Can I drop a PersistentRepository somewhere (the main form for example) and then link that with a GridControl via its ExternalRepository property in design time while the GridControl is in a different form from the PersistentRepository owner form? I try to do it like that but when I drop down the list in ExternalRepository it only shows (None). I don't want to have one PersistentRepository for each form, because I have many common repository items that are common throughout the whole application. Is there another component I should use?
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Hello Petros,
Sorry, but the .Net architecture does't allow to create global static object instances at design time. You cannot access to the PersistentRepository of the one form from another because an instance of the form does not exist at design time. So, you can access the PersistentRepository object from another form at runtime only.
Thank you,
Paul