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Why is the 'Named Domain Class' tool missing in the DSL Designer category in the toolbox?

I have the Domain-Specific development with VS DSL Tools book by Cook, Jones, et.all

The book and various tutorials online mention a NamedDomainClass tool that should be present in the DSL Designer toolbox. I have installed VS 2010 beta 2 on Win XP - however this tool is missing in the toolbox. I've created a project using the Minimal project template as mentioned in the book. I have 12 tools showing up including the Domain Class tool.

I've searched online and apparently no one else has this problem.

  • Can someone confirm that it's missing in VS 2010 Beta 2?
  • If not how can I get it to show up ?
  • Is there any way in which I can add a Domain class instance and tweak it so that it becomes a Named Domain Class? The book mentions that there is some must-be-unique validation and serialization changes that are done by the NamedDomainClass tool.

I've tried 'Choose Items' context menu on the DSL Designer category. These tools apparently are added dynamically ; do not show up in the lists on the dialog that comes up.

Solution

  • This question was answered in the same post on the Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Domain-Specific Languages (DSL) & Modeling Tools Extensibility forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/dslvsarchx/thread/a2221648-6e92-49ba-b223-8df98e2cdfdd

    I have confirmed that the Named Domain Class has no longer existed in the toolbox. It exists in the VS 2008's toolbox.

    You can create a Named Domain Class in VS 2010 by: 1. Add a Domain Class and diagram 2. Add a DomainProperty and named it as "Name" 3. In the Name DomainProperty's propertes, change "Is Element Name" to true

    Hope it helps.

    Hongye Sun [MSFT]

    FYI this was a bug in the SDK for Beta 2. It has now been fixed.

    Regards, Duncan [MSFT]