Requirements

[danieleli]

It look like Roslyn is required. Roslyn requires the VsSDK. I tried to install that but then it asked for my VS install disk. I bailed at that point.

Is all that really required? I have VS 2010 Ultimate (and 2012 RC) installed.

Any help on the easiest route to get going would be great. I can't wait to dig in!

Dan

[dorba]

Dan, if you intend to build the project then yes, Roslyn (and consequently the VS SDK) are required in addition to Visual Studio 2010 SP1. I need to add this to the docs. However, you should be able to run the installer itself without either of these. The Roslyn dependencies are captured as part of the MSI. There's a pre-built version of that in the release folder.

Are you running into these issues with the installer? Or were you trying to build the project?

Thanks for the interest!

[danieleli]

my intent was to just use the project template, so I ran the MSI and created a new blade project That's when I got the Roslyn Errors and the single reference in the project couldn't be located.

I tried downloading roslyn but could only find the 2012 download. I wasn't sure if that would work.

one note: the c++ components of visual studio 2012 are not installed. (I've got 2012 rc installed. I'm not sure about 2010 version. I don't think opting out of components was available for that install. Both versions are ultimate)

I started installing 2012 vssdk. I'll letcha know if that helps.

Thanks again!

[dorba]

Another person who tried noted some errors that appear to be a result of not having the VS SDK installed. Did your error occur when trying to build the project? If so was it similar to this:

System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast transparent proxy to type 'Roslyn.Utilities.SerializableDataStorage'

I was able to re-create this one by installing on a machine without the SDK. Luckily that dependency is only between the Roslyn Service APIs and there are just a couple of files that use that to load the project metadata. I should be able to remove that dependency and get what I need straight from MSBuild.

Also, Although I'm not aware of any reason it wouldn't work, I haven't tried with VS2012 yet at all.

[danieleli]

After installing C++ package in VS 2012, Attempting to create a new blade project in vs 2010 results in warning on System.Core reference. Attempting to compile gives following errors.

Error 1 The type or namespace name 'Dom' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?) Blade2 C:\Users\Win7Desktop\Documents_projects\Blade2\Blade2\Class1.cs 2 14 Error 2 The type or namespace name 'Html' does not exist in the namespace 'System' (are you missing an assembly reference?) Blade2 C:\Users\Win7Desktop\Documents_projects\Blade2\Blade2\Class1.cs 3 14

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[dorba]

That's odd, it seems that the project is not referencing the custom mscorlib implementation provided by the Blade Profile.

Firstly, I just updated the code to remove the dependency on the VS SDK and committed an updated MSI to the release folder. Your issue doesn't seem directly related to that IMO, but you should uninstall the current version of Blade and re-install the latest to be safe.

Next, (if it still doesn't work) let's see why you aren't referencing the correct mscorlib implementation. Did you create the project as a Blade C# Library in the New Project dialog? If so, can you look at the project properties (Right click project > Properties) and check the Application > Target Framework dropdown. It should be set to .NET Framework 4 Blade Profile. Also the Output Type should be set to Class Library.

[danieleli]

I see a blade folder under c:\program files (x86)\msbuild. (btw - I'm running win 7 64bit) That contains blade's build, compiler and targets as well as roslyn's files.

There a couple of files in C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework.NETFramework\v4.0\Profile\Blade but when I attempt to add them to project is complains that they are already referenced by build system.

I'll try uninstalling and re-installing latest.

[dorba]

That all sounds correct. You shouldn't need to reference those Blade Profile assemblies (mscorlib and System.Core) directly. Those should available under the Add References dialog, in the .NET Tab. They should be referenced by default.

I just added a samples directory, with a very simple hello world example. After installing, can you try compiling this project and see what happens?

[Ventajou]

Closing this issue as the new installer supports both versions of Visual Studio and does not need Roslyn installed.