No visualizers generated in VS2017 15.8 Preview 3

[MikeStacey-Gee]

I have rebuilt my solution several times, but the visualizer assemblies are not being generated. Are there any other VS2017 extensions that may be blocking the operation?

[codingadventures]

Hi, I doubt other extensions could conflict with this one but I can't exclude it for sure. The visualizer assembly generation is bound to the compilation process, so the problem lies either in the installation process or on the folder permissions --> Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Visualizers .

One thing that could help me identify the issue is to have the log files (you have to enable logging in the option menu), Also if you could enable error reporting I would see the exceptions coming through in Sentry.

Please check out the guide on how to enable logs and/or error reporting here

[MikeStacey-Gee]

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________________________________ From: codingadventures <notifications@github.com> Sent: Friday, July 6, 2018 12:00:22 PM To: codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs Cc: Mike Stacey-Gee; Author Subject: Re: [codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs] No visualizers generated (#47) Hi, I doubt other extensions could conflict with this one but I can't exclude it for sure. The visualizer assembly generation is bound to the compilation process, so the problem lies either in the installation process or on the folder permissions --> Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Visualizers . One thing that could help me identify the issue is to have the log files (you have to enable logging in the option menu), Also if you could enable error reporting I would see the exceptions coming through in Sentry. Please check out the guide on how to enable logs and/or error reporting here<https://github.com/codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs#bridgevs-option-menu> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#47 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGEzUJNJYzYqUzSrnTD3zr3T2ZeiRMCks5uD0NGgaJpZM4VFKPO>.

[MikeStacey-Gee]

Hi, I have enabled error reporting and logging. After several rebuilds there is no log file. Regards Mike From: codingadventures <notifications@github.com> Sent: 6 July 2018 12:00 To: codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs <LINQBridgeVs@noreply.github.com> Cc: Mike Stacey-Gee <MikeStacey-Gee@esdm.co.uk>; Author <author@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs] No visualizers generated (#47) Hi, I doubt other extensions could conflict with this one but I can't exclude it for sure. The visualizer assembly generation is bound to the compilation process, so the problem lies either in the installation process or on the folder permissions --> Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Visualizers . One thing that could help me identify the issue is to have the log files (you have to enable logging in the option menu), Also if you could enable error reporting I would see the exceptions coming through in Sentry. Please check out the guide on how to enable logs and/or error reporting here<https://github.com/codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs#bridgevs-option-menu> — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#47 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGEzUJNJYzYqUzSrnTD3zr3T2ZeiRMCks5uD0NGgaJpZM4VFKPO>.

[codingadventures]

That is very odd. I haven't got anything new either in Sentry. Please check the registry here \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LINQBridgeVs (refers to the section How it works in the readme). If the installation went well and also you bridged your solution correctly you should find in the registry your solution listed:
\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LINQBridgeVs\15.0\Solutions\yoursolution

As a side note: which OS are you using? What type of solution are you trying to map (c#, vb, f#)

[MikeStacey-Gee]

Hi, The registry appears to be ok: [cid:image002.png@01D41546.26736DE0] [cid:image001.png@01D41545.FED5ACD0] I am running under VS2017 15.8.0 Preview 3, and the solution(s) are all VB with a minimum of 40 projects, though the release solution gets to 67 projects. From: codingadventures <notifications@github.com> Sent: 6 July 2018 16:13 To: codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs <LINQBridgeVs@noreply.github.com> Cc: Mike Stacey-Gee <MikeStacey-Gee@esdm.co.uk>; Author <author@noreply.github.com> Subject: Re: [codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs] No visualizers generated (#47) That is very odd. I haven't got anything new either in Sentry. Please check the registry here \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LINQBridgeVs (refers to the section How it works<https://github.com/codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs#how-it-works> in the readme). If the installation went well and also you bridged your solution correctly you should find in the registry your solution listed: \HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LINQBridgeVs\15.0\Solutions\yoursolution As a side note: which OS are you using? What type of solution are you trying to map (c#, vb, f#) — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#47 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGEzYYC-SYVFhBdhDJVj3pN3-4eh_oNks5uD35vgaJpZM4VFKPO>.

[codingadventures]

Hi,

I found out the problem. The preview version of Visual Studio install itself in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Preview instead of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017 which is the default installation folder for Visual Studio 2017. Thus during the first configuration the relevant .target files needed to override the MSBuild process don't end up in the correct folder.

To fix this issue please copy the folder v15.0 and its content from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\v15.0 to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Preview\Enterprise\MSBuild\v15.0

The next time the solution is rebuilt the visualizers are correctly generated

[MikeStacey-Gee]

Thank you for investigating, very much appreciated. This explains why it works on a remote VM in my office where the standard VS2017 is installed. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef>

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________________________________ From: codingadventures <notifications@github.com> Sent: Saturday, July 7, 2018 11:41:39 AM To: codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs Cc: Mike Stacey-Gee; Author Subject: Re: [codingadventures/LINQBridgeVs] No visualizers generated in VS2017 15.8 Preview 3 (#47) Hi, I found out the problem. The preview version of Visual Studio install itself in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Preview instead of C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017 which is the default installation folder for Visual Studio 2017. Thus during the first configuration the relevant .target files needed to override the MSBuild process don't end up in the correct folder. To fix this issue please copy the folder v15.0 and its content from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\v15.0 to C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Preview\Enterprise\MSBuild\v15.0 The next time the solution is rebuilt the visualizers are correctly generated — You are receiving this because you authored the thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub<#47 (comment)>, or mute the thread<https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AQGEzfsCPvvVqVZT5fY3xjyu269UXiRzks5uEJBjgaJpZM4VFKPO>.

[codingadventures]

Thanks for reporting the issue, I added a section in the README in case someone else has the same problem.