DevForce Community Forum : Unable to locate an 'IdeaBlade.ibconfig' or 'app.config' file

Unable to locate an 'IdeaBlade.ibconfig' or 'app.config' file : Thanks for the help I eventually...

Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:02:43 -700

Author: Tich
Subject: 657
Posted: 17-Jan-2008 at 6:02am

Thanks forthe help I eventually solved the problem by adding a boolean property to one ofmy staticUtils classes my main method now looks like this

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Utils.AllowGetPersistenceManager= true;

Application.Run(new frmLogin());

�

the load method of base form is now as show below

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if (Utils.AllowGetPersistenceManager== true)

{

pemManager= PersistenceManager.DefaultManager;

enlEntity = newEntityList<Entity>();

}

...

I think this is the best solution because it gives you totalcontrol on whether the PersistenceManager is created or not

again thanks for pointing me in the right direction

Unable to locate an 'IdeaBlade.ibconfig' or 'app.config' file : DesignMode doesn't always...

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:12:36 -700

Author: davidklitzke
Subject: 657
Posted: 16-Jan-2008 at 8:12am

DesignMode doesn't always accurately describe whether you are in DesignMode or not. There are many articles on the web about this. My favorite is:

http://weblogs.asp.net/fmarguerie/archive/2005/03/23/395658.aspx

If "if(!this.DesignMode){" doesn't work for you, I suggest trying:

if (System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProcess().ProcessName != "devenv") {

Edited by davidklitzke - 16-Jan-2008 at 8:13am

Unable to locate an 'IdeaBlade.ibconfig' or 'app.config' file : After doing some googling...

Wed, 16 Jan 2008 00:28:30 -700

Author: Tich
Subject: 657
Posted: 16-Jan-2008 at 12:28am

After doingsome googling no the forum I discovered that I should do something like �

public BasicFormORM()

:base()

{

InitializeComponent();

if(!this.DesignMode)

{

pemManager=PersistenceManager.DefaultManager;

enlEntity = newEntityList<Entity>();

}

� but still this didnt work.I have a base form �BasicFormORM()� which provides some basic form services like�

private voidBasicFormORM_FormClosed(object sender, FormClosedEventArgs e)

{

try

{

thisEntity.RejectChanges();

}

catch

{

}

�all other forms inherit from this the base form�BasicFormORM()� it is these child forms thatwont open the base form opens even if I don�t use if(!this.DesignMode).

After a bit of testing I confirmed that the problem isoccurring because of trying to access the persistence manager from theconstructor however using the DesignMode property to prevent this access is notworking

Also this problem only started after a formatted my pc

Thanks

Unable to locate an 'IdeaBlade.ibconfig' or 'app.config' file : You have run into a well-known...

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:59:51 -700

Author: davidklitzke
Subject: 657
Posted: 15-Jan-2008 at 8:59am

You have run into a well-known problem which occurs when your code tries to access the PersistenceManager when you are using Visual Studio and running in Design Time. As you have discovered, your code runs just fine while executing during runtime.

You are probably trying to access the PersistenceManager during the Form constructor or the Load Event for the Form.

The solution for this problem is to use the DesignMode property of the Form or User Control. If DesignMode is true, you cannot try to accsss the PersistenceManager. If DesignMode is false (which means that you are running in runtime), you have no such restriction.

This solution works for simple cases. Let me know if you have a more complicated case (User Control inside of a User Control).

Unable to locate an 'IdeaBlade.ibconfig' or 'app.config' file : I formatted my pc reinstalled...

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 03:09:34 -700

Author: Tich
Subject: 657
Posted: 15-Jan-2008 at 3:09am

I formattedmy pc reinstalled everything and now devforce based forms wont open in thedesigner the project can compile and run with no error. I only get the error when I try to open the form in the designer (VS 2005). This problem only started after I reinstalled windows. The error I get is given below...

Unable tolocate an 'IdeaBlade.ibconfig' or 'app.config' file on 'LIL3P-MOBILE' It mustbe either (a) an embedded resource in the startup project or (b) present in thesame directory as the executable. Please consult the Help files for moreinformation. Probing path: File: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio8\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe.config - not found File: C:\Program Files\MicrosoftVisual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\MSTest.exe.config - not found File: C:\ProgramFiles\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\PEVerify.exe.config - not foundFile: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio8\Common7\IDE\VSTestHost.exe.config - not found File: a loose configurationfile - not found File: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio8\Common7\IDE\IdeaBlade.ibconfig - not found Design-time execution detected -Will not probe for app.config or IdeaBlade.ibconfig in AppHelper IdeaBlade.ibconfigfallthru - Default IdeaBlade.ibconfig used Logging file:

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atIdeaBlade.Util.IdeaBladeConfig.AssertNonDefaultVersion()

atIdeaBlade.Persistence.PersistenceManager..ctor(Boolean pShouldConnect, StringpDataSourceExtension, PersistenceServiceOption pPersistenceServiceOption)

atIdeaBlade.Persistence.PersistenceManager.get_DefaultManager()

atSST_APP.Main_Module.Forms.BasicFormORM..ctor() in D:\Lil3p\Software DevelopmentProjects\Projects\MAS\MAS\Main Module\Forms\BasicFormORM.cs:line 28

Pliz help !