How to: Use EdmGen.exe to Validate an Entity Data Model

This topic shows how to use the EDM Generator (EdmGen.exe) tool to validate an Entity Data Model (EDM). For more information, see Entity Data Model.

To validate the School model using EdmGen.exe

1. Create the School database. For more information, see Creating the School Sample Database (Entity Framework Quickstart).

2. Generate the School model. For more information, see How to: Use EdmGen.exe to Generate an Entity Data Model (Entity Framework).

3. At the command prompt, execute the following command without line breaks:

   "%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\edmgen.exe" /mode:ValidateArtifacts  
   /inssdl:.\School.ssdl /inmsl:.\School.msl /incsdl:.\School.csdl
   

See Also

Tasks

How to: Manually Configure an Entity Framework Project
How to: Pre-Generate Views to Improve Query Performance (Entity Framework)
How to: Use EdmGen.exe to Generate Object Model Files (Entity Framework)

Other Resources

Defining an Entity Data Model (Entity Framework Tasks)
Entity Data Model Tools