This post describes the steps I took to add a OData Service reference to a C# .NET 4.0 class library.
| Description | Screendump |
| Open you’re .NET 4.0 C# class library project in Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 | |
| Right click you’re project in the solution explorer and choose | 001 |
| Enter you’re odata service address and click on GO | 002 |
| In my case I use basic authentication, so I have to enter my credentials (twice) |
Screendump 001
Screendump 002
[Unable to load the specified metadata resource.]
I was getting the error [Unable to load the specified metadata resource.].
This can mean many things, but in mine case it was the Entity Framework connection string.
Stacktrace
System.Data.Metadata.Edm.MetadataArtifactLoaderCompositeResource.LoadResources
System.Data.Metadata.Edm.MetadataArtifactLoaderCompositeResource..ctor System.Data.Metadata.Edm.MetadataArtifactLoaderCompositeResource.CreateResourceLoader
System.Data.Metadata.Edm.MetadataCache.SplitPaths
System.Data.Common.Utils.Memoizer`2.Result.GetValue
System.Data.Common.Utils.Memoizer`2.Evaluate
System.Data.EntityClient.EntityConnection.GetMetadataWorkspace
System.Data.Objects.ObjectContext..ctor
MyProduct.DAL2.MyProductEntities..ctor