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Is there currently a way in NORMA to merge multiple diagrams? By which I guess I mean importing a page (and all of its associated data) from one ORM model into another existing one? Thanks, Steve  

Excellent, thanks for the feedback! Steve

Great, I'll go through the 2nd tutorial. I'd gone through it before, but often these things take practice before they get stuck in your brain! :D Thanks for the help!

Terry mentioned in another thread that numerous improvements are being planned for NORMA. Is there anywhere on here with a sneak peak at what's coming?

How does ORM (and more specifically, NORMA) handle the modeling of derived values? For example, I'm currently working on a ORM model related to the concept of payroll deductions. A payroll deduction (object), in this case, has something like an "amount accrued YTD" value. (Payroll Deduction has AmountAccruedYTD) The YTD amount is ...

I'm considering using the NORMA tool for a project of considerable size, that would involve 30+ diagrams of considerable complexity. Are you aware of any limitations in how many pages of diagrams the NORMA tool can handle? Will the tool still perform adequately as the .orm file increases in size? Are there any things I should consider when ...

Thanks very much folks! I'm pretty new to the whole ORM thing, but I'm enjoying my crash course very much. ;)

I'm curious about this as well, many months later... :)

Excellent, thanks very much for the information! We have a copy of Terry's book lying around here somewhere. I'll do some studying. ;) Steve

Hi folks, I'm a new forum member. I run a technical analysis group. We have a pretty junior group, more on the business side than the technical side. We're starting to explore ORM as a route to better definition of business "requirements". I've installed NORMA in my Visual Studio 2008 environment, and am just beginning to ...