I have spent a couple of days scratching my head as to why every one of my object references had disappeared from ObjectDataSources dropdown list. After rebuilding the Solution a few times, and starting - restarting VS a few dozen times, and totally cleaning out the bin directory (except for the Atlas dll which I had installed a few days ago), I could not get anything - that's right zilch, to appear in the dropdown list of ObjectDataSources.
Finally, I threw out the Atlas library into the trash, emptied the trash, and squashed it with my foot for good measure. Suddenly, I see all (I think) of my hundreds of objects along with Csla objects in the drop down list. Now go figure! I am using Csla 2.0.1
Jav
My objects are all Csla Objects. When I choose the "DataSourceID", the options only include ObjectDataSource (not cslaDataSource). In the next step, there is a dropdown list. When I had the Atlas dll in the bin folder, that dropdown listbox was either completely empty, or had something like "Microsoft.Service.DataService" (I don't remember the exact term). On a few occasions, but not always, I did see ActiveObjects listed in there - but never any Csla objects or my own.
Then I deleted the Atlas library from the bin directory (without uninstalling Atlas), and noticed that a number of my objects began to appear in the dropdown list. I then quit VS, deleted the _shadow folder related to my website - (which I had done a few times before also without benefit), uninstalled Atlas and restarted VS. Since then practically all of my objects are in the list, and I can select them and do DataBinding.
Jav
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