Here is a sneak peak at our Debugger Visualizer for EntitySpaces 2009 that will be included in the official release. When inspecting variables in the debugger you will notice that there is now a magnifying glass next to your EntitySpaces collections as shown in the image below. Notice the magnifying glass on the BusinessObjects.EmployeesCollection.

When you select the EntitySpaces Debugger Visualizer you will be presented with this window which will display the contents of your collection. Remember, this all happens when you are debugging.

You can sort, rearrange columns, and see the dynamic query (if any) that was used to fetch the data. This could be a useful feature when developing your EntitySpaces applications. This does require that you check an additional checkbox on the "Generated Master" template and then link your application with our EntitySpaces.DebuggerVisualizer.dll. There is no performance issue with generating your code like this, it's purely a debugging feature. This is a pretty simple debug visualizer however we will enhance it to support single entities and additional data in future releases.

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If you check the DebugVisualizer on the Advanced Tab of the "Generated Master" template here are the steps you need to follow:

• Add a reference to the EntitySpaces.DebuggerVisualizer.dll assembly.
• Add a reference to "Microsoft.VisualStudio.DebuggerVisualizers .NET 9.0.0.0".
• Call the static method to initialize the Visualizer during your application startup, like this,  esVisualizer.Initialize().

However, we strongly recommend that you regenerate before you ship without the Visualizer checkbox checked and then you will not need to ship the Visualizer assembly (strongly recommened).  

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