Question

I have a MS Sql 2005 Database , and I want to generate Visual BAsic code of Data Entity Class, I search the web but I can find a tool that I want. If you any information or link please help me.

Answer 1

I’ve heard that Enterprise Architect has an entity/ORM framework generator for VB6, but I can’t say for sure. I suggest you start looking there. reference

I had to roll my own at work, but it’s copyrighted by the company so I wouldn’t be able to post it here. I can give you a brief synopsis if you want to try it yourself:

• I created a “base class” for an entity (VB6 doesn’t support inheritance, so this was actually a “wrapped” base class)
  • Has Methods like Insert, Update, LoadByPrimaryKey, etc.
• I created a similar “base class” for a collection of entities.
  • Supports simple .Where and .OrderBy methods that build a query
• I created a code generator that pulled a list of tables from the database
  • It generates a module for each table with an Enum listing each column name as an ID, and lookup tables to go from column enum to column name, and back
  • It generates an entity class for each table that wraps the base entity, and has property setters/getters corresponding to each column name
  • It generates an entity collection class for each table that wraps the base collection class