Sounds like you are well on your way to creating a useful tool!

Keep me posted and thanks for your efforts!

Jason

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IBObjects@yahoogroups.com]On
> Behalf Of Markus Ostenried
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:27 AM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [IBO] changing KeyLinks, MasterLinks etc to use aliases
>
>
> On 11/29/06, Jason Wharton <supportlist@...> wrote:
> > This would be an excellent utility to have, for other
> things as well as
> > this. I would be surprised if there wasn't some kind of a
> framework already
> > in place to assist with this sort of thing. A rule-based
> DFM modification
> > tool. Is there anything in the GExperts library that comes
> close to this?
> > Is there anything out there in the open source realm to
> address this?
>
> I just came across this great site:
> http://www.felix-colibri.com/papers/colibri_utilities/dfm_pars
> er/dfm_parser.html
>
> It has a parser for dfm files that allows one to read components and
> properties from a dfm file. But I have yet to accommodate to the
> naming conventions used in the source code and need to understand the
> logic behind all this.
>
> Another thing that came to my mind is this: To determine the correct
> alias to be used in e.g. MasterLinks I will have to read the
> MasterSource property first and then analyze the SQL of the master
> dataset. If the master resides in the same dfm file then this should
> be feasible. But if MasterSource links to another dfm file then I
> guess things start to get more complicated.
>
> Note that I'm still tossing around ideas to get a grip of the problem.
> I also asked the author of the above mentioned dfm parser for some
> usage examples.
>
> I'll keep you informed as I make some progress.
>
> Regards,
> Markus
>