I would like to inform you that the next v14.2.6 update of XAF will contain two minor improvements that will help you accomplish two common tasks more easily or help you have less problems with them. Both will affect only new XAF projects created using the Solution Wizard (existing XAF projects will not be touched to avoid collisions). Also, both things were implemented based on the feedback from our users and I hope will be welcomed by them as less work to be done is left for you now.

Here I will shortly outline solution details while you can see the full information by the links below:

T191131: DevExpress.Persistent.BaseImpl - Avoid problems caused by the fact that a new BaseObject record has an empty key value until it is saved

S173546: Usability - Remove the necessity to manually call the CalculatedPersistentAliasHelper.CustomizeTypesInfo method from custom code when CalculatedPersistentAliasAttribute is used

Now, in XPO-based XAF solutions created with the Solution Wizard the following line is added to the overridden CustomizeTypesInfo method in the Module.cs file:

[C#]
CalculatedPersistentAliasHelper.CustomizeTypesInfo(typesInfo);

As always, I look forward to your feedback in comments. If you know about other things that may greatly improve your experience as an XAF developer, do not hesitate to let me know.