vb .net - Moving to a new computer
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I have been using VS2008 on XP for some time now, converting a project to VB.net. I have it largely converted and am debugging now (i.e. the project is running fine) I am trying to move it to Windows 7 (finally). I installed the exact same visual studio I am using on XP, and I copied the project directory from the old computer to the new computer. For some reason I loose a few references so on the reference page I add them back in, there were three of them, all custom references. The reference dialogue tells me it can not find the files specified, on the XP machine they are listed as being in \project\obj\release directory, so on the Windows 7 machine I point to them there (not sure if I should do that or point to the original) When I try to run or debug the project I get the following errors and it stops. A first chance exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in MBIG.exe A first chance exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' occurred in MBIG.exe A first chance exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' occurred in MBIG.exe A first chance exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in MBIG.exe The program '[2776] MBIG.vshost.exe: Managed' has exited with code 0 (0x0). Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do to resolve or identify the problems? (not sure it the references impact this or not) no-e
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I have been using VS2008 on XP for some time now, converting a project to VB.net. I have it largely converted and am debugging now (i.e. the project is running fine) I am trying to move it to Windows 7 (finally). I installed the exact same visual studio I am using on XP, and I copied the project directory from the old computer to the new computer. For some reason I loose a few references so on the reference page I add them back in, there were three of them, all custom references. The reference dialogue tells me it can not find the files specified, on the XP machine they are listed as being in \project\obj\release directory, so on the Windows 7 machine I point to them there (not sure if I should do that or point to the original) When I try to run or debug the project I get the following errors and it stops. A first chance exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in MBIG.exe A first chance exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' occurred in MBIG.exe A first chance exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' occurred in MBIG.exe A first chance exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in MBIG.exe The program '[2776] MBIG.vshost.exe: Managed' has exited with code 0 (0x0). Anyone have any suggestions as to what I should do to resolve or identify the problems? (not sure it the references impact this or not) no-e
Add those .DLL's projects to this one and you can add a project reference instead of a file reference. That way, the .DLL projects will be recompiled (if needed) and any changes automatically propogate through to your application without screwing up the references. You will also have to go back to those .DLL's projects and make sure they compile and work as intended. They might have dependencies that have changed on Windows 7 or on projects you have no copied over. Judging by the error messages you posted, the .DLL's you're referencing may need to be registered on the machine, i.e: REGSVR32.
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Add those .DLL's projects to this one and you can add a project reference instead of a file reference. That way, the .DLL projects will be recompiled (if needed) and any changes automatically propogate through to your application without screwing up the references. You will also have to go back to those .DLL's projects and make sure they compile and work as intended. They might have dependencies that have changed on Windows 7 or on projects you have no copied over. Judging by the error messages you posted, the .DLL's you're referencing may need to be registered on the machine, i.e: REGSVR32.
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Dave KreskowiakDave, Thanks for the response, that appears to have put me in the right direction. I registered them, deleted interop.XXX files in question, added references to the proper dll files and it worked for two, it appears that it creates the interop.xxx files in the \obj\debug and \obj\release directories... at least for two of them. When I debug, it tells me it cant find the "interop.xxx3" file. If I look at references it lists the original DLL file for the one it can't find (the other two changed to indicate the interop.XXX and interop.xxx2 Can you give me a bit of guidance on how this is supposed to work? I could not find much in the way of background on the web. Is there a way to force it to create these files? no-e
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Dave, Thanks for the response, that appears to have put me in the right direction. I registered them, deleted interop.XXX files in question, added references to the proper dll files and it worked for two, it appears that it creates the interop.xxx files in the \obj\debug and \obj\release directories... at least for two of them. When I debug, it tells me it cant find the "interop.xxx3" file. If I look at references it lists the original DLL file for the one it can't find (the other two changed to indicate the interop.XXX and interop.xxx2 Can you give me a bit of guidance on how this is supposed to work? I could not find much in the way of background on the web. Is there a way to force it to create these files? no-e
Not sure about the full answer but when moving projects in this way you should only move the directories containing source code, and rebuild everything from scratch in the new location. Try doing a clean of your project, delete all
objandbindirectory trees, reset all references to ensure they point to the correct DLLs on the new machine, check your project dependencies (if any), and then try building the project(s) again.