DESCRIPTION
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The Visual Studio Extension (VSIX) packages in this folder can be used to integrate the Zen
Data Tools with Visual Studio. Note the Zen Data Tools require the PSQL ADO.NET 4.5 Provider
assemblies to be installed in the Global Assembly Cache (GAC) in order to function properly.
These assemblies are INSTALLED DURING THE ZEN ENGINE INSTALLATION only if the .NET
Framework (version 2.0 or higher) is installed on the system prior to the Zen engine being
installed.

The PowerShell installation script in this folder (see INSTALLATION below) will automatically
choose the correct VSIX package to install based on the installed version of Visual Studio.
If multiple versions of Visual Studio are installed, the data tools will only be integrated
with the highest installed version of Visual Studio. To integrate the data tools with other
installed versions of VS, use the appropriate VSIX package.

The Zen Data Tools include:
 * Zen project templates for Visual C# and Visual Basic
 * Addition of 'Actian Zen Database' to the Data Source list when Connecting
   to a Database from Server Explorer
 * Adds option 'Actian Zen' to the Tools menu for launching the Zen Performance
   Tuning Wizard
 * The data provider is integrated with Windows Performance Monitor (perfmon).
 * Entity Framework ModelFirst Templates (if VS is configured for EF development)

INSTALLATION
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To install the Data Tools for the PSQL ADO.NET 4.5 Provider, run the PowerShell script in
this folder from an elevated PowerShell session as indicated below.  Note that PowerShell
must be configured to allow execution of signed scripts.  In addition to the Data Tools
listed above, if Visual Studio is configured for Entity Framework development, the
installation script will also copy the ModelFirst templates (located in the \templates
folder) to the appropriate Visual Studio directory so the templates are available from
within Visual Studio.

To integrate the Data Tools with Visual Studio:
 PS> <path_to_script>\Load-Zen-DataTools.ps1 install

To remove the Data Tools integration from Visual Studio:
  PS> <path_to_script>\Load-Zen-DataTools.ps1 remove 
