Renaming data column / business object property

[Tobias]

Is there an easy way to rename data columns and business object properties and all there usages in a *.mrt file (by code, not manually)?

e.g. having a BO:

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class Foo
{
   string FooNumber {get; set;}
   string FooName {get; set;}
}
...
report.RegBusinessObject("Foo", new Foo{..});
...

I now want to rename Foo into Bar and FooNumber/FooName into BarNumber/BarName without the need to manually open the *.mrt in the designer and replace all usages ("{Foo.FooNumber}" and so on).

[HighAley]

Hello.

You could use next code to change names of properties:

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            report.RegBusinessObject("Foo", new Foo{FooNumber = "1", FooName = "Name"});
            report.Dictionary.SynchronizeBusinessObjects();
            report.Dictionary.BusinessObjects["Foo"].Columns["FooNumber"].Name = "BarNumber";
            report.Dictionary.BusinessObjects["Foo"].Columns["FooNumber"].NameInSource = "FooNumber";

Thank you.

[Tobias]

Ok thanks.
But I think Name and NameInSource must be switched in your solution to make this work. But it's not exactly what I had in mind. I really need to change the Name of a column, not just the "NameInSource". I hoped there migth by some kind of parser hidden somewhere in the API which allows me to take the mrt and simply replace all the column references or to simply iterate over all column refernces and change them.

[Alex K.]

Hello,

Unfortunately, there is no a simple solution.
As a way, you can open template report as text file and use string.Replace

Thank you.

[Tobias]

Ok, thanks! I'll probably use XMLReader and search/replace all column references.

[Alex K.]

Hello,

Ok.
Let us know if you need any additional help.

Thank you.