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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 CustomerCustomerDemo	Class SQLDataFieldDescriptor on property DefaultDataFieldDescriptorToDisplay
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.CustomerCustomerDemoDAO DefaultSortExpression null DisplayPropertyName null EntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.CustomerCustomerDemo MetadataClassType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.CustomerCustomerDemoMetadata TableName "CustomerCustomerDemo" FullTableName "CustomerCustomerDemo" UrlName "CustomerCustomerDemo" DataContextDescriptor "NorthWindDataContext" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQtoSQLDataContextDescriptor) DataContextType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.NorthWindDataContext PropertyNameOnDataContext "CustomerCustomerDemos" IsReadOnly False RootEntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.CustomerCustomerDemo 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 "CustomerID" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.SQLDataFieldDescriptor) DisplayName "CustomerCustomerDemo" DisplayNameLookupID "" Scaffold False ScaffoldTableAttribute null Attributes System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Attribute] EntityInterfaceAccessor PeterBlum.InitialEntities.CustomerCustomerDemo	Property name Value ColumnDbInfoAttribute null ColumnAttribute System.Data.Linq.Mapping.ColumnAttribute CalculatedColumnDbInfoAttribute null DataFieldPropertyType System.String DataTypeAttribute null ColumnName "CustomerID" IsPrimaryKey True IsForeignKey True IsDbGenerated False SqlDbType NChar DbType null MaxLength 5 IsNullable False IsSortable True IsReadOnly False IsCustomProperty False IsForeignEntity False IsChildrenEntities False IsManyToMany False PropertyInfo System.String CustomerID TableName "CustomerCustomerDemo" EntityType PeterBlum.InitialEntities.CustomerCustomerDemo EntityDescriptor "CustomerCustomerDemo" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQ2SQLEntityDescriptor) DataField "CustomerID" DisplayName "CustomerID" DisplayNameLookupID "" ShortDisplayName "" ShortDisplayNameLookupID "" Description "" DescriptionLookupID "" Prompt "" PromptLookupID "" DefaultValue null Scaffold False ScaffoldColumnAttribute null IsInteger False IsString True 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 "CustomerCustomerDemos" (PeterBlum.DES.DataAnnotations.Descriptors.LINQ2SQLRelationshipDataFieldDescriptor) IsRequired True IsRelationship False SortExpression "CustomerID" AllowInitialValue True

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.