I am following this tutorial to create .edmx
file using a Database First Approach (using Add->NewItem-> ADO.NET Entity Data Model
)
When I enter into the Entity Data Model Wizard, I don't see any option like EF Designer from database
.
To resolve this, I installed EFTools from this link, but after installing it I see things working fine till the .edmx
is generated. The following problem arose when i try to build the project.
After compiling/building, I see this error:
EntityFramework.dll could not be found
The problem was that i uninstalled the Entity-Framework Tool
, following the Stack-Overflow Question/Answers
mentioned below:
☒ Don't follow this link if you want to add EFTools ☒
Now, that i installed EFTools using EFTools.msi
after uninstalling ( using EFTools.msi
), its path changes from the original one so follow this solution: