Specifications
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FIGURE 3-3 The Create Table schema and the Solution Explorer pane in a Visual Studio 2010
DAC project
Importing an Existing Data-Tier Application Project into
Visual Studio 2010
Instead of creating a DAC from the ground up in Visual Studio 2010, a data-tier developer can
choose to import an existing data-tier application into Visual Studio 2010 and then either edit
the DAC or completely reverse-engineer it. The following steps enable you to import objects
from a data-tier application package to a data-tier application project in Visual Studio 2010:
1. Create a new data-tier application project in Visual Studio.
2. In the Visual Studio Solution Explorer pane, navigate to the node for the desired data-
tier application project.
3. Right-click the node for the desired data-tier application project, and then select the
Import Data-Tier Application Wizard.