Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
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generateEntityObject

This procedure generates an object for an entity, using a table in the database.

Location: ry\app\rydesmngrp.i

Parameters:

INPUT pcTableNames AS CHARACTER

A list of databases and tables from which to generate objects. The list is in the following format:
<database name> CHR(3) <first tablename>,<next tablename>,...<last tablename> CHR(3)
<next database name> ...

INPUT pcEntityObjectType AS CHARACTER

The class name of the Entity object. It must be descended from the Entity class.

INPUT pcEntityProductModule AS CHARACTER

The product module into which to create the Entity object.

INPUT plAutoProPerform AS LOGICAL INPUT piPrefixLength AS INTEGER INPUT pcSeparator AS CHARACTER

Valid values are Upper, blank, or a printable character.

INPUT pcAuditingEnabled AS CHARACTER

Valid values are (Y)es, (N)o, or (I)gnore

INPUT pcDescFieldQualifiers AS CHARACTER

The criteria used to search for the entity description field. If blank, uses the defaults.

INPUT pcKeyFieldQualifiers AS CHARACTER

Determines the criteria used to search for the entity key field. If blank, uses the defaults.

INPUT pcObjFieldQualifiers AS CHARACTER

Determines the criteria used to search for the entity object field. If blank, uses the defaults.

INPUT plDeployData AS LOGICAL INPUT plVersionData AS LOGICAL INPUT plReuseDeletedKeys AS LOGICAL INPUT plAssociateDataFields AS LOGICAL

Whether to automatically associate DataFields with the entity.

Notes: If plAssociateDataFields is set to YES, then all existing datafield instances are first removed.