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WCF Data Service Client Utility (DataSvcUtil.exe)

DataSvcUtil.exe is a command-line tool provided by WCF Data Services that consumes an Open Data Protocol (OData) feed and generates the client data service classes that are needed to access a data service from a .NET Framework client application or a Silverlight client application. This utility can generate data classes by using the following metadata sources:

For more information, see How to: Manually Generate Client Data Service Classes (WCF Data Services).

The DataSvcUtil.exe tool is installed in the .NET Framework directory. In many cases, this is located in C:\Program Files\Microsoft WCF Data Services\5.0\bin\.NETFramework. For 64-bit systems, this is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft WCF Data Services\5.0\bin\.NETFramework. 

Syntax

datasvcutil /out:file [/in:file | /uri:serviceuri] [/dataservicecollection] [/language:devlang] [/nologo] [/version:ver] [/help]

Parameters

Option

Description

/dataservicecollection

Specifies that the code required to bind objects to controls is also generated. This is required to support Silverlight applications.

/help

-or-

/?

Displays command syntax and options for the tool.

/in:<file>

Specifies the .csdl or .edmx file or a directory where the file is located.

/language:[VB|CSharp]

Specifies the language for the generated source code files. The language defaults to C#.

/nologo

Suppresses the copyright message from displaying.

/out:<file>

Specifies the name of the source code file that contains the generated client data service classes.

/uri:<string>

The URI of the OData feed.

/version:[1.0|2.0|3.0]

Specifies the highest accepted version of OData. The version is determined based on the DataServiceVersion attribute of the DataService element in the returned data service metadata. For more information, see Data Service Versioning (WCF Data Services). When you specify the /dataservicecollection parameter, you must also specify /version:2.0 or a later version to enable data binding.

See Also

Tasks

How to: Add a Data Service Reference (WCF Data Services)

Concepts

Generating the Client Data Service Classes (WCF Data Services)