# Working on IronRuby visual studio tools **URL:** \ **Category:** IronRuby\ **Created:** [May 23, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-on-ironruby-visual-studio-tools/207325 "2011-05-23T22:28:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dubstep](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/dubstep)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2011, 10:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-on-ironruby-visual-studio-tools/207325/1 "2011-05-23T22:28:53Z")
## Re-post of this email as it accidentally was sent as a reply to someone else’s… Oops I’m hoping to do some work to fix some of the bugs in IronRuby’s visual studio integration, but I’m having a few issues getting a dev environment up and running. - I can build IronStudio.sln from the Solutions folder, and my modified version of the IronRuby tools loads in the visual studio experimental instance and is fine. - I can build the full IronRuby installer, and when I install it, my modified version of IronRuby tools loads in the normal visual studio instance. But, I can’t figure out how I can build a modified version of IronRuby tools and run it in a normal instance without doing the full MSI release build. Simply building the tools and then launching a normal visual studio instance produces this error message when I open any solution: * * * ## Microsoft Visual Studio The ‘Microsoft.IronRubyTools.IronRubyToolsPackage, IronRubyTools, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7f709c5b713576e1’ package did not load correctly. The problem may have been caused by a configuration change or by the installation of another extension. You can get more information by running the application together with the /log parameter on the command line, and then examining the file ‘C:\Users\orione\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xml’. ## Continue to show this error message? ## Yes No If I click Yes, then the projects load, but this dialog reappears whenever I launch VS or load any solutions. If I click no, VS disables the IronRuby addin, and I have to run devenv /ResetSkipPkgs to put it back (and then the error messages come back). The only way to “fix” the issue is to uninstall/reinstall the IronRuby tools MSI itself. Is there a way to get the non-experimental instance of visual studio to load IronRuby tools without having to do a full build if the MSI in release mode? Thanks, Orion ########################################################################### This e-mail is confidential and may contain information subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient please advise us of our error by return e-mail then delete this e-mail and any attached files. You may not copy, disclose or use the contents in any way. The views expressed in this e-mail may not be those of Gallagher Group Ltd or subsidiary companies thereof. ########################################################################### ---
**Author:** ![Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/65b543/32.png) [@Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Orion_E)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-on-ironruby-visual-studio-tools/207325/2 "2011-05-25T15:50:14Z")
Orion, what can’t you accomplish with the experimental hive which you think you can do by installing a non-MSI’d IronRuby tools? The non-MSI installation is not supported as we use the GAC for resolving dependencies of “IronStudio” components between Ruby and Python. A non-MSI installation using VSIX has no dependency management, so things could break easily. ~Jimmy ---
**Author:** ![Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/65b543/32.png) [@Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Orion_E)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:04pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-on-ironruby-visual-studio-tools/207325/3 "2011-05-25T22:04:51Z")
The experimental instance works well for development. After making a change to the VS tools I’d like to use it “in anger” in the production instance working on real code, and rebuilding/reinstalling the release MSI is just an extra step requiring more time. If it’s difficult to resolve or likely to cause issues then it’s no big deal, I was mainly just curious. Is there a wiki page which explains this? I could add one? Thanks, Orion From: Jimmy S. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) To: “[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)” [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Date: 26/05/2011 01:51 a.m. Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Working on IronRuby visual studio tools Sent by: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Orion, what can’t you accomplish with the experimental hive which you think you can do by installing a non-MSI’d IronRuby tools? The non-MSI installation is not supported as we use the GAC for resolving dependencies of “IronStudio” components between Ruby and Python. A non-MSI installation using VSIX has no dependency management, so things could break easily. ~Jimmy On May 23, 2011, at 4:28 PM, Orion E. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: ## Re-post of this email as it accidentally was sent as a reply to someone else’s… Oops I’m hoping to do some work to fix some of the bugs in IronRuby’s visual studio integration, but I’m having a few issues getting a dev environment up and running. - I can build IronStudio.sln from the Solutions folder, and my modified version of the IronRuby tools loads in the visual studio experimental instance and is fine. - I can build the full IronRuby installer, and when I install it, my modified version of IronRuby tools loads in the normal visual studio instance. But, I can’t figure out how I can build a modified version of IronRuby tools and run it in a normal instance without doing the full MSI release build. Simply building the tools and then launching a normal visual studio instance produces this error message when I open any solution: * * * ## Microsoft Visual Studio The ‘Microsoft.IronRubyTools.IronRubyToolsPackage, IronRubyTools, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7f709c5b713576e1’ package did not load correctly. The problem may have been caused by a configuration change or by the installation of another extension. You can get more information by running the application together with the /log parameter on the command line, and then examining the file ‘C:\Users\orione\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xml’. ## Continue to show this error message? ## Yes No If I click Yes, then the projects load, but this dialog reappears whenever I launch VS or load any solutions. If I click no, VS disables the IronRuby addin, and I have to run devenv /ResetSkipPkgs to put it back (and then the error messages come back). The only way to “fix” the issue is to uninstall/reinstall the IronRuby tools MSI itself. Is there a way to get the non-experimental instance of visual studio to load IronRuby tools without having to do a full build if the MSI in release mode? Thanks, Orion This e-mail is confidential and may contain information subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient please advise us of our error by return e-mail then delete this e-mail and any attached files. You may not copy, disclose or use the contents in any way. The views expressed in this e-mail may not be those of Gallagher Group Ltd or subsidiary companies thereof. * * * Ironruby-core mailing list [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) [http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core](http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/ironruby-core) ---
**Author:** ![Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/o/65b543/32.png) [@Orion\_E](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Orion_E)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2011, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/working-on-ironruby-visual-studio-tools/207325/4 "2011-05-25T22:19:05Z")
If you need it for “in production” testing definitely use the MSI. That’s the way how users will install it. Tomas From: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) [[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)] On Behalf Of Orion E. Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 1:04 PM To: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Working on IronRuby visual studio tools The experimental instance works well for development. After making a change to the VS tools I’d like to use it “in anger” in the production instance working on real code, and rebuilding/reinstalling the release MSI is just an extra step requiring more time. If it’s difficult to resolve or likely to cause issues then it’s no big deal, I was mainly just curious. Is there a wiki page which explains this? I could add one? Thanks, Orion From: Jimmy S. \<[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> To: “[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)” \<[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> Date: 26/05/2011 01:51 a.m. Subject: Re: [Ironruby-core] Working on IronRuby visual studio tools Sent by: [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) * * * Orion, what can’t you accomplish with the experimental hive which you think you can do by installing a non-MSI’d IronRuby tools? The non-MSI installation is not supported as we use the GAC for resolving dependencies of “IronStudio” components between Ruby and Python. A non-MSI installation using VSIX has no dependency management, so things could break easily. ~Jimmy On May 23, 2011, at 4:28 PM, Orion E. \<[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)[mailto:removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)\> wrote: ## Re-post of this email as it accidentally was sent as a reply to someone else’s… Oops I’m hoping to do some work to fix some of the bugs in IronRuby’s visual studio integration, but I’m having a few issues getting a dev environment up and running. - I can build IronStudio.sln from the Solutions folder, and my modified version of the IronRuby tools loads in the visual studio experimental instance and is fine. - I can build the full IronRuby installer, and when I install it, my modified version of IronRuby tools loads in the normal visual studio instance. But, I can’t figure out how I can build a modified version of IronRuby tools and run it in a normal instance without doing the full MSI release build. Simply building the tools and then launching a normal visual studio instance produces this error message when I open any solution: * * * ## Microsoft Visual Studio The ‘Microsoft.IronRubyTools.IronRubyToolsPackage, IronRubyTools, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7f709c5b713576e1’ package did not load correctly. The problem may have been caused by a configuration change or by the installation of another extension. You can get more information by running the application together with the /log parameter on the command line, and then examining the file ‘C:\Users\orione\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0\ActivityLog.xml’. ## Continue to show this error message? ## Yes No If I click Yes, then the projects load, but this dialog reappears whenever I launch VS or load any solutions. If I click no, VS disables the IronRuby addin, and I have to run devenv /ResetSkipPkgs to put it back (and then the error messages come back). The only way to “fix” the issue is to uninstall/reinstall the IronRuby tools MSI itself. Is there a way to get the non-experimental instance of visual studio to load IronRuby tools without having to do a full build if the MSI in release mode? Thanks, Orion * * * This e-mail is confidential and may contain information subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient please advise us of our error by return e-mail then delete this e-mail and any attached files. You may not copy, disclose or use the contents in any way. The views expressed in this e-mail may not be those of Gallagher Group Ltd or subsidiary companies thereof. * * *