diff --git a/fullCrud/FullCrudCode.php b/fullCrud/FullCrudCode.php
index 9004996..ef99b8b 100644
--- a/fullCrud/FullCrudCode.php
+++ b/fullCrud/FullCrudCode.php
@@ -133,8 +133,40 @@ protected function defaultControllerId($model)
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Note: Asterisk argument for model field generates crud for all application models
+     */
     public function prepare()
     {
+
+        $models = array();
+        $this->files=array();
+
+        if (strpos($this->model, '*') === 0) {
+            $models = array_keys($this->getModels());
+        } else {
+            $models[] = $this->model;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($models as $model) {
+            if (strpos($model, "application.") === false) {
+                continue;
+            }
+            $this->model = $model;
+            $this->controller = $this->defaultControllerId($this->model);
+            $this->validateModel('model', array());
+            if ($this->hasErrors('model')) {
+                continue;
+            };
+            $this->prepareSingle();
+            $this->model = '*';
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public function prepareSingle()
+    {
+
         if (!$this->controller) {
             $this->controller = $this->defaultControllerId($this->model);
         }
@@ -151,7 +183,6 @@ public function prepare()
         }
 
         // Adapted code from original CrudCode->prepare() to support a more flexible template structure
-        $this->files=array();
         $templatePath=$this->templatePath;
 
         // Add the controller view manually
@@ -207,7 +238,7 @@ protected function addFilesFromPath($templatePath, $viewPathAlias)
             }
         }
 
-        }
+    }
 
     /**
      * Overridden not to supply controller id, which we do manually
@@ -220,6 +251,11 @@ public function getViewPath()
 
     public function validateModel($attribute, $params)
     {
+        if ($this->model === "*") {
+            $this->clearErrors('model');
+            $this->clearErrors('controller');
+            return true;
+        }
         // check your import paths, if you get an error here
         // PHP error can't be catched as an exception
         if ($this->model) {
@@ -376,6 +412,72 @@ private function getOutputViewDirectory()
         return $viewDir;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the model names and, if possible, the attributes in an array.
+     * Only non abstract and superclasses of CActiveRecord models are returned.
+     * @return array key = names and value = attributes of the models
+     */
+    public function getModels()
+    {
+        $models = array();
+        $aliases = array();
+        $aliases[] = 'application.models';
+        foreach (Yii::app()->getModules() as $moduleName => $config) {
+            if ($moduleName != 'gii')
+                $aliases[] = $moduleName . ".models";
+        }
+
+        foreach ($aliases as $alias) {
+            if (!is_dir(Yii::getPathOfAlias($alias)))
+                continue;
+            $files = scandir(Yii::getPathOfAlias($alias));
+            Yii::import($alias . ".*");
+            foreach ($files as $file) {
+                if ($fileClassName = $this->checkFile($file, $alias)) {
+                    $classname = sprintf('%s.%s', $alias, $fileClassName);
+                    Yii::import($classname);
+                    try {
+                        if (!class_exists($fileClassName))
+                            throw new Exception('Model '.$fileClassName.' does not exist');
+
+                        $model = new $fileClassName;
+                        if (is_object($model) && $model->getMetaData())
+                            $models[$classname] = $model->attributes;
+                        else
+                            $models[$classname] = array();
+                    } catch (ErrorException $e) {
+                        break;
+                    } catch (CDbException $e) {
+                        break;
+                    } catch (Exception $e) {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $models;
+    }
+
+    private function checkFile($file, $alias = '')
+    {
+        if (substr($file, 0, 1) !== '.'
+            && substr($file, 0, 2) !== '..'
+            && substr($file, 0, 4) !== 'Base'
+            && $file != 'GActiveRecord'
+            && strtolower(substr($file, -4)) === '.php') {
+            $fileClassName = substr($file, 0, strpos($file, '.'));
+            if (class_exists($fileClassName)
+                && is_subclass_of($fileClassName, 'CActiveRecord')) {
+                $fileClass = new ReflectionClass($fileClassName);
+                if ($fileClass->isAbstract())
+                    return null;
+                else
+                    return $models[] = $fileClassName;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
 }
 
 ?>
diff --git a/fullCrud/FullCrudGenerator.php b/fullCrud/FullCrudGenerator.php
index 10ad3af..d97b77e 100644
--- a/fullCrud/FullCrudGenerator.php
+++ b/fullCrud/FullCrudGenerator.php
@@ -11,51 +11,15 @@ class FullCrudGenerator extends CCodeGenerator
     public $codeModel = 'gtc.fullCrud.FullCrudCode';
 
     /**
-     * Returns the model names and, if possible, the attributes in an array.
-     * Only non abstract and superclasses of CActiveRecord models are returned.
      * The array is used to build the autocomplete field and the
      * list of possible columns in the FullCrud form.
      * @return array key = names and value = attributes of the models
      */
     protected function getModels()
     {
-        $models = array();
-        $aliases = array();
-        $aliases[] = 'application.models';
-        foreach (Yii::app()->getModules() as $moduleName => $config) {
-            if ($moduleName != 'gii')
-                $aliases[] = $moduleName . ".models";
-        }
-
-        foreach ($aliases as $alias) {
-            if (!is_dir(Yii::getPathOfAlias($alias)))
-                continue;
-            $files = scandir(Yii::getPathOfAlias($alias));
-            Yii::import($alias . ".*");
-            foreach ($files as $file) {
-                if ($fileClassName = $this->checkFile($file, $alias)) {
-                    $classname = sprintf('%s.%s', $alias, $fileClassName);
-                    Yii::import($classname);
-                    try {
-                        if (!class_exists($fileClassName))
-                            throw new Exception('Model '.$fileClassName.' does not exist');
-
-                        $model = new $fileClassName;
-                        if (is_object($model) && $model->getMetaData())
-                            $models[$classname] = $model->attributes;
-                        else
-                            $models[$classname] = array();
-                    } catch (ErrorException $e) {
-                        break;
-                    } catch (CDbException $e) {
-                        break;
-                    } catch (Exception $e) {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
+        $codeModel = Yii::createComponent($this->codeModel);
+        $models = $codeModel->getModels();
+        $models[] = "*";
         return $models;
     }
 
@@ -71,25 +35,6 @@ protected function getAuthTemplates($template)
         return $return;
     }
 
-    private function checkFile($file, $alias = '')
-    {
-        if (substr($file, 0, 1) !== '.'
-            && substr($file, 0, 2) !== '..'
-            && substr($file, 0, 4) !== 'Base'
-            && $file != 'GActiveRecord'
-            && strtolower(substr($file, -4)) === '.php') {
-            $fileClassName = substr($file, 0, strpos($file, '.'));
-            if (class_exists($fileClassName)
-                && is_subclass_of($fileClassName, 'CActiveRecord')) {
-                $fileClass = new ReflectionClass($fileClassName);
-                if ($fileClass->isAbstract())
-                    return null;
-                else
-                    return $models[] = $fileClassName;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
 }
 
 ?>