The ORM Foundation

If you "can't wait" to get into ORM and need a stable tool, then you can consider using VEA (Microsoft Visio for Enterprise Architects). The following diagram shows the functional scope of VEA. I drew this diagram for the VEA "how to" book which is referenced on the home page of this website. Future releases ...

 Hello Sensei, I'll let a team member give you the official agenda for the tool's development.  I do know they are working on the grammar, and several incremental feature additions.  As regards the bug list and stability, my assumption is that most bugs are accounted for - even if they were not noted as fixed (because the ...

Hi, We are starting a new project and need a modelling tool. This will be a fairly large project with a table count between 120-200.  I have only used nORMa to get used to it and small-scale stuff. I know some data types are missing and looking at the bug list I am not sure the current CTP is stable enough for us at this point. ...

 Hi, Scrolling through the list of  currently available (May CTP) reference mode options, I'm wondering if a option for generic formatted strings would be useful.  Creating a model to compare approaches in another thread, I sub-typed email addresses, phone numbers and postal addresses.  I gave the super-type the RM of ...

Hello Matt and Brian,   I have successfully installed the ORM extension for VS 2008. Your advise to install separate msi has helped. Thank you very much!   Alex Koval 

Things to check (in order): Make sure you're running setup.bat as an administrator or from an administrator command prompt. Run 'appwiz.cpl' (the Add/Remove Programs control panel app) and make sure previous Neumont* programs are uninstalled. (If you haven't installed NORMA before, then you shouldn't have any ...

 Hi Alex, Still a bit of frustration with the install - too bad; I'm sure you'd like to get going with using the tool.  Odds are the install issue is a minor one, and I'll offer a few ideas.  Whether these workout for you or not, do send Matt Curland an email (in case he doesn't see your post).  He's the ...

 Hello Brian,   Thank you a lot for the information. I see the correct installation. Now I have a different problem. When running the Setup.exe I am getting the output below. Could you please advise what is the problem? many ...

Hello Alex, Did you notice that there are seperate nORMa install packages for VS 2005 and VS 2008?  Given that the CTP date is in the title, it's easy to grab the wrong package.  If that's not the problem, let me know. BTW, you can also get the tool CTP packages from the Library section here on OF.  As long as you're ...

Hi,   I have downloaded the plugin for Visual Studio from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=158881 While running the setup, the installer tried to find VS 2005. I use VS 2008, how can I use the ORM extension for VS 2008?   thanks,   Alex Koval