Getting Started with .NET (VB.NET/C#) : Developer's Corner

Okay! [:-banghead] Consider this a cry for help.

I was poking through the posts on the SDK section here, but I'm having a hard time getting started with a .NET plug-in. [B)] I currently have 2002 and 2003 installed, but no prior version of Visual Studio.

I tried opening up the .vbp file included in the sample VB threads, but it refuses to upgrade because I'm missing a VB6 DLL (msderun.dll); and the C++.NET scares the bejezus out of me. [:-bigeyes]

If you guys could help get me moving down the path of at least getting a C# or VB.NET project that can talk to XU, I'd be ecstatic.

Thanks!

There is a sample VB.NET project in the SDK section. When you download the source, look in the folders for the vb.net sample source. Here is the thread:

http://xunleashed.dyndns.org:81/forum/t ... IC_ID=1671

Okay, I found the project you linked, and I did the following:
<ul><li>Downloaded the file, placing it into my plugins/ folder, and selecting 'open'</li>
<li>It uncompresses, giving me some '.tlb file should be in the same folder as the .dll' directory error when I try the 'install' button</li>
<li>I see the separate .NET directory, and I can successfully open the solution file</li>
<li>I rebuild the project and get an output message stating that 1 succeeded, 0 failed, and 0 skipped (Yay!)</li>
<li>So I go to XUnleashed 2; go to the plugins tab, and click 'Manually install plugin or service'
-- It prompts me for a location, which I then traverse down to the bin/release/ subfolder which contained the solution file I've been toying with (well, uncompressed and rebuilt
-- I get an error box with the following error message:</li>
</ul>


Help?

Hmm, I may have to look into that one.


Something might have changed since that demo was released.

Hey guys,
Has there been any progress with the .NET project?

Thanks!

Yes and no. I have been tied up the past week or so fixing the beta 3 for release. I have done some research into the new problem with vb.net plugins and once I find the correct library a recompile should fix it.

Awesome; thanks. Keep us posted.

I'm at this exact point as well, but I started by tring to port the VB project to C# (I come from a C++ background, thought I'd try). If you get any more information, I'd be glad to try it. I did include all the XU com libs as references, for what that's worth.

It appears to be a problem on machines that have both .Net framework 1.1 and 1.0 installed. I am trying to get this fixed.

[shameless bump]
Any progress?

There was another user trying to get thix fixed as well. Basically, if you have 1.0 and 1.1 installed with the current xu patch, .net plugins will not work. Admins are aware of the problem and are recoding the xu dll to compensate. This might be fixed with the new auto hook code in the upcoming patch as the dll is getting an overhaul.

Yes, I am reconfiguring the dll. At the worst case, the next patch might require everybody upgrade to framework 1.1.

kk...sounds good. I was just curious what the status was.

Thanks!

Great, still watching this space for updates.

-xy

I have been fighting this very same issue for weeks now.

In short, I can get Managed C++ to work fine. No problems. The plugin comes up great, regardless of whether 1.1, 1.0 or both are installed.

If you try and get VB.NET *OR* C#.NET (hell, I even tried J#.NET) you get this problem. I thought it was (at first) a conflict between 1.1 and 1.0. I completely reformatted my test machine. Installed 1.0 ONLY, then XU, then re-wrote the project for 1.0. Does not work. Not sure what C# / VB.NET / J# is missing that is necessary but boy does it not want to work.

If anyone can come up with a solution I would greatly appreciate it - I am MUCH more efficient in .NET than any other coding environment and I have at least 3 plug ins waiting to go.

Oh well.