#Adventureworkslt database diagrams how to#

Express edition will work fine.Дў) Create a New Project. Sometimes our model can become too large to edit or view.In earlier versions we could only have one diagram per EDMX file.In EF 5.0 we can split the model into more diagrams.ДЎ) Launch VS 2012.

We will not build an application in this demo.

#Adventureworkslt database diagrams how to#

In this demo I will show you how to split an entity model into multiple diagrams using the new enhanced EF designer. I have posted extensively about Entity Framework in my blog.Please find all the EF related posts here. I have also downloaded and installed AdventureWorksLT2012 database.You can download this database from the codeplex website.Д«efore I start showcasing the demo I want to say that I strongly believe that Entity Framework is maturing really fast and now at version 5.0 can be used as your data access layer in all your. I have also installed in my machine SQL Server 2012 developer edition. My machine runs on Windows 8 and Visual Studio 2012 works just fine. Net Framework 4.5 installed in your machine.Download and install VS 2012 using this link. In order to follow along this post you must have Visual Studio 2012 and. Since then I have been investigating the many new features that have been introduced in this release.In this post I will be looking into the new support for multiple diagrams that EF Designer has out of the box. Net framework 4.5 and Visual Studio 2012 since it was released to MSDN subscribers on the 15th of August.For people that do not know about that yet please have a look at Jason Zander's excellent blog post. ASP.NET EF 5.0 Entity Framework Visual Studio 2012