Boost data-driven application development using SQL Server Centric.NET Code Generator David Rodriguez SQL Server Technology Specialist Microsoft Corporation

Agenda  Overview  Installation  Using built-in templates  Building custom templates  Olymars in real world

Resources   Freely downloaded but NOT SUPPORTED That being said it is very easy to use That being said it is very easy to use

Agenda  Overview  Installation  Using built-in templates  Building custom templates  Olymars in real world

Database Insert Update Delete Select Custom1 Table1 Stored Procedures DataClasses Web controls Windows controls ComboBox ListBox CheckedListBox DataGrid ListBox DropDownList CheckBoxList DataGrid Repeater DataList Windows Forms Application Form N Tiered Application

Overview  Internally known as OlyMars  Project started in March 2001  Can help you (and your organization) move quickly to the.NET world  Already 200+ external customers using it

Overview  OlyMars is built on.NET (C#)  Two ways of considering this tool Comes with more 150+ built-in templates Comes with more 150+ built-in templates Is a code generation framework Is a code generation framework  Relies on a SQL Server 2000 database  Is built using itself

Agenda  Overview  Installation  Using built-in templates  Building custom templates  Olymars in real world

OlyMars Setup

Agenda  Overview  Installation  Using built-in templates  Building custom templates  Olymars in real world

Database What do we need next? Stored procedures… Table1 Table2 Table3 Table4 Designed by hand

Stored Procedures Database Insert Update Delete Select Auto-generated Custom1 Custom2 Custom3 Written by hand Table1

Stored Procedures Generation

Database What do we need next? ADO.NET classes able to call the stored procedures Insert Update Delete Select Auto-generated Custom1 Custom2 Custom3 Written by hand Table1

DatabaseStructure What do we need next? Windows & Web controls that map to each of our tables Auto-generated Written by hand DataClasses

Web controls Windows controls Database Table1 ComboBox ListBox CheckedListBox DataGrid ListBox DropDownList CheckBoxList DataGrid Repeater DataList Auto-generated Written by hand

Web controls Windows controls Database ComboBox ListBox CheckedListBox DataGrid ListBox DropDownList CheckBoxList DataGrid Repeater DataList Auto-generated Written by hand SP

Web Forms Windows Forms Database Table1 Form Page Auto-generated Written by hand SampleApplication

Rest of the generation

Agenda  Overview  Installation  Using built-in templates  Building custom templates  Olymars in real world

IE asp page IIS htmlcontent TOOL Template Code You SQL File

Tool Repository Needs to connect to a repository

Tool Repository Working DB Needs to connect to a working database and analyses it

Tool Repository In memory Working DB representation When analyzed, creates an in-memory representation of this working database

Tool Templates Repository In memory Working DB representation Loads the templates in memory

Tool Templates Repository In memory Working DB representation This representation is provided to the templates

Tool Templates Repository In memory Working DB representation The templates are executed by the tool

Tool Templates Repository In memory Working DB representation SQLcode Can be some SQL code to execute on the working DB

Tool Templates Repository In memory Working DB representation Disk File SQLcode Can be any code to save in files

Building custom templates

Agenda  Overview  Installation  Using built-in templates  Building custom templates  Olymars in real world

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