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Question

I could not get my app to publish in Express Edition 2008 so I down loaded 2010, its imported the solution and now it wont compile.  Any ideas. 

And while Im here - any one know how to get my app published.  I have used both versions and non produce either a stand alond app that will run or an installation process that works.  One verion tried to down load something  -when i told it to run form cd. 

Come on peeps - we  cant all have these problems or no one would ever get anything out there.  I have my appthat I watn to send to some on for testing and I want an installation process - like they would have if it was finished they bought it.

I new to this and if things dont start working I doubt Ill bother to get old at it.

Answer 1

If the app isn't compiling as you say, then there must be an error list reported somewhere.

Bring up the Output window or the Error List window... you should see all of the compilation issues reported in both of those windows.

Answer 2

Sorry 0i did not realise about the names - i originally had Express Edition 2008,  and as that does not make installers I get Express Edition 2010.  When the solution was imported it would not compile and again it does not make installers.  So I down loaded a trial of Visual Studio 2010 - again the imported solution won't compile and agian it wont make an installer.  Any one know about the template thing for Visual studio - the guy that wrote my book had the installer thing because there is a whole chapeter on using it?

Answer 3

I am confused. Your question "Using c# 2008 Express Edition" implies you are using the Express Edition but here you are saying you have "Enterprise 2008" so do you have Visual Studio 2008 Express Edition or Enterprise edition? The difference is highly relevant.

If VS 2010 converted and built the project then your program is likely getting an error during execution that your code is ignoring. Developers often don't bother to check for errors but then they get frustrated when the program has unexplained problems such as you are likely encountering.

Answer 4

i have just down loaded visual studio 2010 - and wanted to use it to create an installer - but the templete is not there.  The book I have said goto: File -> Add PRoject -> New Project and then select Other PRoject TYpes, Setup and Deployment - then choose the Setup PRoject template - but when i get to the part I have enboldened - there are no templetes. 

ANy one know how to get these templates or help me use Visual Studio to make and installable windows app.  Also, I beginning to loos by desire to learn this any more.  Why cant they make it easy.  I now have 3 versions of c#, Enterprise  2008 and 2010 and Visual Studio 2010 and non of them will make an installer.  If the professional one wont - what is to be done. 

Back to the original issue - why bother importing it then - if the SW cant use what it imports - what a waist of time. Microsoft success again. 

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10 min later - now im well peed off - File -> Add PRoject -> New Project and then select Other PRoject TYpes, Setup and Deployment - then choose the Setup PRoject template non of this is there at all now - there is only c# things and b4 there where alsorts like f#, silver light, office 2007 etc.  Where have all they gone? 

Answer 5

Are you talking about Visual Studio 2010? You might want to use Clean Solution option and then Rebuild solution. If it does not work, you may have to create a new empty solution and add files from your old solution.

Answer 6

nothing comes up - i open the solution and press f5 - the 'im doing something icon appears for a few seconds - then nothing. 

Answer 7

If your app won't compile, please post the error message(s) so one of us can help you diagnose the problem.