ODS Developer Centre

Resources for ODS developers

About the Developer Centre

Welcome to the developer centre. The developer centre is a library of resources to help software developers get the most from ODS. Use the index on the right hand side of the page to navigate the various sections of the developer centre.

An Overview of the Developer Centre Sections

ODS Design Studio

ODS Design Studio is the primary application that you will use to design your Data Access Layer. This section of the developer centre documents the functionality provided by ODS Design Studio. There are descriptions of all the major screens and what the various menus and buttons do. Learn more...

ODS Gen

ODSGen is a command line application that can be used to generate source code from an ODS solution. This section documents the various command line options accepted by ODSGen. Learn more...

Generated source code

The ODS Design Studio and ODSGen applications generate source code that implements a Data Access Layer. This section documents the architecture of the generated source code. Learn more...

Examples and Tutorials

We've put together a number of examples and tutorials which we hope you will find useful. The Quick Start tutorial is a great place to start if you're new to ODS. Learn more...

Example Code

Where appropriate we've included downloadable source code and/or ODS Solutions. To reduce download time, the files are packaged together into a single compressed "Zip" file. Most versions of windows can open zip files. Alternatively, there are many Zip capable compression applications such as WinZip and WinRAR.

Questions, Requests, Suggestions, Corrections and Omissions

We always appreciate feedback. If you have any questions, suggestions or have just spotted something that doesn't look right, please don't hesitate to contact us using one of the forms in the Support Centre.