Deployment Tasks with the Entity Data Model Tools

The topics this section describe how to complete common tasks with the Entity Designer that are relevant to deploying an application that uses a conceptual model. For more information about deploying applications that use the ADO.NET Entity Framework for data access, see Deployment Considerations (Entity Framework).

In This Section

• How to: Copy Model and Mapping Files to the Output Directory (Entity Data Model Tools)
  Describes how to copy model and mapping files to the output directory.

• How to: Use a Model Defined in a Class Library (Entity Data Model Tools)
  Describes how to use a model that was defined in a Visual Studio 2008 Class Library project.

Related Sections

Modeling Tasks with the Entity Data Model Tools

Mapping Tasks with the Entity Data Model Tools

See Also

Other Resources

Entity Data Model Tools Scenarios
ADO.NET Entity Data Model Tools