C#•5mo ago

CS0006 Can't find metadata dll, but paths are correct

I have a project, BestChat.Prefs.GUI.Ctrls.csproj which references the DLL project BestChat.Prefs.Data. I'm getting the error shown below:

Error (active)    CS0006    Metadata file 'B:\Contents\Best Chat\Code\BestChat.Prefs.Data\bin\Debug\net8.0-windows\BestChat.Prefs.Data.dll' could not be found    BestChat.Prefs.GUI.Ctrls    B:\Contents\Best Chat\Code\BestChat.Prefs.GUI.Ctrls\CSC    1

Error (active)    CS0006    Metadata file 'B:\Contents\Best Chat\Code\BestChat.Prefs.Data\bin\Debug\net8.0-windows\BestChat.Prefs.Data.dll' could not be found    BestChat.Prefs.GUI.Ctrls    B:\Contents\Best Chat\Code\BestChat.Prefs.GUI.Ctrls\CSC    1

I don't understand why. The line from BestChat.Prefs.GUI.Ctrls.csproj is <ProjectReference Include="..\BestChat.Prefs.Data\BestChat.Prefs.Data.csproj" />. BestChat.Prefs.Data is one directory up. So the relative path should be correct. What's going on and how do I fix it?

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I haven't been able to check it in. Got some new projects. I could 7z it and send it to you that way.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Well, the project is Best-Chat, but again, I haven't been able to check it in as it stopped compiling. I've been fighting to get it compiling again.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

And delete it later?

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

https://github.com/ChatZilla-Replacement-Project/Best-Chat/tree/CS0006Debuggin

GitHub

GitHub - ChatZilla-Replacement-Project/Best-Chat at CS0006Debuggin

This is a mockup done in C# and WPF. Some functionality is present. - GitHub - ChatZilla-Replacement-Project/Best-Chat at CS0006Debuggin

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I don't see any errors on that assembly.

leowest•5mo ago

what if u remove

<DocumentationFile>\bin</DocumentationFile>

<DocumentationFile>\bin</DocumentationFile>

From IRC.Data csproj or replace it with a sane directory or do u have that bin folder set in your system c:\bin

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

No. Not there.

leowest•5mo ago

that was the only issue I had to build

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I took that line out with no changes.

leowest•5mo ago

well I cloned the project u provided above removed it and it all build

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Same here.

leowest•5mo ago

which project are u building

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leowest•5mo ago

git clone https://github.com/ChatZilla-Replacement-Project/Best-Chat.git
cd Best-Chat
git checkout -b CS0006Debuggin

git clone https://github.com/ChatZilla-Replacement-Project/Best-Chat.git
cd Best-Chat
git checkout -b CS0006Debuggin

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I had the wrong name when I recreated the project. Which one?

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I know that.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

As I noted.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

No, a DLL.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I did. I no longer have occurences of "Best_" in any of my text files.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

No, correct namespace is BestChat.GUI.Ctrls.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Which source was that in?

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Find in Files didn't find it.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Ah. ConversationViewCtrl.xaml.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

No it wasn't. It's a missing project in the solution.

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Take 200 mg of Seroquel and call me in the morning—if you wake up in the morning rather than hours later. I made changes to the branch, but it still isn't working. Many of which @TeBeCo and @leowest suggested.

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Error_log_as_of_4_23...

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Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

😉 Sorry.

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leowest•5mo ago

unhappily I couldn't reproduce the same issue tebeco did on the same branch so I can't provide any insight on the matter.

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

😦

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

little side note Code folder conventionally is src also why so many regions :/

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

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HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

IRC.Global.View.Ctrls is missing the dependency of project IRC.Data and apparently IRC.Global.View.Ctrls is missing dependency of BestChat.GUI.Ctrls this project is a mess, how did it get in this state also there's an IRC namespace collision, so you have to do this (or solve it in another way)

-eunetWhatsBeingEdited.unetOriginal ? View.Resources.strValidationNameTaken : eunetWhatsBeingEdited
+eunetWhatsBeingEdited.unetOriginal ? global::IRC.Global.View.Resources.strValidationNameTaken : eunetWhatsBeingEdited

-eunetWhatsBeingEdited.unetOriginal ? View.Resources.strValidationNameTaken : eunetWhatsBeingEdited
+eunetWhatsBeingEdited.unetOriginal ? global::IRC.Global.View.Resources.strValidationNameTaken : eunetWhatsBeingEdited

same in PortEditorDlg THEN i guess stuff has been moved because this should change

-<Ctrls:IntegerUpDown
+<GuiCtrls:IntegerUpDown

-<Ctrls:IntegerUpDown
+<GuiCtrls:IntegerUpDown

and this should change too

-xmlns:Ctrls="clr-namespace:BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls;assembly=BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls"
+xmlns:Ctrls="clr-namespace:BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls;assembly=IRC.Global.View.Ctrls"

-xmlns:Ctrls="clr-namespace:BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls;assembly=BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls"
+xmlns:Ctrls="clr-namespace:BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls;assembly=IRC.Global.View.Ctrls"

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

ok this thing finally loads (and compiles)

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Never mind. I was in the incorrect version of the project. Hmm. The Resource Editor is using the incorrect namespace. IRC.Global.View isn't BestChat.IRC.Global.View. And I don't see a way to tell it to use the correct namespace. Ah.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

i put it up there this or you mean changing it in the other way

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Correcting which namespace Resources is in.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

i believe you have to change the assembly name or default namespace best thing to me would be not using Resources at all they have always been a hindrance to me

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I started using Rsrcs instead. Which window was that? I just fixed the second in that post. When I recreated the project file, I didn't realize the default namespace and default assembly name were wrong. ConversationViewCtrl had that error. I'm assuming it was there.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

it's mainly two files that had problems conversation view and NetworkEditorDlg

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Well, it isn't compiling yet for me. Still investigating.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

after changing some of this dependencies stuff i would suggest restarting visual studio because it doesn't behave really well

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Done. Didn't help yet.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

what do you get, classes not found?

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Yes. All from XAML.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

then it's either missing a dep to a components project or the BestChat namespace

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Well, I don't see that in NetworkEditorDlg.xaml. It calls on IrcCtrls:ChanServOptComboBox. That's in xmlns:IrcCtrls="clr-namespace:BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls;assembly=BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls". And the declaration for the combobox? namespace BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls { class ChanServOptComboBox : System.Windows.Controls.ComboBox Oh. ~~Ctrls versus Controls. Duh.~~ Nevermind. Controls was in the base class specification. It's the assembly name.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

this then (the second diff) i saw that in the csproj the project should have assembly name BestChat.$(project name) but assembly is output with just project name

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

My RESX file isn't being saved to the designer.cs file. Trying to force it to be recreated. But it won't recreate Resources.designer.cs. That csproj was missing an <itemgroup> the other projects had. How does the compiler know when to update the *.designer.cs file? That project doesn't have a *.csproj.user file. Is one needed? What do they do? Ah, it needed the custom build tool ResXFileCodeGenerator. Why was that missing even after I removed the RESX from the project and readded it. I updated the branch in GitHub. If you could try my version again, maybe we'll figure out what's going on. I'm not seeing what's going on with controls from two DLLs: BestChat.Platform.Prefs.Ctrls and BestChat.IRC.Global.View.Ctrls. Both look like the namespaces and assembly names are correct and match.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

i believe that's just settings doeesn't work yet? 😐

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Nope. 😦

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

eh i should have made a pr there are a bunch of errors also formatting really sucks (again)

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Formatting?

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

yeah some lines are just wrapped at a certain length without real indentation

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Define "real indendation".

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

any indendation that is not all the text put in a sequential way until it reaches the end of the view

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

And in what was is it not that?

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

an array initialization with long names interrupted in random points

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

Define random. Got a sample?

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

it's full of samples

public PortEditorDlg(in System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlySet<ushort> ussetPortsInUse, in System
    .Collections.Generic.IReadOnlySet<ushort> ussetSslPortsInUse, in ushort usVal, in bool
    bModeIsEdit, in bool bEditingSslPort, in System.Windows.Window wndOwner)
{
    this.ussetPortsInUse = ussetPortsInUse;
    this.ussetSslPortsInUse = ussetSslPortsInUse;
    this.usVal = usVal;
    this.bModeIsEdit = bModeIsEdit;
    this.bEditingSslPort = bEditingSslPort;

    InitializeComponent();

    Owner = wndOwner;

    Title = bModeIsEdit ? bEditingSslPort ? View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleSslEditingMode : View
        .Resources.strPortEditorTitleEditingMode : bEditingSslPort ? View.Resources
        .strPortEditorTitleSslAddingMode : View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleAddingMode;

    iudPortNum.Value = usVal;
}

public PortEditorDlg(in System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlySet<ushort> ussetPortsInUse, in System
    .Collections.Generic.IReadOnlySet<ushort> ussetSslPortsInUse, in ushort usVal, in bool
    bModeIsEdit, in bool bEditingSslPort, in System.Windows.Window wndOwner)
{
    this.ussetPortsInUse = ussetPortsInUse;
    this.ussetSslPortsInUse = ussetSslPortsInUse;
    this.usVal = usVal;
    this.bModeIsEdit = bModeIsEdit;
    this.bEditingSslPort = bEditingSslPort;

    InitializeComponent();

    Owner = wndOwner;

    Title = bModeIsEdit ? bEditingSslPort ? View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleSslEditingMode : View
        .Resources.strPortEditorTitleEditingMode : bEditingSslPort ? View.Resources
        .strPortEditorTitleSslAddingMode : View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleAddingMode;

    iudPortNum.Value = usVal;
}

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

So how is it "random"? Looks consistent to me. I wrap when things don't fit on screen.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

lines are interrupted in random places instead of respecting readability

public PortEditorDlg(
  in System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlySet<ushort> ussetPortsInUse,
  in System.Generic.IReadOnlySet<ushort> ussetSslPortsInUse,
  in ushort usVal,
  in bool,
  in bool bEditingSslPort,
  in System.Windows.Window wndOwner)
{
  this.ussetPortsInUse = ussetPortsInUse;
  this.ussetSslPortsInUse = ussetSslPortsInUse;
  this.usVal = usVal;
  this.bModeIsEdit = bModeIsEdit;
  this.bEditingSslPort = bEditingSslPort;

  InitializeComponent();

  Owner = wndOwner;

  Title = bModeIsEdit
    ? bEditingSslPort
      ? View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleSslEditingMode
      : View.strPortEditorTitleEditingMode
    : bEditingSslPort
      ? View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleSslAddingMode
      : View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleAddingMode;

  iudPortNum.Value = usVal;
}

public PortEditorDlg(
  in System.Collections.Generic.IReadOnlySet<ushort> ussetPortsInUse,
  in System.Generic.IReadOnlySet<ushort> ussetSslPortsInUse,
  in ushort usVal,
  in bool,
  in bool bEditingSslPort,
  in System.Windows.Window wndOwner)
{
  this.ussetPortsInUse = ussetPortsInUse;
  this.ussetSslPortsInUse = ussetSslPortsInUse;
  this.usVal = usVal;
  this.bModeIsEdit = bModeIsEdit;
  this.bEditingSslPort = bEditingSslPort;

  InitializeComponent();

  Owner = wndOwner;

  Title = bModeIsEdit
    ? bEditingSslPort
      ? View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleSslEditingMode
      : View.strPortEditorTitleEditingMode
    : bEditingSslPort
      ? View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleSslAddingMode
      : View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleAddingMode;

  iudPortNum.Value = usVal;
}

anyway i think i'm getting to a compilable code

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I find them readable. Though I have a friend who still names everything with names like P, Q, and z. He makes everything static in as few classes as possible and those are all global. He insists it's readable.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

everyone's got his schtick, that's why conventions exists this has literally no structure

Title = bModeIsEdit ? bEditingSslPort ? View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleSslEditingMode : View
        .Resources.strPortEditorTitleEditingMode : bEditingSslPort ? View.Resources
        .strPortEditorTitleSslAddingMode : View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleAddingMode;

Title = bModeIsEdit ? bEditingSslPort ? View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleSslEditingMode : View
        .Resources.strPortEditorTitleEditingMode : bEditingSslPort ? View.Resources
        .strPortEditorTitleSslAddingMode : View.Resources.strPortEditorTitleAddingMode;

and without knowing what it is you have to follow all the ? : to understand how it works with even a minimal indentation (which you can take advantage of to enrich the experience, let's say) everyone can immediately visually parse that it's a relatively simple nested condition but again everyone manages his projects to his likings, conventions are not dogmas im down to 1 error, but essentially i think it works i touched 16 files to make it work (well one is .gitignore) i'll make a pr nope i can't because github is stupid retrying done

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

With <ProjectReference Include paths, what are the paths relative too? I thought it was the location of the csproj file that incldues them. But it insists on adding duplicates only the duplicates are relative to the wrong locations.

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49477149/relative-paths-in-sln-csproj-files-of-c-sharp-netstandard-project shows I was correct.

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Relative paths in *.sln *.csproj files of c# .NetStandard project

Basically what the titles says. I have a .NetStandard library which I am working on from both windows and linux. My issue is that the reference paths are fully specified. Let's say in this case, I...

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I closed the pull request and made the changes manually as some were junk like indentation "fixes" that broke the indentation. Not indenting inside the #region of a cs file is stupid. It makes it harder to follow the code. Also, some of the one-line constructors were remaining that way as more code was anticipated. But there are still issues and I checked those into the branch.

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

i know, it's visual studio applying standard formatting settings there is an .editorconfig in the project but it's practically empty

Will PittengerOP•5mo ago

I'm going to look at your changes. I'm thinking of moving everything over to Avalonia and rearranging stuff when I do that. So I may have to fix a lot of this again. 😦 Huh? In PluginsExtWhereToLookPage.xaml, you put </PrefsCtrls:VisualTabCtrl> immediately after <grid>. Nothing but whitespace in between. In PrefsGenericTreeListerPage.xaml, you changed xmlns:local to xmlns:Things, but didn't change all the places the local namespace was used. What effect would changing that namespace name have? Any?

HtmlCompiler•5mo ago

it was just a temp commit to try make it compile first i put all the stuff back after no effect, i was testing the xaml

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