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Broken ORMGeneratorSettings in Visual Studio 2019

Hi, I'm following the NORMA Lab1 instructions on DDL generation, and encountered this problem. The instructions said that the ORMGeneratorSettings should appear at the bottom right of the properties for the added .orm file (which I was able to add successfully into the project via "Add Existing...

Posted to Technical support (Forum) by jgfish on Thu, Jun 2 2022
Non Visual Studio version of Norma

Is there likely to be a standalone or non Visual Studio version of Norma? I have been very interested in ORM for a number of years now and I still use the unsupported Viso Modeller tool (used with WINE on a Linux box). However this is now getting long in the tooth and I would like to know if there are...

Posted to NORMA (Forum) by Hugh.Chadwick on Sun, Dec 6 2015
Model Page - option to create a new file

Hi, Not sure what the procedure is for requesting a new feature. So here goes: Is it possible to create a new file when selecting a page - maybe make it an option. The main reason is because sometimes the main model doesn't need to change, but adding to a page may require lots of small changes. That...

Posted to Open Discussion & Feature Requests (Forum) by mnnoon on Tue, Jun 9 2015
ORM Tools - Generators

I am a long-time user of Visio for Enterprise Architects and have been searching for an upgrade or replacement tool for a long time. I only discovered NORMA yesterday and was very excited. According to the Tools sidebar on the Home page it appeared to be exactly what I wanted so I spent several hours...

Posted to NORMA (Forum) by RichardRickard on Fri, Jan 10 2014
Generate DDL using NORMA for Visual Studio 2012

Hello Ken Big NORMA fan here! I've just installed Visual Studio 2012 and the latest version of NORMA. I've followed the tutorial instructions for generating DDL, i.e. - created an .orm file, containing two entities - generated the Relational Model - created a Visual Studio Project, with Create...

Posted to Technical support (Forum) by rowenaparsons on Fri, Jun 21 2013
Data Definition Language (SQL DDL) for IT Management model

This is the DDL for SQL Server, as generated by NORMA, for the IT Management data model.

Posted to IT Management (FileGallery) by JimLudden on Tue, Jan 24 2012
ORMCustomTool not available for DDL generation

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...

Posted to Technical support (Forum) by JimLudden on Thu, Jan 19 2012
Control RDBMS Data Types During DDL Generation

Note that I am placing this post here for future reference as this is a FAQ that I do not see addressed in the current NORMA documentation stack. To change the default data types specific to your RDBMS you need to modify the XLST Stylesheet that is used during the generation process. At the time of this...

Posted to Open Discussion & Feature Requests (Forum) by ronmwhite on Wed, Jul 20 2011
Changing the Names of Constraints in Generated SQL

Is there a way to change the naming style so that, for instance, "FK_" is used as a prefix for the constraint name instead of as a suffix?

Posted to Open Discussion & Feature Requests (Forum) by Anonymous on Tue, Oct 26 2010
Column order in DDL output

How can I define column order for columns in my tables in ddl output. Thank yuo for help

Posted to Open Discussion & Feature Requests (Forum) by oliver on Sun, Jun 14 2009

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