"Visual studio 2008 SP1" ADO.NET Entity Data Model template not found

Question

I have installed Visual Studio Team System 2008 Architecture version: 9.0.30729.1 SP and Microsoft Net Framework 3.5 SP1.

When I'm going to add a new item I can't find ADO.NET Entity Data Model template.

What's happening?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Make sure you have VS2008 sp1 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=FBEE1648-7106-44A7-9649-6D9F6D58056E&displaylang=en). I had .Net Framework 3.5 SP1 installed but not the VS2008 SP1. ...at least that is what I was doing wrong.

Answer 2

SUMMARY There seem to be multiple causes of this problem as many of the other answers indicate.

1. Make sure Framework 3.5 sp1 is installed first
2. Make sure Visual Studio 2008 sp1 is installed
3. Makes sure the project targets the 3.5 framework
4. A data model is added to an existing project, not a separate project type

END SUMMARY

You may be looking at the wrong level. An Entity Framework Data Model is something that you add to a project, it is not a separate project type.

Right-click on an existing project Select Add, New Item

And then select ADO.Net Entity Data Model...

Answer 3

So, to recap:

Requires Visual Studio 2008 Service Pack 1 (includes .Net Framework 3.5 SP1)

You must be working with a .Net Framework 3.5 project

In the Solution Explorer, right click and select "Add"->"New Item"

For ease of finding it, select the "Data" item in the left hand side treeview

Select ADO.NET Entity Data Model and specify a name in the textbox below