Documentation:Tagged values in the Designer

Today, the MDriven Tagged Value handling was changed for the better.

We need the tagged values for many things – but increasingly to influence the fine-tune details of Modernity.

The model – or Gist – should not need to know about Modernity. Still, controlling the abilities of Modernity must be practical and efficient – Tagged values are the best option.

The problem is having a lot of tagged values defined in modernity that are not really known in the Gist makes developing complete systems hard – since they require that Gist and Modernity play well together.

This has been a long-time headache – how can we offer a good middle-ground to make specific modernity-tagged values available in the tool of the Gist?

Solution:

Today, we introduce the wiki-backed-tagged-value-editor:

This editor shows up wherever the tagged values are accessed. You can press the Refresh From Wiki button to update the Help information available.

It will download and create type-sensitive help found and maintained on this Wiki page: MDrivenDesignerTaggedValueHints

The new Tagged Value editor recognizes the type you work on and filters your options - it also gives you a brief usage hint. If the Tagged Value is multiple, it will offer you these values and make your correct TV-definition easier.