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Got NORMA working in Visual Studio 2008 -- after I installed the right portions of VS2008! 

 As of October 2018 only the 2017 version of VS Community edition appears to be available. And I cannot get NORMA to install in VS2008 which I ran a few years ago.  Is there another ORM platform that will accept my old .ORM files?  NORMA was so easy to use.... 

 I would insert a Model Note on each graphic page that shows date last saved and status. That is pretty naive, but works. This assumes that you print the versions. Without some sort (e.g. printed) static intermediary, the latest model will always be just the latest model. Alternatively, copy and paste the verbal form of the model into Word, ...

Trying to download this and my Mac says it cannot decompress the ZIP file Attempting alternates between .ZIP and .CPGZ (a new one to me).   My apologies, but I have forgotten how to generate the DDL! 

I added the Data Definition Language (DDL) for the IT Management model to the library. It is in Portable Document Format (PDF), and the site does not allow SQL file extensions, but you should be able to copy out the text.

The .ORM file is in the project directory structure (same as where I created the model): Visual Studio 2008ProjectsIT ManagementIT Management.sln IT Management data model.orm

Here is the sequence of operations:Open Visual Studio 2008File, New, Projecttake the defaults: Visual Basic, Windows Forms ApplicationUncheck "Create directory for solution"Name "IT Management DDL"<OK>In Solution Explorer, select the above-named project.Right-click, Add, Existing ItemChange file type to "All files ...

I'm trying to follow the instructions in NORMA Lab 1 tutorial, slide 45, which says, " In the Properties window, check that “ORMCustomTool” is the value for the CustomTool property. (This should be there by default)" However, it is not there, and typing in "ORMCustomTool" does not give me the ...

Ever since exposure to business rules in a three-day course on the topic while working at a local software company I had this intuition that ORM and SBVR had some deep underlying commonalities. This thread has reinforced that feeling, and gives hope to my idea that the two approaches (one emphasizing data, the other emphasizing business rules) ...