Question

I’ve moved my Entity Framework 4 model to a class library. The meta files are built to \bin\Debug

What is the connection string I use to locate the meta files in the class library? I have tried:

  <add name="Models.DataModelConnectionString" 
connectionString="metadata=res://MyClassLibrary, 1.0.0.0, neutral,
 null/bin/Debug/Models.DataModel.csdl|res://MyClassLibrary, 1.0.0.0, neutral,
 null/bin/Debug/Models.DataModel.ssdl|res://MyClassLibrary, 1.0.0.0, neutral,
 null/bin/Debug/Models.DataModel.msl;provider=Devart.Data.Oracle;
....">

I still get the error “The specified metadata path is not valid”.

Do I need to move the meta files to the class library root directory?

Edit
I have tried using res://*/Models.DataModel.csdl etc. but got the error “Unable to load the specified metadata resource.” instead

Answer 1

The solution is to embed the metadata files in the assembly by changing the output from CopyToOutputDirectory to EmbedInOutputAssembly

This would allow res://*/Model.ssdl etc. to work