Adding an IDO

An IDO (Intelligent Data Object) provides a set of properties and methods, and implements the IDO request interface (LoadCollection, UpdateCollection, and Invoke).

To add an IDO to the current project:

  1. From either the IDO Projects or IDOs form, click New IDO.
  2. In the first page of the New IDO Wizard,specify this information:
    • The IDO project with which this IDO is associated
    • The name of the primary base table
    • An alias by which the primary base table is to be known
    • The name of the IDO
  3. Click Next.
    Note:  If you specify a value for the Extends attribute, page 2 of the wizard is not used and the Next button is disabled. In this case, click Finish.
  4. In the second page of the wizard, create bound properties for this IDO that are based on columns in the primary base table in the application database.

    By default, all of the columns in the primary base table are included as properties in the IDO.

    • To remove a column and omit it as a property, clear the Inc check box for that column.
    • To change a single property name, specify the new name in the Property Name field.
    • To make changes to all property names at one time, click Massage Property Names, which opens the Massage Options form.
  5. Click Finish.

The new IDO is displayed, automatically checked out to you.

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