The Entity Framework makes it really easy to generate models within Visual Studio
2008. You must have Visual Studio 2008 SP1 with .Net 3.5 SP1 installed.
You also need VistaDB 4 Build 8 or higher for this video.
This video uses VistaDB 4.0 Build 8 to generate an Entity Framework model and add
the model to a console application.
Generate the model
Generating the model is the main point of this video, and it is really quite easy.
Once the model has been generated you need to use it, that is a little more complicated.
Entity Framework Video Tutorial
You can watch the video here, or jump over to YouTube if you want to watch it in
HD. The Entity
Framework quick start video is available from the VistaDB Training page on YouTube.
License your Application
Note that the portion of the video regarding licensing reflects the previous licensing
system prior to Gibraltar Software taking over development of VistaDB and is no
longer relevant.
Using the Model
While full coverage of using the model is outside the scope of this quick start,
the video shows how to use the new TicketEntities in an application, get back a
query and loop through some results.