I have a VB6 project that I'd like to eventually upgrade to something else. To that end, I want to start using InteropForms Toolkit 2.1, but the page states that the installer only works with VS2008 and VS2010.
Is there a way to use the toolkit in VS2012 anyway? If so, has anyone been successful?
Steps to make Interop Toolkit 2.1 work with Visual Studio 2012 (modified earlier response)
Modify the InteropFormProxyGenerator.AddIn file in the following folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs\Interop Forms Toolkit 2.1\Setup\User
Add the following:
<HostApplication> <Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name> <Version>11.0</Version> </HostApplication>
Copy the file in Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Addins folder
Copy (merge) Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Basic\*.* to Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Basic\
AND
Copy (merge) Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic\Windows\*.* to Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic\Windows
Note: Documents may be MyDocuments
I tried it in VS 2010 and it works. It needs Net 2.0 though, while we do our development in Net 4.x. To avoid compatibility and deployment headaches we dropped the InteropForms Toolkit then. I found that you do not really need it when you only want to use mixed VB6 and Net4 forms. For User Controls it might be another matter, but we do not use them interoperatively :-)
Interop forms toolkit works in VS2010, not in VS2012.
I have installed both VS2010 and VS2012
Projects containing interop user controls created in VS2010, you can use and modify in VS2012
For adding new controls in a existing project, I use vs2012, I am copying/paste an old control and change GUIDs for com registration.
But maybe someone has a better solution.
Steps to make Interop Toolkit 2.1 work with Visual Studio 2012
Modify the "InteropFormProxyGenerator.AddIn" file in the following folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Basic Power Packs\Interop Forms Toolkit 2.1\Setup\User
Add the following:
< HostApplication >
< Name >Microsoft Visual Studio< /Name >
< Version >11.0< /Version >
< /HostApplication >
Copy the file in "Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Addins" folder
Copy
Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Basic\*.*
to
Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ItemTemplates\Visual Basic\
AND
Copy
Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic\Windows\*.*
to
Documents\Visual Studio 2012\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual Basic\Windows
Related
Visual Studio 2013 Premium Update 4; Visual Studio 2013 SDK installed.
I see the code sources are for older Visual Stuido version. It has a link to Visual Studio 2010 (instead of 2013) SDK Samples.zip file. I try compile its some projects but I get an exceptions... For example:
Other projects compiled successfully, but I read their instruction of running:
Running the Sample
To run this sample, copy both the
AlphaBlendToolbar.Addin file and the newly-built AlphaBlendToolbar.dll
file into your Visual Studio Addins directory (My Documents\Visual
Studio 2010\Addins) and then open a new instance of Visual Studio
2010. Next, run the Tools | Add-in Manager menu command. Check the checkbox next to AlphaBlendToolbar and hit OK. You should see a new
toolbar with two command buttons on it. The interesting thing about
this sample is that the command button icons have alpha-transparency.
But VS 2013 has not the Addins directory... Ok, I create it:
I compiled the sample of SDK:
but I don't see here the compiled DLL:
Why I have such problems?
The AddIns folder under the Documents folder is not created by default by VS when installed, so you need to create it by hand, as you have done
Remove the folder C:\Users\developer\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\AddIns from the Options window, it is not required, the %VSMYDOCUMENTS%\AddIns folder takes care.
.AddIn files can contain several values to describe the target VS versions. The AlphaBlendToolbar.AddIn file of the sample only contains the VS 2010 target, you need to edit it and add the VS 2013 ("12.0") target:
<HostApplication>
<Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name>
<Version>12.0</Version>
</HostApplication>
Notice that there are two .AddIn files, one in the Documents folder (for deployment) and other in your solution (for source control, etc.), ensure that you update both.
FWIW, there is a VS 2013 SDK Samples: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsx/archive/2014/05/30/vs-2013-sdk-samples-released.aspx
I am trying to build fltk 1.1.10 in Visual Studio 2013 but I get the warning
"fltk.sln: Visual Studio needs to make non-functional changes to this project in order to enable the project to open in Visual Studio 2013, Visual Studio 2012, and Visual Studio 2010 SP1 without impacting project behavior."
After searching, I found out how to do this for a C# project but how can I do it for fltk.sln?
Many thanks for the help.
There are 3 solutions in the FLTK1.1.10 distribution
visualc - for Visual Studio 6
vcnet - for Visual Studio 2003
vc2005 - for Visual Studio 2005
None of these will load directly into VS2013. They have to be converted to VS2013 format. Easiest way is to make a copy of vc2005 and call it vc2013. Then start fltk.sln. It will tell you that it needs to make a one way upgrade with the message you described. Just click OK.
What this does is migrate the 2005 sln to 2013 sln and migrate the vcproj files to vcxproj files. Basically you don't lose the vcproj files - you just get completely new versions of vcxproj files. Once that is done, just do a build.
I have an add-in that works with Visual Studio 2008, 2010 and 2012. All I have to do is to copy some files to c:\users\username\documents\Addins folder, and then check the relevant line in VS Add-in Manager.
I've just installed Visual Studio 2013, and I'm trying to integrate it with that add-in. It does not work. I googled and it says something about changes to add-ins... new VS packages... I lost it.... Just want to make it work with no major changes. Do you know how to?
Thank you
Make sure your .addin file lists support for VS 2013:
<HostApplication>
<Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name>
<Version>12.0</Version>
</HostApplication>
And the directory to copy files is usually documents\Visual Studio 2013\Addins.
It would be best to convert it to a VSPackage as AddIns are depreciated in VS 2013. As with any other future updates from MS you wouldnt want that to break your addin each time would be the risk.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn246938.aspx
How would you open a Visual Studio 2010 .sln file in Visual Studio 2008?
Is it possible? Are there any workarounds?
Have a look at these questions for information about how to convert the solution file between VS2008 and VS2010:
VS2010 possible to convert projects back to VS2008?
VS2010 and VS2008 project compatibility
But keep in mind, that once you have used some of the .NET 4 features (while in VS 2010), you will not be able to continue working with that solution in VS2008, since it does not support .NET 4. On the other hand, when using VS2010, you can still target .NET 3.5 or 2.0.
I think I need more information... but I will try it.
One option is to create a new project in VS 2008 and simply add the files to the project.
Other option is to edit the .sln file and replace* Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00.* with Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00.
The open the .csproj file and replace
with
Open the solution file (.sln) with notepad and change
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 11.00
Visual Studio 2010
to
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
Visual Studio 2008
Then open the solution file from visual studio 2008
I have created a project using Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 2.0.
Now I want to open it in Visual Studio 2005 (.NET Framework 2.0).
When I try to open the solution in Visual Studio 2005 it is showing an error as "It is created using the Higher versions".
So is there any way I could open the project in Visual Studio 2005?
Or should I redo the entire project in Visual Studio 2005?
Please help me out!
Thanks in advance!
You can edit the solution file and project files (not recommended, but you can). If it's a csproj file, change the line
<ProductVersion>9.0.30729</ProductVersion>
to
<ProductVersion>8.0.50727</ProductVersion>
If it's the sln file, change:
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
to
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 9.00
Try opening the project file instead of the solution file. Otherwise just create a new VS2005 project and add all the files and folders from the VS2008 project.
You can use Visual Studio Project Converter, a handy tool to convert between most versions of Visual Studio (VS 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2008).
But unfortunately, converting .NET projects is not supported.
I have just encountered the same problem.
Modifying the .sln file and .csproj file by notepad is the solution.
If want to know more about the file format, we can create a simple project both in VS2005 and VS2008, then compare the project files.