Where does resource Template_GeneratedCodeCommentLine1 in EF come from?

Question

I'm working on an EF6 model-first project that has a customized .tt template for generating the .cs files. I notice the comments are generated from resource strings such as Template_GeneratedCodeCommentLine1. Where are these resource files and are they accessible to be altered? I'm just curious.

...
fileManager.StartHeader();
#>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// <auto-generated>
// <#=CodeGenerationTools.GetResourceString("Template_GeneratedCodeCommentLine1")#>
//
// <#=CodeGenerationTools.GetResourceString("Template_GeneratedCodeCommentLine2")#>
// <#=CodeGenerationTools.GetResourceString("Template_GeneratedCodeCommentLine3")#>
// </auto-generated>
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<#=codeStringGenerator.UsingDirectives(inHeader: true)#>
....

As asked previously to no avail on the official forum https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/ba8bba03-84bc-4a2d-8ce7-f24bb3161baf/t4-templates-getresourcestring?forum=vsx
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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '15 at 13:11

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They are embedded resources into the Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.dll which is located at the visualstudio folder /Common7/IDE/.

With ILSpy or similar you can browse the assembly and find this resource file.

Microsoft.Data.Entity.Design.TemplateResources.resources (Embedded, Public)

answered Apr 09 '15 at 13:11

Janne Matikainen

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How did you know to look in there, out of interest? – Tim Abell Apr 09 '15 at 17:20
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Well, all things start with google, hit Template_GeneratedCodeCommentLine1, followed msdn links until found the assembly, then just located it and peeked at it. – Janne Matikainen Apr 10 '15 at 07:09
Thanks I might try that out myself as it had looked like a dead end to me :-) – Tim Abell Apr 10 '15 at 09:16

Where does resource Template_GeneratedCodeCommentLine1 in EF come from?

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