/// <summary>
/// Initializes the Catalog
/// </summary>
private void InitializeMetadataStore()
{
// Open the shared metadatacatalog cache on the client to
// read LOB information. This class represnts the Office
// client shared storage for BCS metadata. Once on client,
// this metadata can be accessed from any Office application
catalog = new RemoteSharedFileBackedMetadataCatalog();
// Get the SalesOrderHeader entity instance using
// namespace and name
entitySalesOrderHeader = catalog.GetEntity(
SalesOrderHeaderNamespace,
SalesOrderHeader);
// Get the SalesOrderLine entity instance using
// namespace and name
entitySalesOrderLine = catalog.GetEntity(
SalesOrderHeaderNamespace,
SalesOrderLine);
salesOrderLineEntityIds =
entitySalesOrderLine.GetIdentifiers();
// Get the handle to LobSystem
lobInstance =
catalog.GetLobSystem(SalesOrderLobSystemName).
GetLobSystemInstances()[SalesOrderLobSystemInstanceName];
// Create list to hold changed rows
changedSalesLineRows = new List <DataRow>();
}
/// <summary>
/// Populates the Combo box with the available ECTs.
/// </summary>
public void PopulateControls()
{
RemoteSharedFileBackedMetadataCatalog Catalog = new RemoteSharedFileBackedMetadataCatalog();
IEntityInstanceEnumerator InstanceEnumerator = null;
INamespacedEntityDictionaryDictionary entDictDict = Catalog.GetEntities("*");
foreach (INamedEntityDictionary entDict in entDictDict.Values)
{
foreach (IEntity entity in entDict.Values)
{
EntityLookup[entity.Name] = entity;
ectList.Items.Add(entity.Name);
}
}
//Fill the ECT combobox
if (EntityLookup != null && EntityLookup.Count > 0)
{
foreach (IEntity entity in EntityLookup.Values)
{
InstanceEnumerator = entity.FindFiltered(
entity.GetDefaultFinderFilters(),
entity.GetMethodInstances(MethodInstanceType.Finder)[0].Value.Name,
entity.GetLobSystem().GetLobSystemInstances()[0].Value,
OperationMode.Online);
System.Data.DataTable dt = Catalog.Helper.CreateDataTable(InstanceEnumerator);
//System.Data.DataTable dt = Globals.ThisAddIn.GetBCSDataTest();
if (dt != null)
{
EntityDataLookup[entity] = dt;
}
}
//ectList.DataSource = EntityCollection;
ectList.SelectedIndex = 0;
//ectList.SelectedItem = EntityCollection[0];
ectList.SelectedIndexChanged += new EventHandler(comboBox1_SelectedIndexChanged);
}
}
