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Lets you explore the registered DataContextDescriptor, EntityDescriptor, and DataFieldDescriptor classes.

Registered DataContexts: PeterBlum.InitialEntities.NorthWindDataContext PeterBlum.Phase2_WithSecurityRestrictions.NorthWindDataContext PeterBlum.WithDataAnnotations.NorthWindDataContext PeterBlum.DES.DAO.DataContext.AutoRegisterClassesInApp_CodePOCODataContext PeterBlum.Walkthrough.Appointment.AppointmentDemoDataContext

EntityTypes	EntityDescriptor for Territory	DataFields	DataFieldDescriptor for Region	Class LINQ2SQLEntityDescriptor on property EntityDescriptor
Category Territory CustomerCustomerDemo CustomerDemographic Customer Employee EmployeeTerritory Order_Detail Order Product Region Shipper Supplier	Property name Value MetaTable System.Data.Linq.Mapping.AttributedMetaTable EntityDAOType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.TerritoryDAO DefaultSortExpression null DisplayPropertyName null EntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Territory MetadataClassType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.TerritoryMetadata TableName "Territories" FullTableName "Territories" UrlName "Territories" DataContextDescriptor "NorthWindDataContext" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQtoSQLDataContextDescriptor) DataContextType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.NorthWindDataContext PropertyNameOnDataContext "Territories" IsReadOnly False RootEntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Territory DataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors PrimaryKeyDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors RelationshipDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors CalculatedDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors NestedDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.ThreadSafeDataFieldDescriptors DefaultDataFieldDescriptorToDisplay "TerritoryDescription" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.SQLDataFieldDescriptor) DisplayName "Territories" DisplayNameLookupID "" Scaffold False ScaffoldTableAttribute null Attributes System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Attribute] EntityInterfaceAccessor PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Territory	TerritoryID TerritoryDescription RegionID EmployeeTerritories Region	Property name Value AssociationAttribute System.Data.Linq.Mapping.AssociationAttribute Direction ManyToOne DataFieldDescriptorOnRelatedEntity "Territories" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQ2SQLRelationshipDataFieldDescriptor) DataFieldPropertyType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Region DataTypeAttribute null ColumnName "Region" IsPrimaryKey False IsForeignKey False IsDbGenerated False MaxLength 0 IsNullable True IsSortable False IsReadOnly False IsCustomProperty True IsForeignEntity True IsChildrenEntities False IsManyToMany False RelatedEntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Region IsPrimaryKeyInThisTable False ForeignKeyDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors RelatedEntityDescriptor "Region" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQ2SQLEntityDescriptor) RelatedEntityDefaultDataFieldToDisplay "RegionDescription" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.SQLDataFieldDescriptor) PropertyInfo PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Region Region TableName "Territories" EntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Territory EntityDescriptor "Territory" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQ2SQLEntityDescriptor) DataField "Region" DisplayName "Region" DisplayNameLookupID "" ShortDisplayName "" ShortDisplayNameLookupID "" Description "" DescriptionLookupID "" Prompt "" PromptLookupID "" DefaultValue null Scaffold True ScaffoldColumnAttribute null IsInteger False IsString False IsLongString False IsFloatingPoint False IsEnum False IsBoolean False IsDate False IsDateTime False IsTime False Attributes System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Attribute] ValidationAttributes System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations.ValidationAttribute] RelationshipDataFieldDescriptorForForeignKey null IsRequired False IsRelationship True SortExpression "Region.RegionDescription" AllowInitialValue True	Property name Value MetaTable System.Data.Linq.Mapping.AttributedMetaTable EntityDAOType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.TerritoryDAO DefaultSortExpression null DisplayPropertyName null EntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Territory MetadataClassType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.TerritoryMetadata TableName "Territories" FullTableName "Territories" UrlName "Territories" DataContextDescriptor "NorthWindDataContext" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQtoSQLDataContextDescriptor) DataContextType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.NorthWindDataContext PropertyNameOnDataContext "Territories" IsReadOnly False RootEntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Territory DataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors PrimaryKeyDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors RelationshipDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors CalculatedDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors NestedDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.ThreadSafeDataFieldDescriptors DefaultDataFieldDescriptorToDisplay "TerritoryDescription" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.SQLDataFieldDescriptor) DisplayName "Territories" DisplayNameLookupID "" Scaffold False ScaffoldTableAttribute null Attributes System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Attribute] EntityInterfaceAccessor PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Territory

This file is included with the BLD product files in the [DES product folder]\BLD\Misc\language\folder. You can add it to your applications to assist you as you work with Descriptors. Since Descriptors reveal details about your database and business logic, do not put it on your public servers.