How to map table columns to user defined struct using the designer?

[Skywalker]

Hi,

Is it possible to map multiple columns of a table to a user defined struct?
For example, I have a table named "Users" with the columns "FirstName, LastName, LastNamePrefix".
In my domain model, I have a struct called "PersonName", which looks like this:

struct PersonName
{
   public string FirstName;
   public string LastName;
   public string LastNamePrefix;
}

Using the "classic" OpenAccess, model first approach, I could apply the Persistent attribute to this struct, define a User class and create a property of type PersonName. Then I would simply generate the database.

My question is, how to do this the other way around using the Designer approach?

Greets,
Skywalker

[Alexander]

Hello Skywalker,

I am afraid this is not possible at the moment, but is on our list. Our plans are to provide support for interfaces and abstract classes in Q3, most probably structures will be covered afterwards.
Please excuse us for the inconvenience caused.

Greetings,
Alexander
the Telerik team

[Skywalker]

Hi Alexander,

That's ok, I can write a property of the struct type in a partial class which reads its fields from the properties, which I will mark as private (well, that is when that feature is enabled of course :)).
It's not exactly the same as using a struct directly as the backing type, but it will do just fine for now.

Keep up the great work!

Cheers,
Skywalker