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For any platform, it is possible to use a screen capture to print the diagram. For Windows users, a script is included that will capture the diagram as a vector diagram that can be pasted into a word document or a power point slide for printing. It has the advantage of being easily resizable. For my projects I use a script that I have written ...

Merging 100 entity types in less than two minutes?! What features of ORM Lite make this efficiency possible? Let's take a closer look at these six steps and find out. Even if you haven't tried ORM Lite you will find this interesting. Read on! Direct editing in table views of model objects. Entity types can be directly edited in a ...

In this series of posts I will explain some important features of ORM Lite that help save time and effort in modeling projects. While wondering where to begin, I read with interest Tyler Young's account of his current ORM modeling project. He gave a good example of a common challenge for large re-engineering projects. So let's start with ...

The new release of ORM Lite supports: Kimball-style dimensional data warehouse design (using ORM diagram annotations) Larger models (with hundreds of tables and thousands of fact types)Re-engineering (with SQL table import and data profiling)Easier model navigation and searchingText-based fact entry (similar to NORMA)Improved Rmap and ...

rafalpaulsson, Yes. it runs on Win7 x64, but you have to give ORMLite extra permission to read the scripts directory. At least that is what one of my students told me, but I don't know what command he used to change the permission. If this correction works for you perhaps you could post on explanation of the steps that you followed.

Darrylr1911, Thank you for trying the tool. Any feedback helps. I am puzzled by your comment that you find it "rather opaque". That's about the opposite of most of the feedback I have received. Would you be willing to explain your experience a little more? What made it opaque for you? What is it you like about the VisioModeler ...

Prior to this release, ORM Lite development has focused on the drawing canvas. We were able to successfully introduce a new, simpler approach for drawing ORM models. This is the first release that steps away from that narrow focus and addresses the total experience of learning to use a new tool. Everything that was not essential has been removed ...

The new v0.12d release of ORM Lite contains many improvement that make it a better fit for use with students. The ORM diagrams are built in and don't have to be installed by the student. Rmap is available at the touch of a button. Modeling errors are easier to fix. The verbalizer has been improved. The new Entry Sequence Diagram shows the ...

ORM LITE is a light-weight, open-source ORM tool that implements most of the ORM 2 notation. New features: simpler to learn, easier to use, improved Rmap, improved verbalizer, new Entry Sequence Diagram, new ability to merge object types, better help. Please try out this new release and help us to improve this introductory-level ORM ...

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