Linux will not accept search path

[oesolberg]

Summary

Probing private path in linux does not handle backslash

Expected Behavior

When I use a plugin in Linux I expect it to use the probing path bin/

Current Behavior

Due to the probing path beeing written for Windows (with a backslash) Linux will not use it

Possible Solution

After testing I found that windows can accept backslash and slash, but Linux expects slash.
Fix output should also change the HSPI_<project>.exe.config file to use slash instead of backslash in probing privatePath

Same as issue #63
In this issue it is also shown in BLBackup config file
<probing privatePath="bin/BLBackup"/>

[alexdresko]

Fix incoming via d5fc9c7. It might take me a little bit to get a new version published because I want to get this working. I've been pestering Microsoft to create a CLI for publishing VS extensions for years now. They literally @'d me a couple weeks ago when they released the tool, so I'm kinda obligated. :)

Manually publishing the extension is one of the most annoying parts about working on this project, so I'm hoping this motivates me more.

[alexdresko]

Welp, I automated the deployment, but I lost the marketplace ID I was using. :( Trying to get MS to fix it, but I might have to move everything to the new ID.

[alexdresko]

So I haven't heard from MS about my marketplace ID snafu. I have removed the old extension from the marketplace. You'll need to uninstall that version and reinstall this version: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=thealexdresko.HomeSeerTemplates2

[alexdresko]

(Give it about an hour and an even newer release will be up)

[oesolberg]

Sorry. I have not gotten around to test the latest version. Will try it soon(ish).

What "worries" me is that we are now going for .Net 4.7 and I don't think my test-machine (Win 2008 server) will support this version of .Net. Ah, but new is better etc - yes, I see that, but should we not keep up with the current .Net version of HomeSeer? Or am I just creating a lot of noise for nothing because I am not smart enough to see what is done in the HomeSeer extension?

[alexdresko]

Do you have 2008 R2 SP1? From what I can tell, 4.7.2 will run on that.

[alexdresko]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/framework/get-started/system-requirements

[oesolberg]

Thanks. I will look into it.
I hope Mono also supports it for running plugins in linux. I will test that as well.

[alexdresko]

My main reason for porting everything to .NET 4.7.2 is because that version is most compatible with .NET Standard 2.0. Ultimately, I want to convert the HSPI library (not the templates) to .NET Standard and create a set of .NET Standard templates. The whole point of .NET Standard is cross-platform support, so any plugin written in .NET Standard will work on linux. The only thing I'm not sure about yet is whether or not HS will load a .NET Standard plugin. That's something I hope to test before too much longer.