Just tried to upgrade my XP laptop (VS2008) with V26 of VM. Install appears to be fine but running VS2008 I get

The Add-in 'Visual Micro Arduino' failed to load or caused an exception.
Would you like to remove this Add-in?
If you choose yes, the file it was loaded from, 'F:\Program Files\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.2008.AddIn', will be renamed.

Error Message: The system cannot find the file specified.


Error number: 80070002

This message appears whenever I start VS2008, even a reset addin. I've rebooted, re-downloaded V26 from CodePlex but the same results. I've been using V26 on my Win 7 laptop (again VS2008) for over a week without any problems.

Directory listing in Program Files:

27/01/2012  16:57           110,592 Visual.Micro.Processing.Sketch.08.dll
27/01/2012  16:57           110,592 Visual.Micro.Processing.Sketch.dll
27/01/2012  16:57           903,168 Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.08.dll
27/01/2012  16:57           557,568 Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.10.dll
06/02/2012  15:30            43,688 Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.2008.AddIn
16/10/2011  17:03            43,218 Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.2010.AddIn
27/01/2012  16:57            13,312 Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.Setup.Action.dll
06/02/2012  15:30             2,409 Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.Setup.Action.InstallState

Any ideas?

Iain

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Feb 6^th, 2012 at 4:14pm:


Well according to VS Help About:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Version 9.0.21022.8 RTM
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 3.5 SP1

Installed Edition: Professional
Microsoft Visual Basic 2008
Microsoft Visual C# 2008
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Tools for Office
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008

Visual Micro Arduino
Copyright Visual Micro 2009

I'll try reinstalling an earlier version. I was using an older build when I last used the laptop for Arduino work.

Iain

just checked again, here is a pic of it working so pls send the info, I think we can get it working

OK. Found the v22 I downloaded in December. Installed it and the same error message. Can't do anything useful to debug this in VS as the addin won't load, so no options box etc. Clearly something on this laptop is screwed since even an old (previously working build) is not working.

I'm guessing most of the useful debug requires the addin to load?

Iain

Just uninstalled VM. Started VS2008 and no sign of VM. Installed latest (v26) into G:\ProgramFiles\Visual Micro...
Started VS2008 and same error as before (except for different path). I can confirm that G:\ProgramFiles\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\ appears in Options - Addin/Macros Security.

The Xml you requested:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16" standalone="no"?>
<Extensibility xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/AutomationExtensibility">
  <HostApplication>
    <Name>Microsoft Visual Studio Macros</Name>
    <Version>8.0</Version>
  </HostApplication>
  <HostApplication>
    <Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name>
    <Version>8.0</Version>
  </HostApplication>
  <HostApplication>
    <Name>Microsoft Visual Studio Macros</Name>
    <Version>9.0</Version>
  </HostApplication>
  <HostApplication>
    <Name>Microsoft Visual Studio</Name>
    <Version>9.0</Version>
  </HostApplication>
  <Addin>
    <FriendlyName>Visual Micro Arduino</FriendlyName>
    <Description>Visual Micro Arduino - Visual Studio Helper</Description>
    <AboutBoxDetails>Copyright Visual Micro 2009</AboutBoxDetails>
    <AboutIconData></AboutIconData>
    <Assembly>G:\ProgramFiles\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.08.dll</Assembly>
    <FullClassName>Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.Helper</FullClassName>
    <LoadBehavior>5</LoadBehavior>
    <CommandPreload>1</CommandPreload>
    <CommandLineSafe>0</CommandLineSafe>
  </Addin>
  <ToolsOptionsPage>
    <Category Name="Visual Micro">
      <SubCategory Name="General">
        <Assembly>G:\ProgramFiles\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\Visual.Micro.Visual.Studio.Arduino.08.dll</Assembly>
        ssName>
      </SubCategory>
    </Category>
  </ToolsOptionsPage>
</Extensibility> 

The xml was too large to post originally, but if I deleted the content of the <AboutIconData/> tag it fitted.

Iain

I've just renamed all the dlls in the VM folder and I still get the same error.

What do I need to look for?

A registry search?

Iain

%ALLUSERDOCUMENTS%\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins
%ALLUSERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins
%APPDATA%\Microsoft\MSEnvShared\Addins
%VSAPPDATA%\Addins
%VSCOMMONAPPDATA%\Addins
%VSMYDOCUMENTS%\Addins
G:\ProgramFiles\Visual Micro\Visual Micro for Arduino\ 

a quick test of visual studio

can you create a new VB.NET "Visual Studio Addin" (extensibility) project. click all the defaults in the wizard to get a tools menu etc. Then start>run the new project. 

Do you get a new tools menu item and does tools>addin manager show your extension has loaded correctly?

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Feb 7^th, 2012 at 1:19am:


I get the same error as before. Unable to load addin!

I wonder what's going on.

Iain

Tim@Visual Micro wrote on Feb 10^th, 2012 at 8:34pm:


Sorry if I wasn't clear. I have the same problem with a test addin.

I'm using a VS2008 DVD I purchased in 2008. Everything was fine on this laptop a few weeks ago. I used the addin for several weeks without any problems. No idea what I've done, but maybe I'll need to build a new XP install to cure the problem. A reinstall of VS2008 didn't help (

Iain