It doesn't appear as if anything is happening, but it should have just generated a partial class for you. Expand the .xsd (click on the +) in the Solution Folder and see what you get.

~~Bonnie



>Bonnie,
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>>It was a little more intuitive in VS2003 than it is in 2005.
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>So, why did they change it? <g>
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>>I haven't done any new Typed DataSets for my existing project, but I think this is all you have to do:
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>>In your Solution Explorer, right-click on your .xsd, then choose "Run Custom Tool" from the popup context menu. It will run the MSDataSetGenerator tool (by default I think, which you should see if you choose the Properties from that same popup context menu).
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>I follow your suggestion but when I clck on Run Custom Tools absolutely nothing happens. Unless, the king has no clothes and I am the only one not seeing it <g>.
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>I am trying to understand the concept of strongly-typed dataset and how to use them in VS 2005. That's why I was hoping that there is a good (or bad <g>) book on that. Or some articles on the web.
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>Do you think it make sense for me (who is aspiring to be a good .net developer some day <g>) to learn the skill of creating strongly-typed datasets?
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>Thank you.