Code-First Migrations MissingManifestResourceException

Question

I am currently working on creating the InitialCreate migration for a new database. I am new to this migration framework and do not know exactly what it generates, I have been running update-database to see the result, dropping the database then running update-database again after making some changes to see the results.

Twice now I have made some changes, went to run the update and gotten an error like this:

Applying code-based migration: 201209121936571_InitialCreate. System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException: Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure "$assemblyName$.resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "$assemblyName$" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed. at [StackTrace]

Then it ends in red with

Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture. Make sure "$assemblyName$.Migrations.InitialCreate.resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "$assemblyName$" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed.

The first time I encountered this I dropped the migration folder, ran enable-migrations re-made my changes and was able to run the migration.

It has happened again and I am not wanting to have to recreate the files every time this happens. Does anyone know how to correct this to make the migration work again?

Answer 1

For me solution was to add folowing code in .csproj file of my projected, inside <PropertyGroup>

<EmbeddedResourceUseDependentUponConvention>true</EmbeddedResourceUseDependentUponConvention>

Afted that Update-Database command worked fine.