Fred,

>I just got use to the idea of entities being associated with business objects, and now the DevGuide refers to free-standing entities.
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>Why would you have a free-standing entity not associated with a business object? In what circumstances might that be useful? Is it anything like an in-memory DataTable that's not connected to a database?

You may or may not use this feature, but it allows you to dynamically create an entity without affecting the entity object stored in the business object's Entity property.

Best Regards,