Entity Framework and Windows Presentation Foundation Walk Through

  1. Fire up Visual Studio 2012
  2. Create a new project called EF_WPF_Example, Select Windows, WPF project type.
  3. If the Data Sources side bar (windows) is not visible Press Shift+Alt+D
  4. Click Add New Data Sources and in the wizard...
    1. Click Database, Next
    2. Entity Data Model, Next
    3. Generate from database, Next
    4. Click New Connection...
    5. Give your server name and click on the drop down under "Select or enter a database name"
    6. Select the University Database Example that we have been working on.
    7. Test the connection to make sure that it works, then click OK
    8. Make a special note of the connection string name, Click next

    9. Under tables place check marks next to "advisor", "instructor", "student" and notice the Model Namespace (Mine was UniversityExampleModel), Click Finish.

  5. Rename the file to be UniversityModel.