Can't solve Could not load type 'System.Data.Entity.Design.AspNet.EntityDesignerBuildProvider'

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I have a web ASP.NET site that it working fine with WCF services. Now, I have a class Library for Telerik Reports that also needs to call these same web services. I keep getting the error Could not load type 'System.Data.Entity.Design.AspNet.EntityDesignerBuildProvider'. when I try to add a Service Reference to the web service. I have searched the topic and done everything people pointed out. In the project that implement the web services and the site, the config has:

compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5">
        <assemblies>
          <add assembly="System.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
          <add assembly="System.Windows.Forms, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
          <add assembly="System.Speech, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
          <add assembly="System.Data.Entity.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />

          <add assembly="Telerik.ReportViewer.WebForms, Version=8.0.14.225, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a9d7983dfcc261be" />
          <add assembly="Telerik.Reporting, Version=8.0.14.225, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=a9d7983dfcc261be" />
        </assemblies>
        <buildProviders>
          <add extension=".edmx" type="System.Data.Entity.Design.AspNet.EntityDesignerBuildProvider" />
        </buildProviders>

And in the class library config:

<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5">
    <assemblies>
      <add assembly="System.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
      <add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
      <add assembly="System.Data.Entity.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
    </assemblies>
    <buildProviders>
      <add extension=".edmx" type="System.Data.Entity.Design.AspNet.EntityDesignerBuildProvider" />
    </buildProviders>

All of the answers I've read say to add the following but it still does not work:

<add assembly="System.Data.Entity.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />

do you have a reference to valid System.Data.Entity.Design library? should be located in System.Data.Entity.Design.dll. Where is your EDMX file located? — Andrew
– Andrew, Commented Apr 15, 2014 at 8:54

MoniR · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-15 09:14:52Z

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I had the same error in visual studio 2015....

Could not load type System.Data.Entity.Design.AspNet.EntityDesignerBuildProvider

I solve the problem by adding the line:

<assemblies>
....
 <add assembly="System.Data.Entity.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
....    
</assemblies>

in main Web.config file and the problem disappeared.

answered Jun 15, 2015 at 9:14

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Draken · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-02 16:07:25Z

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This is the layout of this error making assembly:

<system.web>
    <compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.5">
        <assemblies>
            <add
                assembly="System.Data.Entity.Design, Version=4.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,
                PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
        </assemblies>
    </compilation> 
    <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
</system.web>

edited Jan 2, 2017 at 16:07

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answered Jan 2, 2017 at 15:47

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