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Installing DevForce

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Category: DevForce
Forum Name: DevForce 2010
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Topic: Installing DevForce
Posted By: jtompkins
Subject: Installing DevForce
Date Posted: 11-Jun-2010 at 1:55pm
I can't seem to install DevForce for Silverlight successfully.

I've followed the instructions in the installation guide several times. I'm running the RTM version of VS2010, I have both the Silverlight 4 Tools and the Silverlight 4 toolkit installed. I'm not sure if it matters but I run VS2010 as administrator.

I downloaded the latest version of DevForce from the website (6.0.3.1?) and ran the installer.

I have the project templates for DevForce but the extensions manager shows no extensions installed.

Any ideas on what I should do?

Edit: the installation guide seems to suggest that which settings profile I selected when I first set up VS2010 is important, is that the case? I selected the C# option, but the guide seems to say that installation won't work unless I selected the Visual Web Development option?



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Posted By: GregD
Date Posted: 11-Jun-2010 at 3:08pm
Originally posted by jtompkins


I have the project templates for DevForce but the extensions manager shows no extensions installed.

Any ideas on what I should do?


Find the file IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.Designer.vsix in the DevForce installation folder (typically C:\Program Files\DevForce 2010\) and double-click it to launch it. That should install the OM extension.

There seem to be a variety of obscure reasons why the OM extension sometimes won't install correctly, but that usually takes care of it.


Originally posted by jtompkins


Edit: the installation guide seems to suggest that which settings profile I selected when I first set up VS2010 is important, is that the case? I selected the C# option, but the guide seems to say that installation won't work unless I selected the Visual Web Development option?


It's just important that you've run Visual Studio at least once, and chosen a settings profile, before you install DevForce. It doesn't care which profile you choose.
IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.Designer.vsixIdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.Designer.vsix


Posted By: jtompkins
Date Posted: 14-Jun-2010 at 5:52am
Originally posted by GregD


Find the file IdeaBlade.VisualStudio.OM.Designer.vsix in the DevForce installation folder (typically C:\Program Files\DevForce 2010\) and double-click it to launch it. That should install the OM extension.

There seem to be a variety of obscure reasons why the OM extension sometimes won't install correctly, but that usually takes care of it.


That worked! Thanks for the help.



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