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    Posted: 18-Aug-2011 at 4:08pm
Hi,
How does one use, 
IdeaBlade.EntityModel.EntityMetadataStore.Instance.LoadMetadataFromEmbeddedResources(assembly);

Any possiblity of doing this sort of thing, if probing is not possible?
IdeaBlade.EntityModel.EntityMetadataStore.Instance.LoadMetadataFromAnyModelAssembly(assembly);
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Why do you want to call this directly?
 
It's actually something used internally by DevForce when looking for and initializing Code First models.  The method will search for any *.ibmmx files embedded in the given assembly and merge the contained metadata into the EntityMetadataStore.  This all happens automatically, or is supposed to, whenever a new entity type is seen in a query or save list.  The assembly normally passed into the method is one holding entity declarations, so should already be probed.
 
If you're seeing a problem with your Code First entities, please let us know the details of the problem.   
 
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Hi,
Thanks for response. Idle interest really! I noticed it and was wondering why there wasn't a family of such methods!

I was trying to get the metadata from within a T4 template, but the metadata store instance was returning nothing.
var et =  IdeaBlade.EntityModel.EntityMetadataStore.Instance.GetEntityTypes();
I suppose the MEF probing couldn't operate correctly.

Since then I've moved over to a PreProcessed T4 template and it's working fine.

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That's great that you found an answer to your issue with the preprocessed templates.
 
Regarding MEF probing - at design/build time the only way to have MEF probe an assembly is to add it to the IdeaBladeConfig ProbeAssemblyNames collection, since the normal MEF probing is turned off.
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