/// <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>();
}
private static object GetTypedIDValue(string sID, IEntity oEntity)
{
object oID = null;
try
{
IIdentifierCollection type = oEntity.GetIdentifiers();
String sIdentifierType = type[0].IdentifierType.FullName.ToLower().Replace("system.", String.Empty);
// Find the instance value based on the given identifier type
switch (sIdentifierType)
{
case "string":
oID = sID;
break;
case "datetime":
oID = DateTime.Parse(sID, CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
break;
case "boolean":
oID = Boolean.Parse(sID);
break;
case "int64":
oID = Int64.Parse(sID);
break;
case "int32":
oID = Int32.Parse(sID);
break;
case "int16":
oID = Int16.Parse(sID);
break;
case "double":
oID = Double.Parse(sID);
break;
case "char":
oID = Char.Parse(sID);
break;
case "guid":
oID = new Guid(sID);
break;
default:
oID = sID;
break;
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
LogError("GetTypedIDValue errored with message " + e.Message);
}
return(oID);
}
