I'd like to understand the proper way to build the MVVM toolkit from the source files on codeplex for a WP7 sample app. I've got the source associated with codeplex changset 47157 by lbugnion Apr 18 at 10:42 AM 1300 associated with Release: MVVM Light Toolkit V3 SP1 (2).
I've got VS2010 and Windows Phone Developer tools installed. I see the VS10 dir that presumably contains the VS2010 solution files. Do I just open that .sln file in VS2010 and build all? The distributed binaries contain versions of the dlls suffixed with WP7. I don't see those version of the dlls generated when I build the VS10 solution file.
Thanks,
Peter
There seems to be a problem with the WP7 bits. Unfortunately they are missing from the VS10 folder and are instead in the old GalaSoft.MvvmLight folder. Plain and short, I messed up. The "old" folder was historically the root. When I added projects for SL4 and WPF4, I did so in the VS10 subfolder (not my brightest idea). And when I added WP7, I apparently did so in the wrong folder. This is really weird.
I have a flaky internet connection in the moment (I am on the road) so I won't be able to fix the issue before a couple of days. I made a note and will fix the CodePlex code base ASAP. More info will be given on my blog http://blog.galasoft.ch.
Cheers,
Laurent
If you're using Visual Studio 2010 the solution you should open is source\VS10\GalaSoft.MvvmLight\GalaSoft.MvvmLight.sln. The Silverlight projects may not open if you don't have the Silverlight Tools for Visual Studio installed. Don't worry about this if you're only building the WP7 version of the toolkit assemblies. The solution structure is confusing at first because it uses linked file references.
Actually, now that I look at the VS10 solution, it doesn't look like there are any WP7 files under the structure. I think you're correct, and the Visual Studio 2010 solution doesn't build the Windows Phone 7 assemblies.
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I have just downloaded the VS Community 2019 Version 16.3.9 and I can't seem to find the ASP.NET Web Application(.NET Framework) with the C#. It just only starts with the VB script by default. What should I do to get the same thing with C#.
Probably, you did not download the needed tools after installation.
To download necessary tools, launch the Visual Studio Installer (not the IDE), click on modify, there, you will see myriads of tools, just select the ones you need and download. After successful download, open your IDE and choose your desired framework to work on.
Wish you success.
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I'm compiling ASP.NET code for the first time ever and I'm stumped.
I downloaded MINGW-Get and just finished installing it. The client gave me the source code and I found a file called RSConfig.exe.
So I assumed that was the config file, ran it, and then tried "make" but got the error
No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop
Any idea what I'm supposed to do? I don't see anything that would resemble a makefile in the source code.
Thanks in advance!
Do yourself a favour and install Visual Studio Express:
http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/products/2010-editions/express
It makes development easier and fast
It sounds like you might want to get familiar with the background concepts around asp.net and it's defacto development environment Visual Studio (there are many versions of visual studio).
As Andrei recommends, using Visual Studio Express is a good free way of getting started. The version most suited for web development is Visual Web Developer Express.
Attempting to compile .net code from a toolset such as MinGW isn't a typical route for using asp.net, however I've not used MinGW before and not sure it's possible to compile .net code from it.... Although it is perfectly possible to compile .net code from the command line (using the .net framework sdk) , I certainly wouldn't recommend it if you are getting started.
I'm going to make a guess that it is an ASP.net web forms project, it being the most prolific asp.net project type at the moment.
This official asp.net site http://www.asp.net/web-forms will guide you through what web forms are and how to get the development environment setup. Having this sort of background will aid you in solving your particular situation.
Doesn't Visual Studio generate all kinds of things when you build asp.net websites? I haven't used it in a while but back in webforms with a the dal and a bll, VS generated xml files and other things (don't remember what). And, while I technically could use notepad to fix it, VS seemed to be the only way to make sure things worked right.
How about today with MVC or something else asp.net? Am I tied to Visual Studio forever if I want to build websites? I liked in PHP that I can open up a file and it be simple to change things and it just works.
I am not knocking Visual Studio. It is a great product, but for those in my group that do not use it, it is a learning curve. Not asking for why asp.net is better than php or vice versa, just about visual studio.
EDIT: Is Visual Studio the BEST way to build asp.net projects?
You can use MonoDevelop, Webmatrix, Visual Studio Express but i suggest SharpDevelop, its open source.
sharpDevelop (short for SharpDevelop) is a free IDE for C#, VB.NET and Boo projects on Microsoft's .NET platform. It is open-source, and you can download both sourcecode and executables from this site. In addition, you can find the latest information and changes on #develop, as well as get in touch with the team in the forum.
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No, you can build with MSBuild from command line, just simple msbuild.exe app.sln
You can also use MonoDevelop, which will run on Windows/Mac/Linux.
You could use Microsoft WebMatrix, which is free and aims to simplify the web development process. Another alternative is MonoDevelop, which is an open source IDE for multiple platforms.
I have an ASP.NET 2.0 legacy website with me, in which I have to fix two bugs in the website.
The problem is that we ( me and client ) do not have the source code for this website.
All we have is the FTP where the compiled and hosted version of the website resides.
Now, we are pretty sure that the developer has not intentionally done anything to obfuscate that compiled code with any other third party tools. He have just used the standard Visual Studio compiler.
My questions are
Is it possible to get the source code from the compiled version?
How can I get the source code from this compiled version?
What other options do I have?
Will .NET reflector be handy to extract the code?
Yes, .Net Reflector should be all you need to decompile the code (without comments, anyway).
Try opening the DLL files from the bin directory inside .Net Reflector and see if you can make sense of it.
EDIT: It appears that after investigating ILSpy, which Adrian Iftode mentioned, there is an open source plugin for .Net Reflector called Reflexil that does what you need - modifying compiled DLLs. That would be well worth a look at!
Loading it in VS 2010 throws many errors, though it does finally, albeit partially, load.
Also, the .PROJ file was not recognized by Windows at all, I opened the .SLN file in the /src folder but that threw tons of errors when loading up in VS web express 2010. Is that the problem? Do I need full version VS 2010?
Have you enlisted the full source code from Codeplex as described here? If you want to work with the source (eg. for module development) you should fetch the full source and not use the prebuilt package, which is intended for server deployment.
Also, I'd advise you to read this article about building Orchard from source. Visual Web Developer 2010 Express should work perfectly (as Orchard can be built without having VS at all).
It's ok that .proj file was not recognized - it's just an MSBuild XML file for automating the build process. You almost never have to touch those.