We are worming on Windows forms project which uses CAB Architecture and Infragistics Ultra Win Controls .
We have a common project which is being used in almost every project and have custom controls (Wrapper over infragistics controls).
Till .Net framework 4.7 and Visual Studio 2017 everything was working fine but when we have upgraded our solution to .net framework 4.8 and visual studio to 2019 (16.6.4 current version) along with infragistics control latest version, it starts creating issues for us. Below things stopped working at all.
Edit & Continue (Tried all possible combinations from stackoverflow and google responses)
IntelliSense (works on few projects)
References Navigation (works in few files)
After upgrade, we have removed all obj and bin folders, deleted .vs folder and rebuild solution. Also refreshed each project one by one.
I can rebuild, run and debug the application but can not edit code during debugging.
If anyone have any solution, then it will be a great help. We are feeling like coding in NotePad due to above issues.
Here is my Visual Studio Configuration
Issue was with the Windows Form project which uses CAB architecture and custom controls.
After reporting it to microsoft they have pushed some updated in the newest version and now everything is working fine.
Visual Studio 2013 with update 4 does not show a shared project template. I only have the Xamarin forms project templates. I just installed a fresh update of Xamarin this morning. Based on what I've found so far, this used to be an issue with VS update 2. Any idea on how to get shared project template to show up?
From Xamarin Support:
No, there's no optional bits missing. I think Visual Studio Update 4
removed the shared project template. It's a Microsoft template, not a
Xamarin one. You can still create a Xamarin.Forms app with a Shared
Project (that's our template), but they no longer allow you to create
an independent shared project.
So, three ways to create one now if you are using Visual Studio 2013:
1) Switch to Xamarin Studio and create it there and then close it and
reopen the solution in VS. VS will recognize the project, it just
doesn't have a template to create it anymore. This is probably the
easiest approach.
2) Install the "Shared Project Template" from the Online templates -
this is a 3rd party template; I've not tried it but if you want to
stay in VS and have the template, it's worth a shot.
3) Create either a Universal Windows Store app (which uses a Shared
Proejct), or a Xamarin.Forms app and then delete all the other
projects :)
Alternatively, Visual Studio 2015 (currently in CTP); last time I
checked, it still has the project template - you can install that
side-by-side with VS2013 and use it as your IDE.
I have a TFS project that has multiple .NET 3.5 projects.
I want to create a windows phone 8 project in the same solution cause it will reference a a .NET 3.5 library project and a WCF project.
when my colleagues get the latest version from the TFS, they can't load the solution cause they don't have Visual Studio 2012 (which is used for the windows phone project).
is there a way to add my windows phone project to the TFS solution without affecting the other older framework projects ?
I suggest you to add your project normally (Add Existing project to source control), but when you chenck in, you don't check in your solution file. with this solution you save your code in repository without affecting basic behavior
I was getting the below message from Visual Studio 2010.
"This project is incompatible with the current version of Visual Studio"
One situation resulting in this error has already been posted here at Stackoverflow, but that question has been closed. I'm thinking it's a fairly generic problem. Since I have found a "solution", I'll post this question, and my solution as an answer.
If the message
This project is incompatible with the current version of Visual Studio
is due to an attempt to open a project targeting .Net 4.5, then the "solution" or workaround is to edit the .csproj file and change the TargetFrameworkVersion from "v4.5" to "v4.0". That at least allows the project to be loaded, although it may result in compiler errors if the program is dependent on 4.5 features.
VS 2012 has different project type support based on what you install at setup time and which edition you have. Certain options are available, e.g. web development tools, database development tools, etc. So if you're trying to open a web project but the web development tools weren't installed, it complains with this message.
This can happen if you create the project on another machine and try to open it on a new one. I figured it out trying to open an MVC project after I accidentally uninstalled the web tools.
I just got the same error message with a couple projects after installing Visual Studio 2015 Update 3. For me, the solution was to install .NET Core
In my case it was an incompatible Project Type. Editing project file and removing ProjectTypeGuids node resolved the issue of loading the project (I had already re-targeted the framework version as advised here).
Probably the project type is not supported in the (most likely) NEW version of VS, so you will have to adjust (update) the code to work properly (if possible), but at least you can see the content through VS.
I Resolved the issue by deleting the files in the below folder
%localappdata%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\ComponentModelCache
Source: https://forums.xamarin.com/discussion/70388/how-to-fix-incompatible-issue-after-visual-studio-2015-update-3
As for me, I realized there was another web project in the solution that my VS2017 was loading fine, so I copied over the ProjectTypeGuids element of it over to the project that wasn't loading. Its diff was:
- <ProjectTypeGuids>{E3E379DF-F4C6-4180-9B81-6769533ABE47};{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
+ <ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
After this, it loads. Don't ask me why.
If you are getting the same error for a project which is actually an extension (.vsix), installing Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 SDK does the trick.
Go to tools -> Extensions and updates -> Online -> Search for project installer -> download
And relaunch Visual studio.
After installing Update 3 for Visual Studio 2015, I suddenly got the "This project is incompatible with the current version of Visual Studio" error message while opening my Cordova project (.jsproj Javascript project file)
To solve this:
Go to Programs & Features
Select the Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 installation and click Change
Click Modify
Install "HTML/Javascript (Apache Cordova) Update 10" of the Cross Platform Mobile Development section
For me, I got this same error in VS 2015 and just installed the VS 2015 update 1, though from another answer, VS is actually up to Update 3, now (after which, they got the error and had to install .NET Core). Had issues when it hit certain packages, like the Windows SDK ones, and had to point the installer back at the paths in my original CD, and for some, even that didn't work and had to skip them and re-download from an internet-connected computer, transfer them over, and run them later manually (computer was not connected to the internet to be able to download updated versions of the packages), but after doing all that and doing a reboot, the error was gone and my project loaded fine.
I had this issue and after hours of uninstalling and reinstalling I found out the issue in my instance.
The reason why I got this was down to the fact that I didn't have the correct extension.
In my case the ASP.net project (my startup) was the incompatible project and this was because I didn't have the following:
Microsoft ASP.NET and Web Tools
Micrsoft ASP.NET Web Frameworks and Tools
It was a simple case of going into extensions and updates under the Tools menu
I had this error and found it was due to the presence an 'Import' XML tag inside the .csproj.user file. Once I removed it, Visual Studio could open the project again.
What most people forget it is that the files of visual studio are just text files, that have some peculiars configurations that will show to the program how to open it. that is, we can change this because it's just a text in some file in there in your project folders.
Well, knowing this, what we have to do is very simple!
The first step is knowing what kind of project it is this project that stay unload. (for example: Class Library)
The Second step is create a new one (Class Library) because you know that your visual studio will create a version supported by himself. Unload this one and click in "Edit csproj".
It's in this file that we can found the configuration that tell to VS how this proj will be loaded and his name is ProjectGuid, this serial number has a variation according the type and version of project.
Now, look at your "ok project", copy the "ProjectGuid" TAG, paste on csproj that unloaded, and pay attention to the little differences and make this files almost equals, except for the tags ItemGroup that represent the references of the project.
Doing that, save all files and close your VS and open again, now your project should load normally.
I hope that this informations help somebody to understand a bit more how the VS works and help solve the problems when necessary.
I checked if i could create a new solution and was unable because SSAS,SSIS and SSRS weren't there as options.
I downloaded SSDT from here and installed and it worked...
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssdt/download-sql-server-data-tools-ssdt?view=sql-server-2017
In case you came here looking for the issue with ".smproj" file, it is because you are missing SQL Server Analysis Services(SSAS). To over come this, install SQL Server Data Tools(SSDT) in your system, restart your Visual Studio and it will work.
Thanks.
This is my answer, I think it's useful. Please follow below steps:
1.First check your Visual studio version is 2012, 2015 or 2017 etc.
2.Your project is developed in 2015, but your visual studio 2012, then visual studio 2012 should not open the which are developed in visual studio 2015 projects.
3.If developed project visual studio 2012 and you have visual studio 2012, open the project but here need to check one option as per below
a) Target Framework - Open your project ".csproj" file with notepad++ and search with "TargetFrameworkVersion" and observe target framework value.
b) Open any existing project in your visual studio - Select project at 'Solution Explorer' - Right click - Properties - Application -Select Target Framework - Observe highest your framework which you have
c) 3.a and 3.b frameworks both are should same otherwise applications are not open
d)If your target framework less than the project framework should install the latest's
e) above options do not work just Simply have another option modify the "TargetFrameworkVersion" value in '.csproj' file which is have in your visual studio.
Ex: in my visual studio target framework 4.0 but in '.csproj' file have TargetFrameworkVersion - 4.5, You need just change 4.5 to 4.0 and open the project
This issue might be caused when using VS 2015 with Update 3 installed on one PC and without update 3 installed on another. This was the problem in my case.
Project was working on PC number 1. Copied project to external drive and trying to load project from PC number 2. Both PCs have similar install of VS2010 premium. Can run the website ok locally. VS2010 is giving the following error when opening the project.
visual studio 2010 cannot be opened because its project type () is not supported by this version of the application
Error indicates something isn't installed on PC number 2. But how can I find out what software is missing?
The Visual Web Developer check box was not checked as part of custom Visual Studio install. Doing an change/repair and ticking that box fixed the issue. Strange - other web projects loaded fine. This is the only project that errored.
On the computer where this works, goto:
Tools > Extensions
This should give you a list of the extensions you have installed and you can cross reference it against the computer where it doesn't work.
I'm guessing you have an MVC project and haven't installed ASP.NET MVC on the second machine.