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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 Product	DataFields	DataFieldDescriptor for Category	Class RuntimePropertyInfo on property PropertyInfo
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.ProductDAO DefaultSortExpression null DisplayPropertyName null EntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Product MetadataClassType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.ProductMetadata TableName "Products" FullTableName "Products" UrlName "Products" DataContextDescriptor "NorthWindDataContext" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQtoSQLDataContextDescriptor) DataContextType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.NorthWindDataContext PropertyNameOnDataContext "Products" IsReadOnly False RootEntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Product 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 "ProductName" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.SQLDataFieldDescriptor) DisplayName "Products" DisplayNameLookupID "" Scaffold False ScaffoldTableAttribute null Attributes System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Attribute] EntityInterfaceAccessor PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Product	ProductID ProductName SupplierID CategoryID QuantityPerUnit UnitPrice UnitsInStock UnitsOnOrder ReorderLevel Discontinued Order_Details Category Supplier	Property name Value AssociationAttribute System.Data.Linq.Mapping.AssociationAttribute Direction ManyToOne DataFieldDescriptorOnRelatedEntity "Products" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQ2SQLRelationshipDataFieldDescriptor) DataFieldPropertyType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Category DataTypeAttribute null ColumnName "Category" 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.Category IsPrimaryKeyInThisTable False ForeignKeyDataFieldDescriptors PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.DataFieldDescriptors RelatedEntityDescriptor "Category" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQ2SQLEntityDescriptor) RelatedEntityDefaultDataFieldToDisplay "CategoryName" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.SQLDataFieldDescriptor) PropertyInfo PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Category Category TableName "Products" EntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Product EntityDescriptor "Product" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQ2SQLEntityDescriptor) DataField "Category" DisplayName "Category" 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 "Category.CategoryName" AllowInitialValue True	Property name Value MemberType Property Name "Category" DeclaringType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Product ReflectedType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Product MetadataToken 385876125 Module App_Code.t6neem1d.dll PropertyType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Category Attributes None CanRead True CanWrite True GetMethod PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Category get_Category() SetMethod Void set_Category(PeterBlum.InitialEntities.Category) IsSpecialName False CustomAttributes System.Collections.ObjectModel.ReadOnlyCollection`1[System.Reflection.CustomAttributeData]

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.