
Hi Robert
>>> The primary key attributes are not displayed in the ObjEntity. Why
>>> not? It is displayed in the [DbEntity?]
>>
>> By default Cayenne hides the primary key from the user. Typically this
>> is what you want but you can easily expose it.
>
> How?
1. Select the ObjEntity,
2. Select
Hi Ari
>>> >Its role is to model the database for users of Cayenne. However, if you
>>> >want to use it as a more general modeling tool, we would be happy to
>>> >accept contributions which make it more useful in that regard. Additional
>>> >meta-data such as notes, colours, etc have long been
On 10/04/13 6:39pm, Robert Huber @ 7r wrote:
>Its role is to model the database for users of Cayenne. However, if you want
to use it as a more general modeling tool, we would be happy to accept
contributions which make it more useful in that regard. Additional meta-data such
as notes, colours
Hi Ari
Thanks a lot for your answers, very helpful to get a deeper understanding about
the ideas in Cayenne Modeler.
>> → The splitting between the tables and classes seems quite complicate to me,
>> especially with the create ObjEntity and syncing between the two «models».
>> May be there is
Hi Andrus
> The goal of CayenneModeler is not abstract modeling, but rather to create a
> binding between DB and Java. So I don't quite understand how it is useful for
> you if you are not writing a Cayenne application?
As we stopped some years ago developing with WebObjects, we continue(d) to
