LightSwitch issues in VS 11 Beta

Question

Hi,

1. Problem:

I downloaded and installed VS 11 Beta, I build a LightSwitch project (1 Table and 1 Screen), I run the project; no success (I can see Save, Refresh, Menu, design Screen; but I cannot see the screen I built).

I am running the project on my server (64 bit machine); is there any security issue to run the project on my server?

2. Problem:

I am not able to upload a LightSwitch program in to VS 11 Beta. I tried to upload Contoso Construction - LightSwitch Advanced Sample (Visual Studio 11 Beta); without success. Following extensions were missing; BingMapControl, FilterControl, Microsoft.LightSwitch.Cosmopolitan, and OfficeIntegration. It could be nice if the extensions in a project comes with the project... :)

3. Problem:

I downloaded LightSwitch trial (VS2010), I build a LightSwitch project (1 Table and 1 Screen), I run the project; no success (I can see Save, Refresh, Menu, design Screen; but I cannot see the screen I built). I got the same issue as in 1. Problem, see above.

4. Problem

I updated VS 11 Beta; now I cannot build a new project from scratch. I get  error message to enable the template.

I hope you can fix the present issues as soon as possible. If you need more information, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you,

Rune

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Rune Brattas

Answer 1

Same Problem here. All of a sudden, LS stopped working. It worked fine ten days ago. I cannot open a old solution, and I cannot create a project from scratch.

I tried a repair install, but this didn't work either. The log says:

[04/13/12,10:41:02] Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 (x86) DEU: [2] Error: Installation failed for component Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 (x86) DEU. MSI returned error code 1603
[04/13/12,10:43:22] setup.exe: [2] ISetupComponent::Pre/Post/Install() failed in ISetupManager::InternalInstallManager() with HRESULT -2147023293.

The Setup wasn't able to neither install "Microsoft SQL Server Compact 3.5 SP2 (x86) DEU", nor "Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 - DEU".

Answer 2

I think this may have been a windows update that broke things.  Mine works now, and only thing I can think of is I just applied all the latest updates.

Answer 3

Thank you very much for your feedback.

I went back to VS 2010; join you guys later on VS 2011 Beta... :)

PS

Will VS 2010 LS include the same as in VS2011 Beta; I got some LS updates when I reinstalled VS 2010 with LightSwitch.

Thank you,

Rune

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Rune Brattas