11/18/2009 3:45:03 PM
mscheuner
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I just downloaded the DBML tools and was anxious to install and try them out. To my dismay, even after running the install three times, I still cannot find any trace of the DBML tools in my VS 2008 SP1 IDE anywhere.....
No entry in the "Tools" menu, no toolbar, nothing if I right-click on the DBML file........ am I missing some extra step needed after running the MSI ?? Is there a problem with the Win7 x64 system, possibly? The install itself went smoothly, no errors, no messages, nothing. The files are in the directory I installed them into (custom dir - *NOT* the default - is that the problem maybe?).
Any ideas? Anything I can check or verify to help you diagnose the problem?
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11/18/2009 3:49:31 PM
Kristofer Andersson
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Hi,
It is possible that the add-in files ended up in a different directory than the one your VS2008 is configured to use.
Please try the troubleshooting steps in this thread:
http://forum.huagati.com/topic48-installer-reports-successfull-install-but-.aspx
...and let me know if that helped.
Best regards,
Kristofer
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1/13/2010 10:08:37 AM
datamex
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HI Kristofer,
I've got the same problem. I've installed the add-in, but the menu won't show in VS. I've added the install directory (C:\Users\username\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Addins) to the add-in folders specified in Studio. The add-in shows up in the Add-in Manager in VS, but still no toolbar menu.
Installed in Windows 7 64-bit with VS2008 equipped with latest servicepacks/updates.
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1/13/2010 10:13:19 AM
Kristofer Andersson
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Is it checked in the add-in manager?
Do you get any errors when starting up VS?
If it is checked (both checkboxes as in the attached screenshot), and no errors are shown when starting VS, enable the add-in's load logging feature by creating an empty file called HuagatiDBMLExtensions.dll.enableLog in the add-in directory (normally C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Addins on Vista/Win7, or c:\Documents and Settings\[username]\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Addins on XP/2003). When a file with that name is present, the add-in's startup code will write debugging information to a file called HuagatiDBMLTools_trace.log which will be written to the user's temp directory (normally C:\Users\[username]\Local Settings\Temp on Vista/Win7, or C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings\Temp on XP/2003). After starting VS with logging enabled, please email the log file to support@huagati.com . To turn off logging again, simply delete the file HuagatiDBMLExtensions.dll.enableLog from the add-in directory.
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edited by Kristofer on 1/13/2010
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1/13/2010 10:13:30 AM
datamex
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Weird, it does seem to work. But when I open a project with a DBML already opened, the menu doesn't appear. But when I select a different VS component (server explorer for instance) and then reset the focus to the DBML surface, suddenly the menu does appear. So problem seems to be solved by adding the install directory to the add-in folders of visual studio.
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1/13/2010 10:21:13 AM
Kristofer Andersson
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datamex wrote:
Weird, it does seem to work. But when I open a project with a DBML already opened, the menu doesn't appear. But when I select a different VS component (server explorer for instance) and then reset the focus to the DBML surface, suddenly the menu does appear. So problem seems to be solved by adding the install directory to the add-in folders of visual studio.
The menu is only visible if a dbml (or edmx) document has focus, so maybe some other window (e.g. output or solution explorer) had focus after startup..?
Update: I was able to reproduce this behavior by opening VS through the solution file. If opening VS first and then opening the solution from within VS it behaves correctly, but if opening VS by double clicking the solution file in Windows Explorer the menu is invisible at first. Will try to fix in v1.85.
edited by Kristofer on 1/13/2010
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1/13/2010 10:40:23 AM
datamex
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Nope, when I click the design surface the menu still doesn't show. I really need to first select something else and then select the dbml surface again.
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1/13/2010 11:07:39 AM
Kristofer Andersson
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datamex wrote:
Nope, when I click the design surface the menu still doesn't show. I really need to first select something else and then select the dbml surface again.
Ok. This has been fixed in v1.85 (just released).
edited by Kristofer on 1/13/2010
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