OpenNetCF v1.3 ??

[mikeb]

I'm having some serious headaches after installing v1.3, and then trying to
revert back to v1.2 where everything worked.

Is there something being left behind after uninstalling v1.3? I have
attempted an uninstall of 1.3, it looks like all is gone, then reinstalled
v1.2 - although the error messages on deployment are gone, I can't get the
emulator to run the app.

I have a demo at 8am and need this to be working... what can I do??? There
is no way to reschedule. Please????

OUTPUT WINDOW
------ Build started: Project: BCDSclient, Configuration: Debug Pocket
PC ------

Preparing resources...

Updating references...

Performing main compilation...

Building satellite assemblies...

Visual Studio is ready to deploy BCDSclient





------ Deploy started: Project: BCDSclient, Configuration: Debug Pocket
PC ------

Deploying to Pocket PC 2002 Emulator using Emulation Transport

Connected to Pocket PC 2002 Emulator (Pocket PC) running on X86.

Copying files from 'C:\_Development\ACCOUNTS\BCDS\Mobile.Net\bin\Debug' to
'\Program Files\pdaBarcodeInterface'

Copying Municipal Barcode Interface.exe

Copying netcf.core.ppc3.x86.cab

Launching device installation of 'netcf.core.ppc3.x86.cab'. Please check
device screen for further instructions....

Copying System_SR_enu.cab

Launching device installation of 'System_SR_enu.cab'. Please check device
screen for further instructions..

Copying sqlce.ppc3.x86.cab

Launching device installation of 'sqlce.ppc3.x86.cab'. Please check device
screen for further instructions....

Copying sqlce.dev.ppc3.x86.cab

Launching device installation of 'sqlce.dev.ppc3.x86.cab'. Please check
device screen for further instructions..

Copying OpenNETCF.SDF.ppc3.X86.CAB

Launching device installation of 'OpenNETCF.SDF.ppc3.X86.CAB'. Please check
device screen for further instructions....

Copying sql.ppc3.x86.cab

Launching device installation of 'sql.ppc3.x86.cab'. Please check device
screen for further instructions...

Copying content files to '\Program Files\pdaBarcodeInterface'

Copying BCDS.ico





---------------------- Done ----------------------

Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped

Deploy: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped



Launching Application

Error while trying to run project: Unable to start debugging.

Unable to start program '<path\file.exe>'.

 

[Guest]

If time is critical do what I do at home.

1. Uninstall the SDF and make sure all CABs and binaries are removed from
the Studio tree.
2. Use Vault Client to pull the entire source tree down.
3. Build the binaries from the project files
4. Either add the SDF projects to your solution, or direct reference the
resulting DLLs.

-Chris

 

[mikeb]

No ideas?? I'm hitting nothing but deadends here - ...... and getting
nervous.

mjbosko at jmtsystems DELETEME dot com

 

[mikeb]

So is this a known issue?

If time is critical do what I do at home.

1. Uninstall the SDF and make sure all CABs and binaries are removed from
the Studio tree.
2. Use Vault Client to pull the entire source tree down.
3. Build the binaries from the project files
4. Either add the SDF projects to your solution, or direct reference the
resulting DLLs.

-Chris

 

[mikeb]

I haven't been using vs.net or opennetcf long enough to feel I know exactly
what to do as you are suggesting.

 

[Guest]

Not that I'm aware of, but honestly I don't do the installs very often since
I develop directly with the source.

-Chris

 

[Guest]

It's really no different than opening any other project and would take less
time than figuring out what's wrong with the install system you've got now.

-Chris

 

[mikeb]

Thanks Chris,

I just loaded the same source onto an old laptop (sloow) that has VS.net
loaded. I installed OpenNetCF v1.2. and everything works. Painfully
slow - but it sure does works. Its defintely the v1.3 install that killed
me here.

This old laptop is wayy too slow to run even the emulator for a demo - I'm
going through the pains now of installing Visual Studio onto a borrowed PC
to do my demo tomorrow morning - will install OpennetCF1.2 onto it. That
will probalby work.

However, at some point I'm going to need my laptop for dev - I will
defintely need to know how to manually uninstall whatever the v1.3 installer
installed. The Add/Remove programs method sure isn't working. After the
demo tomorrow I have to go into full blown dev mode - how, i dont know.

 

[mikeb]

VaultClient? Studio tree?

I --think--- i could figure it out - but I'm installing VS onto a borrowed
pc now - that seems to be the quicker solution. Though the VS install is
nothing near quick.

Thanks again Chris.

( It sounds like I definitely WILL need to review your proposed solution
tomorrow after my demo - I need to play developer very soon after )

 

[Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]]

You'd do a search on your hard disk for OpenNETCF.*.dll and delete those
files, which are probably in the \Program Files\<vs.net>\ folder structure.

Follow the instructions for getting the source found on the OpenNETCF site.
You'll want the files in the SDF folder. That is, when you see the vault
structure, the root is called $ and, under that, is a folder called SDF.
Under that are the folders for the various major namespaces in OpenNETCF
SDF. Grab the contents of each of those which you need to use (ie.
OpenNETCF and its children, OpenNETCF.Net and its children, whatever).

At that point, you have what we have when we're building the binary files.
In your project which uses OpenNETCF, remove any existing references to it,
but remember what they were. Then, add the corresponding source projects
from the tree that you just checked out from the vault to your solution and
set the dependencies (your EXE is dependent on OpenNETCF, maybe), and add
references, not to the known items, as you would if you did the binary
install of SDF, but to the projects in your solution. It's easier to do
than it is to say.

Paul T.