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General Category => Open Discussion => Topic started by: GB1 on August 05, 2021, 09:59:59 AM

Title: Base Package Won't load in Visual Studio
Post by: GB1 on August 05, 2021, 09:59:59 AM
When I try to load the AdvancedHMI base package V35 downloaded last week with Visual Studio 16.10.4 on a Win 10 machine it won't load.  Here is a screenshot of what I see.
Title: Re: Base Package Won't load in Visual Studio
Post by: MajorFault on August 05, 2021, 11:02:29 AM
Did you follow the instructions, one being build?
Title: Re: Base Package Won't load in Visual Studio
Post by: GB1 on August 05, 2021, 04:41:46 PM
Yes, I believe so.  In fact, I loaded the first time, did a quick application.  Closed Visual Studio and the next time I opened, I saw this Window (screen capture).
Title: Re: Base Package Won't load in Visual Studio
Post by: dmroeder on August 05, 2021, 05:08:06 PM
Edit:  My reply didn't make much sense after I looked at the error closer..

Edit2:  It has been a while since I installed VS, I remember there being an option that you had to select related to desktop applications.  I don't think it was selected by default.
Title: Re: Base Package Won't load in Visual Studio
Post by: GB1 on August 09, 2021, 03:39:37 PM
Thank you and appreciate the help.  I will poke around VS.  Hopefully I'm not the only one this is happening to and that there is an easy fix.  I bought all the extra packages and unable to use them until I can get this figured out.  Thanks again.
Title: Re: Base Package Won't load in Visual Studio
Post by: dmroeder on August 10, 2021, 10:36:03 AM
Thank you and appreciate the help.  I will poke around VS.  Hopefully I'm not the only one this is happening to and that there is an easy fix.  I bought all the extra packages and unable to use them until I can get this figured out.  Thanks again.

Your money won't be wasted, we'll help you get it working.  Let me know the results of the "poking".  I'll try to to run the installer and refresh what the important options were.
Title: Re: Base Package Won't load in Visual Studio
Post by: Godra on August 11, 2021, 03:58:51 AM
Yes, I believe so.  In fact, I loaded the first time, did a quick application.  Closed Visual Studio and the next time I opened, I saw this Window (screen capture).

This issue is specific to your computer, otherwise you would be seeing more users reporting the same issue.

The sole fact that you had it working initially would point to your computer, VS installation or a possibility that you closed the solution while a form was still open. There is another topic showing pretty much the same error and where it was suggested to close all the forms before closing the VS:

   https://www.advancedhmi.com/forum/index.php?topic=2656.0

Either follow those instructions or just use a fresh copy of the AHMI solution, place it in another folder and try opening it in VS.
Title: Re: Base Package Won't load in Visual Studio
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Title: Re: Base Package Won't load in Visual Studio
Post by: Godra on August 14, 2021, 03:04:10 AM
Archie might consider including a note on the MainForm that suggests closing all the forms before exiting the VS.