Cannot install OpenNETCF with VS.NET 2005 Beta2

[Lonifasiko]

I have installed VS.NET 2005 Beta2 in a virgin machine. I'm tyring to
install OpenNETCF v1.3 but when about to finish setup process I receive
an error of "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". I
know Smart Device Framework was developed for CF 1.0 but I need some
controls from this framework.

How could I install it without errors? Another possibility would be to
copy OpenNETCF's DLL to a specific directory?

I think it's because setup does not find a directiry or something where
it can place the DLLs. In another machine I had both VS.NET 2003 and
2005 and although I could not use the designer of VS 2005 version with
OpenNETCF's controls, I could add them to my forms programatically and
worked well.

Could anybodyy give me some ligth on this issue?

Thanks very much.

 

[Neil Cowburn [MVP]]

The design-time architecture for custom controls is completely
different moving from VS .NET 2003 to VS 2005. You can use the controls
from the SDF (I *highly* recommend using v1.4 and *not* v1.3) through
code, but not through the forms designer until we release the
appropiate design-time assemblies.

You can grab the 1.4 assemblies which are included in the installer as
a zip file from http://www.opennetcf.org/sdf/

 

[Lonifasiko]

Thanks Neil,

But where do I install OpenNETCF's DLLs? Anywhere in my hard drive and
then only reference them? I understand that these assemblies were
installed in a directory under "Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET 2003\............" but I suppose for designer use purposes.

I'll try then. Thanks again.

 

[Peter Foot [MVP]]

That's right you can place the files anywhere, then when you select Add
Reference select Browse and locate your chosen folder.

Peter