I am interested by the article of Chris Mayo (27 jan 2006) and I would like to add a blog has my application carried out under VS 2005 Standard Edition.
I carried out Getting Stated indicated : http://msdn.microsoft.com/VBasic/default.aspx pull=/library/en-us/dnvs05/html/myblogsgetstart.asp
But at stage 2, VS refuses with the message :
"Installation stopped because the directory for the ProjectType value did not exist. The project type is invalid for your installation of Visual Studio."
What can I make, Comment to go further with My.Blogs
Thank you for your answer.
Add My.Blogs at VS
AKazi
Maybe it's caused by you change your "My Documents" folder location after install VS2005. The VSI setup try copy files to original folder "C:\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Teamplates\Visual Web Developer\", so you can resolve it by restore "My Documents" to original location, or create the "C:\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Teamplates\Visual Web Developer\" manually.
I think it should be a VS2005/VSI bug absolutely.
CleverCoder
Hello Chris,
Thank you for your answer which corrects the problem indeed. The installation of My.Blogs functions correctly now.
Thank you for your article.
Stephen Todd MSFT
Thanks for your question. I'm sorry that you're having issues with the sample. The issue is related to an incorrect entry in the VSI file used to install the templates. I will correct the download and have it reposted along with the article.
Here is how you fix the issue:
1. You will have a folder called "My.Blogs VS Snippet and Add In" in the directory where you installed the sample.
2. There is a *.VSI file in that folder that holds the item templates. Rename the file My.Blogs.vsi to My.Blogs.zip.
3. Open the zip file by double clicking on the file.
4. Open the My.Blogs.vscontent file in the editor.
5. Make the following change (highlighted in bold below):
< xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" >
<VSContent xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vscontent/2005">
<Content>
<FileName>readopml.snippet</FileName>
<DisplayName>Read an opml file</DisplayName>
<Description>Read an opml file using the My.Blogs API and iterate over the object model.</Description>
<FileContentType>Code Snippet</FileContentType>
<ContentVersion>1.0</ContentVersion>
<Attributes>
<Attribute name="language" value="en"></Attribute>
<Attribute name="lang" value="vb"></Attribute>
</Attributes>
</Content>
<Content>
<FileName>MyBlogsTemplate.zip</FileName>
<DisplayName>My.Blogs Item Template</DisplayName>
<Description>Template for adding My.Blogs support to a VB project</Description>
<FileContentType>VSTemplate</FileContentType>
<ContentVersion>1.0</ContentVersion>
<Attributes>
<Attribute name="TemplateType" value="Item"></Attribute>
<Attribute name="ProjectType" value="Visual Basic"></Attribute>
</Attributes>
</Content>
</VSContent>
6. Save the vscontent file. Update the zip file. Rename My.Blogs.zip to My.Blogs.vsi and then double-click on the vsi to run it.
7. The sample will work as expected.
Let me know if you continue to have issues. Thanks for using the sample.
Chris Mayo
PM, Microsoft Visual Basic
DISCLAIMER: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
engp1584
Thank You King Xu for your answare.
My VS 2005 Standard is installed under D:/Documents and Settings/Alain/Mes documents/
I tried to create the tree: My Documents/Visual Studio 2005/Templates/Visual Basic, etc at several places, but VSI always refuses the installation with the same message already indicated above.
Does one need desinstaller VS 2005 and to reinstall it There is another means to correct this blocking problem
Thanks
Eylem Ugurel
Sorry, it should be
"C:\Documents and Settings\[User]\My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Teamplates\Visual Basic"
cehlers
even thing !
with Teamplates or Templates...