Hello,

I was using DSLTools from May VS SDK and it was possible to create relationship 0..1/0..* without graphical representation and edit this as property (of type targetDomainClass) on sourceDomainClass.

but, when i'am using July (and also June) VSSDK, i cannot find a way to do this.

It can be seen on FlowModel example, (FlowElement has Actor property), but in this example relationship is too complicated (is computed when element is dropped on swimlane, etc.)

I created new project from Minimal Language template,
deleted ExampleElement-ExampleElement relationship, commandbuilder
I created new DomainClass1, GeometryShape, ShapeMap between it

now I created Reference relationship ExampleElement[0..1]-DomainClass1[0..*]

...and now I supposed, there will be property "DomainClass1" on ExampleElement to set relationship, but ...is'nt

what i am doing wrong ? what to do next ?

thank you, J.S.

I just tried the Minimal Language scenario you described and a property "DomainClass1" is generated on ExampleElement. Try to check the following to see if it helps:

1) When you create the relationship, you see one orange box representing the relationship on the diagram, with two lines connecting to the source and target role-players. Click on the line that goes to the source role-player ExampleElement, in Properties Grid (press F4 to bring it up), make sure "IsPropertyGenerator" is set to true. If that's set to false, the property "DomainClass1" will not be generated.

2) In the same place in Property Grid, check the PropertyName. That's the name used to generate the property. By default, it's the name of the opposite role-player, so "DomainClass1" in this case; but it can be set to something else.

3) Make sure you generate code after making the changes to the model.

Other than that, I can't think of a reason why the property is not generated for now. Thanks!

Thank you for your reply, I use these steps you described - and this works without problem.
ExampleElement has property generated of type DomainClass1 named DomainClass1.

But my problem (and i am sorry, that i did not write it clearly) is that this property doesn'n appear in my Designer in PropertyGrid of class ExampleElement, when running "Debugging" project and using this model in VS2005.

When looking at another example - FlowModel, this is working - on FlowElement there is an Actor property and is set by swimlanes, but also can be set from PropertyGrid of any FlowElement. But i did not mentioned the difference...

thank you for any more help with this

Hello again,

I do some investigation and solve my problem - My Target class doesn't have domainproperty with ElementName=true.

when i set it, everything works fine.

It can be idea for new validation when saving DomainModel ;)

J.S.

There's a bug in the released CTP, where the visibility of the property in properties grid is controlled by the IsBrowsable on the *opposite* role. So for a relationship ARefsB, when you select an instance A, the properties grid shows "B" only if B role has IsBrowsable true.

We have fixed this problem in the next release, so now the visibility of property "B" on A role is controlled by IsBrowsable on A role; and we renamed IsBrowsable to IsPropertyBrowsable to make this clear. So in the next release, to see "B" when A is selected, you need to set IsPropertyBrowsable to true on A role. Thanks!