NEWBIE: where are the install instructions?

TaffyDownUnder posted on Sunday, September 27, 2009

Could somebody point me to the install instructions (either in the book or web page) for CSLA.
I've downloaded 3.7.0 (Framework) but when I try to compile the csla.sln I get the error "The type or namespace name 'WebServiceHost' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)".

Referenced in Csla\DataPortalClient\WebServicesProxy.cs I figure I've not set something up correctly or not got all the source, but I can't seem to find instructions on what is required for the 3.7.0 version.

Ta,
Paul

UPDATE: Ah! This is probably due to me using VisualStudio 2010 (targeting .Net 3.5) ... would this be correct?

JonnyBee replied on Sunday, September 27, 2009

Hi,

There are a few thing you must do in order to get the solution to compile in VS2010, read this blog article:
http://www.lhotka.net/weblog/BuildingCSLANET36InVisualStudio2010.aspx

If you use VS2008 the solution will compile right away. VS2010 is still beta1 .....

/jonnybee

RockfordLhotka replied on Monday, September 28, 2009

TaffyDownUnder:

UPDATE: Ah! This is probably due to me using VisualStudio 2010 (targeting .Net 3.5) ... would this be correct?

Unfortunately the VS10 upgrade wizard can't handle some of the contents of the csla.csproj file. I don't know why this is, because that file was created by Visual Studio originally. Of course it has been around since 2003, so maybe some version of Visual Studio between 2003 and 2008 added some stuff that the 2010 upgrade wizard doesn't understand (which seems like a bug to me).

In any case, there's some effort involved in getting the project to open in VS10, which is covered in the blog post Jonny referenced.