I think your thoughts about the names are right, it sounds logic...
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Preston A. Larimer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jack, Changing THE EDT Name does change the EDT on all of the
tables,
> but it doesn't change the name.Now that sounds confusing.
>
> Given EDT Named Foo, when I add it to a table the field in the
table X
> is by default named Foo, and if I look at the properties of the
field
> Foo in table X it shows the EDT as Foo. Now change the the EDT
name in
> to Foobar, in table X if I look at the EDT of field Foo it will
now be
> Foobar. It doesn't change the field name where it is used I think
the
> point is so you can use descriptive names in table for generic EDT,
for
> example adding my Foo EDT to the custTable I might want it to be
called
> custFoo so I don't confuse it with my salesFoo if ever they should
show
> up in a joined resultset.
>
> -Preston
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Schilder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 6:36 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [development-axapta] Changing names of extended data types
>
> Hi there, please help to save my unexperienced ass!!
>
> When I started making edt's my first naming convention was like
this:
> HGH_HRM_Name
> Later on i noticed that my colleagues left out the second
underscore
> so in my next project i used a convention like this:
> HGH_HRMLicense
>
> Today I deleted an underscore out of all the names of my edt's(the
> edt's are already been put into tables and forms) in the AOT,
because
> i wanted a similar naming convention for every edt. I then noticed
> that the changes did not appear in my project. My guess was that
> everything changed in the AOT would be updated throughout the
system,
> so that the name would change also in tables, field groups, forms
etc.
> (unfortunately this is probably a extremely stupid thing to think)
> Synchronizing,updating cross reference or restoring tables did not
> help. after re-opening my projects I receive a lot of info messages
> that say. "edt..... found in project but not in your system" Then
the
> edt's disseapered out of my project. So now the fields in my table
> had the old convention type (HGH_HRM_Name) but the EDT's on which
> they extend have the second convention type(HGH_HRMName) Extremely
> confusing for other people!!
>
> Ps everything still works but is it possible to change names in the
> AOT and have that name updated everywhere it is used?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Jack
>
>
>
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