WinXPPro sp2 fully patched, VS2003, VB Express, SQLExpress,...
Did I fail to install something?
Thx
G
Warning 1 Load of property 'RootNamespace' failed. The string for the root namespace must be a valid identifier.
Error 2 '$safeprojectname$' is not a valid name and cannot be used as the root namespace name.
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Sorry for the stupid q
G
Starter kits and Project Templates are now stored as .Zip files. This makes them easy to share. But you don't need to unzip the files just to work with them unless you plan to tweak the template itself.
Instead, you want to think of this as a new project type. File -> New Project -> (Starter Kits cateogory in STD+ Editions) -> My Movie Collection Starter Kit. This is where you'll find all preinstalled starter kits.
Now, you'll be able to install new starter kits easily from the Web using the VS content installer, .VSI files. You can download starter kits like the Amazon-Enabled Movie Collection here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/2005/starterkits/ Just double click on this file and the starter kit zip file will be unpacked and saved to a subfolder in My Documents, typically this is: [My Documents]\Visual Studio\Project Templates\Visual Basic\. Instructions for installing starter kits are here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/2005/starterkits/HowToInstallStarterKit/
Note that starter kits installed with VSIs or added yourself to My Documents will show up in the "My Templates" section of the New Project Dialog.
I also hosted a WebCast on the Movie Collection if you'd like to check that out.
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=43749
http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/express/webcasts/default.aspx
I hope this does the trick for you.
Best,
Paul
Paul
I get an error when I try to install the Amazon Movie Collection Starter kit either from downloading it and double-cliking or clicking open on the download dialog. It says:"Unknown stream header byte sequence." What does this mean and how do I fix it?
Hi -
Sorry I didn't see this since it was a comment rather than a new post. I haven't personally seen this but I'll check with peers on the product team.
thanks,
Paul
Hi CRChambers,
I've tried downloading online; however, I am unable to reproduce this error. Let's walk through the steps, to make sure I am executing the same steps you are. Then we will have a better chance of reproducing...
Go to any of the following 3 download pages:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/starterkits/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vbasic/downloads/starterkits/
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vcsharp/downloads/starterkits/
Click to download the Amazon-Enabled Movie Collection in the language you prefer. When the dialog appears, asking you whether you want to Open or Save, click Open. (You can also save to disk, and then double-click from whatever location you've saved.)
Complete the steps in the installer wizard, and then go back to create a new project in VS. Look in the Starter Kit node for whichever language you've downloaded (VB or C#), and then you should see the Amazon-Enabled Movie Collection in "My Templates".
Please try that out with the current starter kit online, and let me know if it works for you.
Thanks!
Lisa Feigenbaum
lisa.feigenbaum@microsoft.com
VB Program Manager
