Published solution errors when opening mainform

[larryhts]

I have a published solution that I was going to edit to add one more data point and when I open it in VB it opens fine but when I try to open the main form designer it gives me 66 errors. Its been running for over a month. Nothing changed on the files???  Not sure what to do at this point.?

[Archie]

Can you give an example of some of the errors?

[bachphi]

Do you happen to upgrade or use a different version of visual studio?

[larryhts]

Screen shots of errors trying to open MainForm No changes or updates???

[Archie]

Can you post a screen shot of what you see in Solution Explorer? Did you try to Clean Solution and Rebuild?

[larryhts]

Archie, I did do the clean and rebuild. By that I mean I deleted the bin and obj files.

[Archie]

My first suspicion was the AdvancedHMIControls project was not being recognized, but that does not seem to be the case.

My next suspicion is that something happened to the references. Expand down the references in the AdvancedHMI and AdvancedHMIControls project.

[Archie]

Did you by any chance use the Publish function with this project? If so, then we need to try to back out some things. Start with deleting the temporary key file.

[larryhts]

yes I did use the publish in VB???  How should I publish?

[larryhts]

sorry about that

[Archie]

This is the recommended method of deployment:

https://www.advancedhmi.com/forum/index.php?topic=14.msg37#msg37

I classify the Publish tool as "evil" because you will most certainly discover one of its quirks the hard way. In your case I believe this is the expiration of your temporary key. Deleting the key may resolve it. If not you will need to generate another key that will give you another year.

[larryhts]

Archie, What is the "temporary key" and where would I find It.

[Archie]

Archie, What is the "temporary key" and where would I find It.

In Solution Explorer under the AdvancedHMI project.

[larryhts]

Archie,  How should I go about fixing this app as we are the end user. I have 2 of these that I used the publish on. I will be using the other way from now on.

[Archie]

In all honesty, I really don't know how to completely undo all of the changes that Publish does to a project. Many years ago after falling into the quirks of Publish, I never used it again.

If you right click the AdvancedHMI project and go to Properties, the security tab and Publish tab may have some settings like "Enable Click Once Security" that needs to be unchecked.