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 6.1.3 upgrade issues
 
 9/6/2008 12:07:28 AM
svb70
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6.1.3 upgrade issues

I am new to vwg and although it is great I am finding that unless you intimately know how it works under the hood, it can very be frustrating. I asked a question regarding the ability to deploy using .aspx extension, which apparently can be done by inserting an <extension=.../> tag and have not had any reponse.  I only know about this extension as I saw it in a post. Where is the full documentation on web.config? I found the version 6.0.4 vs2008 3.5 implementation very buggy.; Controls don't update when edited at design time, I can't delete controls once added, datagridviews appear in ie, but not in firefox.

Looking at someof the posts it seemed a good idea to upgrade to 6.1.3. I un-installed 6.0.4 and installed 6.1.3. I now cannot run my application at all. On startup I receive a type initializer error. The versions are all correct in web.config, I cannot see any conflicting assemblies in the GAC and I have deleted all files in the bin folder before re-building.

I have only just started this project and so am not doing anything too complicated yet and I am seriously concerned that if I am having this much trouble now, what will it be like when I get my teeth into it. Don't get me wrong the benefit seems to outway the current problems, but for me to learn and navigate around all the quirks I need access to an in-depth knowledge base, more meaty documentation and much more speedy support. I cannot email my project off and wait 2-3 days every time I have a problem.    

 

 9/6/2008 12:59:39 AM
palli
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Re: 6.1.3 upgrade issues
Hi !

Just keep in mind that this framework is open source, and it's free, and the support you are getting on the forums is free too. Gizmox is working hard to get the much anticipated 6.2 version out, and also they are working hard getting the documentation out, and we are all waiting of course, and it will be free too!

If you need more support, I am sure you will be quite welcome through the commercial channels into Gizmox support, but you'll just have to surf the forums and depend on the help of other volunteers, just like the rest of us!

I agree with you that there were quite many designer issues with 6.0.x, and that's of course why 6.1.x is out :-), and that's also why so many of us go for the 6.1.x, allthough it's still in the "unstable" state. We think it's fixing more problems than it's introducing.

Regarding your problem, you should check or do the following:
- There are two places in web.config that reference the .NET version. One is in configSections, the other in httpHandlers. Make sure the version string reads "Version=3.0.5701.0" (it's 2.0.5701.0 for NET2.0). Change both places if not correct.
- Make sure your Gizmox DLL's are all with "Copy Local = True"

and finally... Increase the PrivateVersion value by at least one, in your web.config. Then recompile and see what happens.

Hope this helps.

Palli
 9/6/2008 1:23:05 AM
palli
628 posts
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Re: 6.1.3 upgrade issues
Ah, yes, the documentation for web.config....

The VWG specific stuff is somewhat documented within the web.config. Many parts of the web.config are really the same as in ASP.NET, and you shold be able to find more details about it on MSDN.

Other than that, it's just surfing/searching the forums, code samples, quick starts, articles and watching the videos, and finally you can always ask on the forum.

Palli
 9/6/2008 2:06:00 AM
svb70
8 posts


Re: 6.1.3 upgrade issues

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. 

So far I have,

1. After upgrade I removed all Gixmox references in project properties

2. Re-added references to all Gizmox dlls in Prog Files/Giz../Vis../SDK30 folder

3. For all added references, set Copy Local = True

4. Confirmed versions in Web.Config -> configSections / httphandlers correctly reflect version 3.0.5701.0

5. In web.Config incremented PrivateVersion by 1

When I run my previously working app I get issues relating to controls on a form of which an instance is declared in a module that is called on startup. For example one error says that DropDownWidth for a combobox cannot = -1. Another says a key in a hashtable cannot be null. I haven't changed any code since upgrading so do not know what is going on. But at least I know where to look now...Controls do not have to be re-added after this upgrade do they?

 

 9/6/2008 11:54:38 AM
palli
628 posts
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Re: 6.1.3 upgrade issues
Nope, controls shouldn't have to be re-added.

What if you create a simple app from scratch in this version and try to run it. Does that work ?  If that does work, then compare the sections of Web.Config on that new app, with the old one. Could be that there are some settings that need to be there for 6.1.x version, that are not there in the old one created with 6.0.x.

You could try to check if something has been left in the GAC when you uninstalled the 6.0.x version. There were some reports about something like that a while back. What you do then, is you uninstall you 6.1.x version. Then you search the GAC and even your .NET folders to see if there are any leftovers of any Gizmox stuff and take necessary actions. Then you reinstall the 6.1.x SDK. Don't know if you're running on Vista, but if you are, make sure you run the install as an administrator.

Palli
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