Where to find these extensions for visual studio 2013 RTM

Question

I need to upgrade my project that was done in visual studio 2012 update 2.
but first I need to know if these extensions they are already working on the 2013 version

Many to Many Controls
LightSwitch Filter Control
Excel Importer
Source code of Cosmopolitan theme for visual studio 2013

where can I find each extension already set up and working in visual studio 2013

thank you

Answer 1

Hi Marden

We can use Many to Many Controls, LightSwitch Filter Control, Excel Importer in Visual Studio 2012, and Visual Studio 2013 has platform compatibility comparing to Visual Studio 2012. According to current information, you can update your project from  visual studio 2012 update 2 to visual Studio 2013 with these extensions.

If it encounters any problem during your update, please don’t hesitate to let me know.

Best regards

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Answer 2

Hi Angie,

I need to install these extensions in visual studio 2013
to be able to use them in new projects as well.
And Cosmopolitan Theme, how can I update the project
cosmpolitan theme that microsoft released
for this extension is installed in visual studio 2013
I made some changes this thema and I can not install my
extension in visual studio 2013

Thank you.

Answer 3

You should just be able to change the manifest to target '[11.0,12.0)'. Alternatively, Microsoft have released a VS2013 compatible Cosmopolitan shell and theme source code.

Cosmopolitan VS2013

Dave

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Answer 4

Hi Xpert360,

I downloaded cosmopolitan theme that you gave me, I opened the project in
visual studio 2013 recompiled everything and when I try to install
the same does not appear to be installed in VS 2013 appears only
VS 2012.
I tried changing the manifest for [11.0,12.0] in other extensions and
also did not work
If you'd like someone to post the extensions have to be adapted
installed in VS 2013 would be great.

Thank you.

Answer 5

Hi Marden

I change the target to [12.0,13.0) and was able to install it in vs2013

Daniel

Answer 6

Hi Daniel, Xpert360

I just give up! !

I've tried all ways to upgrade the extensions and I can not .
've Followed this article step by step and it did not work .
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/4f8f6eed-e4cd-459a-8523-f6021c4df55b/upgrading-lightswitch-extension-projects-to-visual-studio-2013

I've tried to change only the manifest and also to no avail .

I spent hours arranging reference errors when trying to update the Many to Many Control
could do virtually almost all the references necessary
but now I'm standing here in this reference : Microsoft.LightSwitch.Design.Core
the project ManyToManyControls.Design
already tried this dll in the folder C:\Program Files(x86)\Microsoft SDKs\LightSwitch\v4.0\Design
and it does not exist , it is very difficult to get an upgrade so visual studio already
should be able to do this for us only we open the previous project in its new version .

Please if anyone has managed to do this update and can post the project to
do we download I thank you very much .

Answer 7

Hi Angie,

I tried to do a simple upgrade project from VS 2012 to VS 2013 to see if it would update my extensions
and it did not work

Answer 8

The Microsoft.LightSwitch.Design.Core.dll assembly is located in C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\LightSwitch\v4.0

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Justin Anderson, LightSwitch Development Team

Answer 9

Hi Justin,

There's no way the lightswitch team update these extensions and provides them to we download?
I managed to update the cosmopolitan theme but I can not update the other extensions, every hour is giving a different error

Thank you.

Answer 10

I managed to compile nearly all projects, this project is only missing

Answer 11

I managed to successfully convert and install the following extensions in visual studio 2013:

Many to Many Control
Excel Importer
Filter Control

for those who need these extensions for visual studio 2013
Click here for the download

Answer 12

Hi Marden,

I'm attempting to run these projects which I downloaded from your skydrive and uncompressed. When ExcelImporter is loaded into VS2013, both the ExcelImporterr.Lspkg and related Vsix file are flagged as incompatible.

Any insights here?

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Howard

Answer 13

Hi Howard,

I updated the projects try again.

Answer 14

Thanks for doing this!

Answer 15

I've tried the Excel Importer extension from Marden's skydrive as well but I get the error, "Unsupported - This version of Visual Studio is unable to open the following projects. The project types may not be installed or this version of Visual Studio may not support them."

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Jim

Answer 16

I managed to successfully convert and install the following extensions in visual studio 2013:

Many to Many Control
Excel Importer
Filter Control

for those who need these extensions for visual studio 2013
Click here for the download

thank you sir !!!

Answer 17

Hi Marden!

The link you posted before for download is no more available.

Could you please let me know if there is a way to get the Many to Many control ?

Thanks in advance for any kind of help.

Regards,

Ciro.

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Ciro

Answer 18

Hello Ciro,

I update de link for download, and you can download here too :)