[IronPython] IronPython Tools for existing project

Mon Jul 5 22:27:20 CEST 2010

On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Michael Foord <fuzzyman at voidspace.org.uk>wrote:

> On 05/07/2010 21:20, Dino Viehland wrote:
>
>> We should definitely be adding relative paths so this is just a bug and
>> I'll
>> take a look at fixing it.
>>
>>
>>
>
> Cool - any ideas on the Chiron issue? (Why it isn't building our xap file
> and if it is possible for me to tell it about the external assemblies it
> needs to serve.)
>
>
I'll look into it tomorrow

> All the best,
>
> Michael
>
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>>> From: users-bounces at lists.ironpython.com [mailto:users-
>>> bounces at lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Michael Foord
>>> Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 8:12 AM
>>> To: Discussion of IronPython
>>> Cc: Sven Passig
>>> Subject: Re: [IronPython] IronPython Tools for existing project
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> A further problem I forgot to mention is that when I add / create items
>>> through the ui it puts absolute paths in the project file rather than
>>> relative ones. This makes it problematic to keep the project files
>>> under
>>> version control where different users will have different paths.
>>>
>>> When I edit these paths to make them relative to the solution file /
>>> project file everything seems to work - so I can create a tool to "fix"
>>> the project files I guess.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>>
>>> Michael Foord
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/07/2010 15:38, Michael Foord wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm working with a team on an IronPython Silverlight application.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Some
>>>
>>>
>>>> of the team develop with Windows and would like to use IronPython
>>>> Tools for Visual Studio, especially for its debugging capabilities.
>>>> This means I need to create a Visual Studio Solution and project(s)
>>>> from the existing file layout.
>>>>
>>>> We would like to have the project checked in under version control
>>>>
>>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm aware that we'll probably need to manually manipulate the project
>>>> files when we add files outside of visual studio.
>>>>
>>>> I can create the Visual Studio solution and project file and then
>>>> manually manipulate the xml to add all the folders and individual
>>>> files. So far so good. (Although perhaps not ideal having to add
>>>>
>>>>
>>> files
>>>
>>>
>>>> individually - unfortunately I was away during the discussion about
>>>> whether projects should be able to operate from the filesystem or
>>>>
>>>>
>>> have
>>>
>>>
>>>> to explicitly include files.)
>>>>
>>>> Next I want to be able to launch our silverlight app from within
>>>> visual studio in order to be able to debug.
>>>>
>>>> The html file is in a folder call "devcode". This has a subdirectory
>>>> called "python", which becomes "python.xap" when served from chiron.
>>>>
>>>> I set the startup file for the project to "devcode\index.html" and
>>>>
>>>>
>>> the
>>>
>>>
>>>> start directory to "devcode".
>>>>
>>>> When I launch the app with debugging from Visual Studio I get the
>>>> message that Chiron has started on port 1322 and IE opens to the page
>>>> http://localhost:1322/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Our html page opens (so far so good again), but unfortunately fails
>>>> with the following error:
>>>>
>>>> Line: 31
>>>> Error: Unhandled Error in Silverlight 2 Application
>>>> Code: 2104
>>>> Category: InitializeError
>>>> Message: Could not download the Silverlight application. Check web
>>>> server settings
>>>>
>>>> So it looks like Chiron is not building python.xap. How can I fix
>>>>
>>>>
>>> this?
>>>
>>>
>>>> The next problem is that the xaml designer doesn't work. It fails due
>>>> to all the external assembly references used in our xaml. Now this
>>>> itself isn't so much a problem as I know the xaml designer is ropey
>>>>
>>>>
>>> at
>>>
>>>
>>>> the moment anyway - however Chiron is going to have the same problem.
>>>> It needs to know which assemblies our app uses so that it can serve
>>>> them (they are served externally rather than being included in the
>>>>
>>>>
>>> xap
>>>
>>>
>>>> file and need an entry in the Chiron manifest.)
>>>>
>>>> If this is never going to work with VS tools I can move the
>>>>
>>>>
>>> assemblies
>>>
>>>
>>>> into the xap file as we will *probably* need this later anyway in
>>>> order to allow our application to be installed and run out of
>>>>
>>>>
>>> browser.
>>>
>>>
>>>> However I had assumed I could "add a reference" to the assemblies we
>>>> were using. The "add reference" dialog doesn't actually allow me to
>>>> add any references... The only active button on it is "Cancel". Is it
>>>> possible to add references to Silverlight assemblies used by our
>>>> project? (And preferably have them picked up by both the xaml
>>>>
>>>>
>>> designer
>>>
>>>
>>>> and by chiron.)
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>>
>>>> Michael
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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