I have just installed InstantForum on my machine, It works ok when I navigate to the virtual directory on my machine.

But when I try and open the project file 'InstantForum.vbproj' in Visual Studio.NET

I go the following error,

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Microsoft Development Environment
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Unable to read the project file 'InstantForum.vbproj'. The project file ' ' has been renamed or is no longer in the solution.

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OK  
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Has anyone come across this one. At the moment I can not open the project.

Hi Anjam,

Thank you for your post. Sorry to hear your having problems. The forums are provided with Visual Studio.NET 2003 project files. Could you please confirm your running VS.NET 2003 pro or enterprise.

Also you may wish to try opening the project from web. Within VS.NET goto File / Open / Project From Web and then enter the location you installed the application by default this is something like http://localhost/instantforum32. VS.NET should then prompt for you to select the project file within this directory. This should open the project. Could you also please confirm if you have EUL or developer license and i'll certainly provide further information

I look forward to your response,

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Hi,

We've come across the same problem. We're using VS.NET 2002.

We have Developer's Licence.

How to solve without moving to VS.NET 2003.

Sathish Kumar K
http://bhashaindia.com/ForumV2/

Hi Sathish,

Thank you for your post. I've attached a utility to this post which will allow you to convert 2003 project files to 2002 project files. Once you have converted the project files simply do the following to open the forums within VS.NET.

Use the "Open From Web" feature within VS.NET and type in the installation path for the forum. For example http://localhost/instantforum34/. VS.NET will then prompt you to select the project file for this web application simply select the InstantForum.vbproj file. This should open up the web application within a new solution in VS.NET.

If you have the end user license you will simply need to add a reference to the InstantForum.DLL from within your web application project. If your using the developer license you will need to import an existing project into the current solution and locate the InstantForum.NET SourceFiles/InstantForumComponents.vbproj file.

This will add a new class file project to your current solution. This project contains all the functionality wrapped up within InstantForum.DLL. Add a project reference from your web application to the InstantForumComponent project. Upon compile now the InstantForum.vbproj (web app) will generate InstantForumCodeBehind.DLL while the InstantForumComponents.vbproj (API / Bus Logic) will create the InstantForum.DLL.

Word of warning, if your using this within VS.NET 2002 this by default will only support ASP.NET v1.0. InstantForum.NET uses some namespaces specific to ASP.NET v1.1. You can get the application to function but you will need to change some namespace references. These will be detailed upon compilation within VS.NET. Please post any further problems to this topic

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Hi Ryan,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

The hosting environment and my development web server uses .NET 1.1 Only. In my machine only I have VS.NET 2002 and ASP .NET 1.0 framework.

As I am in the modifying the InstantForum.NET to our needs, I have some questions. Some are out of the context of this thread.

I would post the questions in Other forums whenever required.

(One out of context Question. I have subscribed to this topic already. When adding reply I see the Subscribe to this topic unchecked. Will it disable again my subscription. Or I have to check every time I am replying.)

Sathish Kumar K
http://bhashaindia.com/ForumV2/

Pleasure - you only need to subscribe to a topic once. You can then remove this subscription if you wish within the control panel

This being unchecked on other posts within the same topic will not effect your initial subscription

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Will working in my system (with .NET 1.0) affect the functionality?

(It would better remember the subscription and show the check box checked. I am sure that you will change that in next release.)

Sathish Kumar K
http://bhashaindia.com/ForumV2/

Hi Sathish,

I would certainly suggest using VS.NET 2003 within a ASP.NET v1.1 environment when working with the forums. I'm sure you will run into issues when uploading a ASP.NET v1.0 assembly to a ASP.NET v1.1 only web application. This may not be true for all DLL files however the forums does use some specific v1.1 namespaces which you will need to change based on the feedback within your build errors. I would suggest asking your hosting company if they can change your web application back to ASP.NET v1.0 on the server. They can do this by following the instructions @ http://www.asp.net/faq/SideBySide.aspx

Some hosting companies will happily do this. If your on a dedicated server all the better

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Thanks Ryan.

I would try your suggestion.

However, the utility you've given doesn't seem to do anything for me.

It asks me to load files. I did. When I click To 7.0 It doesn't seem to do antyhing.

Sathish Kumar K
http://bhashaindia.com/ForumV2/