Not Installing Design Files

[Kyle]

I'm currently running VS2013, and when I've tried to install Data Access Free Edition I am running into some problems. When I first tried to install Data Access, I had to manually add it into VS. Now that Data Access is added I have the Telerik Data Access on the menu bar, but none of the options from it work. When I try to click on one of the options there is a pop up saying either:

 

• Invalid capability expression at position 29 in the expression "CPS Projects | Test | VisualC".
  Parameter name: capabilityExpression

or

• Exception:  Unable to load the required template.

 

I've tried re-installing a few times with no luck on getting Data Access to work. Any help would be appreciated. 

[Momchil]

Hello Kyle,

First of all, make sure that EntityDiagrams.zip, FluentModel.zip and RlinqDomainContext.zip are available at "%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Telerik\Data Access\dsl2013\ItemTemplates\CSharp\Data\1033". Those files actually contain the needed templates. If they are not available, please uninstall and then install Telerik Data Access.

If those files are available, please close all Visual Studio instances, start the Developer Command Prompt for VS2013 (a shortcut should be available in the start menu) and execute the following command:

devenv /installvstemplates

If this does not fix the issue and the templates are still not found, you will have to copy 
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\Telerik\Data Access\dsl2013\ItemTemplates\CSharp" folder and paste it into the
"My Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Templates\ItemTemplates" folder and then restart the Visual Studio.

Please let us know if you need further assistance.

Regards,
Momchil
Telerik