I am using Visual Studio 2008 to build my projects.
I often take existing sample code and edit it and toy around with it, as I am just learning and I'd like to advance my skill.. it's nice to have a template to work with.
That being said, I often get the build error "Post build event failed". This is often accompanied by a "could not find xxx.sbr file" or something. I do not know what an sbr file is, not a "post-build event". Re-building doesn't seem to help, and clearing all the files out before tying another build does not help either.
That being said, the executable still always gets built.
I was wondering:
What is a post build event and what are the implications/causes of its failure?
What is an sbr file? I tried researching this a bit.. a "Source Browse File"? This site seemed pretty informative: http://www.ehow.com/facts_5657521_file-extension-sbr_.html
The problem is, I don't understand why the compiler would complain about not finding this (isn't it supposed to MAKE this?) and what EXACTLY it does ("enables Microsoft Visual Studio to access your source code" - can't it do this anyway?)
Thanks!
R
post build event is just a command you can have visual studio run after it's finished - maybe to kick off tests or build an installer.
It's in properties->build events in the menu - right click on the project.
The SBR file is used by visual studio to browse sources and lookup which function is in which file. I have had problems where somehow it's internal list of dependencies gets screwed up and it always rebuilds one of them.
Try a clean and rebuild, then try quitting visual studio and deleting the .ncb file
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I have this project from github, database on sales and inventory system. But when I open it, it encounters errors.
I really need help on how to open this project with no errors? What should I do to fix this project?
PS: Need a step by step explanation regarding this, I just started databases, so I'm not sure what other tools I should be needing like MS Access or SQL.
The error is self-explanatory: underlined data types cannot be found.
That's means these types are defined in assemblies, currently not available to the compiler.
So in order to build the solution you need to supply these assemblies. There are multiple options, but I'd recommend doing this through NuGet as it is fully automated(you know about it, right?).
The missing assembly is related to the Microsoft.Reporting. So install this and try to build again.
Im trying to use this http://www.devart.com/dotconnect/mysql/ with Indusoft Web Studio to connect from Windows CE to a MySQL database as its the only solution Ive found. The connection works (from what I see in the logs) but then a error message saying "License not found" pops up. Besides having terrible support, Devart for some odd reason does not understand Im using another IDE besides Visual Studio to compile this project. They keep telling me I need to add the resource to the project when IWS has nothing like this.
I tried to decompile the DLL but I cannot find a method to jump pass the "License not found" message.
Has anyone got this to work with a already complied program and just put the DLL in the same folder as their exe?
Ive tried their .NET Compact Framework complier as well but it did not work either. Their support is like I mentioned terrible. One of (if not the) the worst Ive had to deal with in YEARS.
I have a weird problem in an windows phone 8 project (Visual Studio Express for windows phone 8) that Changes to xaml( ex:change visibility of control) don't reflect on App until I rebuild the project and deploy it again to emulator or device.
The changes reflect normally in the design window of visual studio but didn't reflect on the running App.
I did many researches and they didn't help, like:
1- Change "Build and Run" to "always build" when projects are out of date.
2- I checked configuration manager as This post suggests but it was selected.
I have the exact same issue. I have a work around at the moment to save the hassle of rebuilding the solution because rebuilding deletes and re-installs the app and changes any saved settings you've made while debugging. The work around is to switch between configurations. So I'll execute the app in Debug, make some changes, then the next time I execute I change config to Release, and the changes are there.
The difference I can see is when it works I can see the Build Output line which says "Updating the application as the manifest file has changed..." take a few moments to complete. When this issue occurs the output line appears for a split second and so you can tell the incremental deployment hasn't actually been deployed to the device/emulator.
This is a little frustrating so hopefully someone has a real answer. I have other projects on the same machine and they don't have this issue. Just the one project so I don't think its a VS2012 problem.
I've also tried suggestions from other sites saying delete bin and obj folders but that didn't work.
I had the same issue for some of my WP8 Silverlight projects in VS 2013. I couldn't understand why it happened only for some projects but not all, but eventually I found this forum thread. The solution is the following: if the name of your app includes spaces, you definitely need to remove them or replace say with the underscore char. This recipe helped to recover my 'problem' projects.
I also noticed that numbers at the beginning of app name cause the same problem. I solved it by removing numbers from solution and app name.
I am a totally unfamiliar in this C# Visual Studio programming environment but I am required to finish a task.
I am sorry if my question seems silly. But I really could not understand what other posts on this site or other site on the net explaining. I need a step by step guide to do this final step to accomplish my task.
I have been given an application called MCC written using Visual Studio 2008. However, this application could not run properly in Window Vista due to the issue of DEP. MCC has a function to display video from an IP camera. This required the ActiveX control of AxGif89aLite. However, DEP in Vista is by default enabled. The flag IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT in PE header do not allow this control to be used. Several tests have been run and identified this is the problem.
From an article online,
http://blog.dyadica.net/archives/data-execution-prevention-workaround, they suggest I need to add the below to MCC post build event.
call $(DevEnvDir).. \tools\vsvars32.bat
editbin.exe /NXCOMPAT:NO $(C:\Program Files\Aerocut\MCC\MCC2.exe)
So, I add this and rebuild the MCC solution file. Then, I cannot get what this last step required me to do.
Please note that if you sign the binary in Visual Studio, flipping the IMAGE_DLLCHARACTERISTICS_NX_COMPAT flag in the post build step after the binary has been signed will result in an assembly that will fail strong name validation. To work around this sign your binary as part of the post build steps.
To do this, use SN.EXE from the Windows SDK.
I am really confused what is this signing binary.
From information that I googled, signing an application is getting a certificate for the program so that it is more secured, am I right here?
I got the SN.EXE in my computer. But, how do I sign my binary as post build step? The binary should be my compiled execution file right?
I reinstalled the MCC with the rebuilt setup file. It still give me the following error:
Unable to get the window handler for the 'AxGif89aLite' control. Windowless ActiveX controls are not supported.
Help is very much appreciated. I would like to express thank you in advance here first.
If you're not signing the executable already as part of the compilation then you don't need to worry about it.
I'm using the Crystal Reports Viewer 11 ActiveX control in an Access form (version 2007, 2003 format). Everything works well on my development machine, where I have CRXI installed. I copied the referenced DLL to the client's machine, but when I try to register it, it says "Can't find module" (I double- and triple-checked my spelling) and when I try to open the form it tells me "ActiveX component can't create object" when the code tries to create a new instance of the report object. I suspect there are more dependency files required by the DLL, but I'm a little at a loss as to what ones and how I go about finding out. Although I'm using the CR control, I assume this would apply to any ActiveX control throwing this error. Thanks.
There should be a runtime distribution document in your Crystal Help files - from past experience (Crystal 8.5) there are multiple files that you have to distribute and register.
I'm answering my own question in case someone finds this via a search in the future. I don't have the Access Package & Deploy wizard David mentioned above (okay, I probably have it but couldn't find it readily) but I image it would probably do what I needed, so I recommend anyone try that first. Instead, I was able to create a setup to install tghe needed files using the Visual Studio Installer and the Crystal merge modules; note that while it wasn't difficult, nor was it pleasant.
I downloaded and installed Visual Studio Installer 1.1 from MSDN. This creates a new project type in Visual Studio 6.0 (in particular, I used InterDev 6.0) that creates a Windows Installer (*.msi) setup file. Because one of the Crystal merge modules requires the Crystal license key and VSI doesn't support merge module parameters, I also had to use Orca, a merge module editor, available from the Microsoft Windows SDK (also available on the Microsoft download site). I recommend reading through the SDK and Orca pages on MSDN for more info. Using Orca, I was able to put my key code and recompile the merge module, so I don't have to deploy my key to my users, and my users don't have to enter one.
Again, the Package & Deployment Wizard is probably a better option, but when faced with using merge modules, as with Crystal, this method will get the job done.