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Tim Hutchens
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I'd be interested in seeing MKALL.p as well. Regarding generating the UI, what is your target UI environment? Character UI, Windows Application, Web Application, Mobile Application? I'm not familiar with any code that automatically updates the UI based on db schema. The closest thing coming to mind is the Business Entity tool in PDSOE. That will generate a business logic class with CRUD + Submit methods based on schema, but you'd still have to generate something for the target UI environment. Kendo UI Builder may have something for the UI side, but it relies on a Business Entity, so you'd have to do both sides. You will probably need to select your target environment and alter MKALL to generate code for the new UI environment to accomplish what you are trying to do. Whoever wrote MKALL did it for the Character UI, I'm assuming. The same logic it uses to iterate over db schema will apply for any UI; you'll just need to determine the target UI syntax. On a separate note, if you are making a lot of changes in the db during a project, is it possible that your projects have not been defined well enough before your team starts working? You might save more time by getting a more clear scope of work / software specification up front and only have to alter the db and UI a couple times during the project. We don't have a perfect software specification model, but we don't seem to change much in the db schema after we make our initial changes at the beginning of the project. Best Regards, Tim
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