Customized Data Classes

Page ID: (AU203001)

On the Customized Data Classes page, you manage the DAC items in the customization project. A DAC item contains data in XML format used by the platform to create an appropriate extension for the original data access class (DAC).

Tip: You open the Customized Data Classes page by clicking Data Access in the navigation pane of the Customization Project Editor.

You cannot create a custom data access class on this page. Instead, you have to use the Code page of the editor. Custom DACs are added to the project as Code items. See To Create a Custom Data Access Class for details.

Tip: You can customize DAC items for the Customer Portal as well. For details on the portal, see Customer Portal.

Page Toolbar

The page toolbar includes standard buttons and page-specific buttons and commands. For the list of standard buttons, see Page Toolbar. The page-specific commands can be shown as buttons on the page toolbar, as commands on the More menu, or in both places. These commands are listed in the following table in alphabetical order.


Button	Description
Add New Record	Opens the Select Existing Data Access Class dialog box, in which you select the data class and then click OK.
Convert to Extension	Converts the class changes into the class extension code used to complete the extension development in either the Code Editor or Microsoft Visual Studio.
Edit	Opens the Data Class page for the DAC you have selected in the table (by clicking it before clicking this button).

Table

This table contains the list of customized data classes and the basic settings of each of them. When you click the link in the Name column, the Data Class Editor page for the class is opened. The table contains the following columns.


Column	Description
Name	The name of the customized data class.
Class Name	The full class name.
DB Table	The name of the database table that contains the class.