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Asked: 2026-06-08T03:49:46+00:00

I am pre-generating views for the entity data model in my project; following the

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I am pre-generating views for the entity data model in my project; following the instruction given by MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb896240.aspx

I have completed the changes without any problem. I can now see CSDL, SSDL and MSL files added to my project. Does this mean I will have to update these files everytime I update my entity data model? If so, its quite a bit of overhead since our database changes quite frequently.

Is there a better way to update these files everytime I update the edmx?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can do what we do in our project:

    • Open the EDMX and right click the surface-> Properties.
    • Set Metadata Artifcat Processing to “Copy to Output Directory”
    • Add the resulting /bin/debug/ .csdl .msl and .ssdl to your project (show all files in solution explorer and right click, Include in Project)
    • Next set the .csdl .msl and .ssdl properties to be embedded resource.
    • Build and reference the files in the entity framework connection string in your runtime project.
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