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Albanian Early Bound is a tool for XrmToolBox that generates Early-Bound Entities using a simple GUI to configure the desired output.
The tool uses CrmSvcUtil.exe included in the Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreTools NuGet package.
Attention! CrmSvcUtil.exe is not included in this tool, you must first download it from NuGet (or any NuGet compatible source, even local folders if you don't have internet connectivity). To download the latest version of CrmSvcUtil.exe you can use the GetCoreTools command.
The configuration options are exposed on the tool's left panel. This is an example as of version 1.2020.12.1:
These configurations are global for the tool.
| Configuration | Description |
|---|---|
| Coupled Relationships | Choosing one relationship also chooses the coupled relationship |
| Cache Metadata | Use the cached metadata during the code generation |
| NuGet Feed | The path of the NuGet feed to use for Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreTools |
| Specific Version | Specific version of Microsoft.CrmSdk.CoreTools |
The organization options are saved per connection, this way you can have different configurations (ex. Different namespace) for different organizations.
| Configuration | Description |
|---|---|
| Namespace | The generated code Namespace |
| Service Context | The name of the service context (if left empty service context does not get generated) |
| Output | Output path of the generated file |
| Language | The output language CSharp or VB |
| Remove PropertyChanged | If you don't want to use the ServiceContext, then the INotifyPropertyChanging and INotifyPropertyChange Events are only unnecessary overhead |
| Remove ProxyTypesAssembly | Remove ProxyTypesAssemblyAttribute from generated code |
| Remove Prefix | Remove Publisher prefix from Entities, Attributes and OptionSets |
| Xml Documentation | Generate Xml documentation from metadata description |
| Xml Workaroud | Apply a workaround to fix xml documentation escaping |
| Attribute Constants | Generate attributes as Constants in the class Fields
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| Generate Enums | Generate OptionSet enums |
| Generate TwoOptions | Generate Enumerations or Constants for TwoOptions attributes |
| Enum Properties | Generate Enum properties for OptionSet attributes |
This section shows the version of the dependencies
| Configuration | Description |
|---|---|
| CoreTools | The Assembly version of CrmSvcUtil.exe |
| Recycable Memory Stream | The Assembly version of Microsoft.IO.RecyclableMemoryStream |
| This Plugin | The current version of the tool |
One of the best features of Albanian Early Bound is the possibility to generate only the attributes or the relationships that you use in your code so that the Assembly size remains the smallest possible. when you use the Get Metadata command you get the list of all the entities on you organization.
There are three states for the tree nodes:
- Unchecked - This node (Entity, attribute or relationship) will not be part of the generated code
- Checked - This node (and all its sub nodes) will be part of the generated code
- Partial (Black box) - This node will be part of the generated code but has sub nodes that will not be part of the generated code
The following image is an example selection (as of version v1.2020.12.1):
Every time a model is generated with the Generate command a file with the {output}.alb extension is created which contains the configuration of the desired output in a version control friendly format.
Right clicking on the tree there are helper commands as follows:
Where the select generated selects the tree nodes as per last model generation, this way you can do incremental changes to you model with ease.
Hidden feature
After you generate a model you can right click the Output Window and copy the command line used to generate it. (implemented in version v1.2021.1.1)
