[Firebird-net-provider] visual studion 2010 and producing an edmx file from database

[Paul D. <paul.dryden@m.cc.utah.edu>]

I have several computers that I manage where I can produce and edmx file from a firebird database without problem. However, my main development computer isn't working as it should. I can start a project in VS, then add new item, data, entity data framework. The firebird connection capability is present and I can point to  a database, then I am show the database objects. I selected the tables, then next button. But what is produced is basically an empty edmx file, it has the different sections but no data about the database.

I have tried to set this Windows 7 machine up like one of the machines that is working using three configuration items:

1)  gac entry:
 FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient, Version=4.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3750abcc3150b00c, processorArchitecture=MSIL

2)Framework machine.config entry:
  <system.data>
    <DbProviderFactories>
       <add name="FirebirdClient Data Provider" invariant="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient" description=".NET Framework Data Provider for Firebird" type="FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.FirebirdClientFactory, FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient, Version=4.5.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=3750abcc3150b00c"/></DbProviderFactories>
  </system.data>

3) Registry data
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\DataProviders\{92421248-F044-483A-8237-74C7FBC62971} and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\DataSources\{2979569E-416D-4DD8-B06B-EBCB70DE7A4E} match on both computers.

Can anyone suggest a way to track this down? I got so frustrated that I rebuilt the dev machine and set it up as described above, but to no avail. Is there a package missing in my VS2010?

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