Hey guys (and Trent):

I just purchased a nice, new development laptop but decided to have a mfgr. install Windows 8 64-bit instead of paying $150 extra for them to add Windows 7 64-bit onto it.  I've read what Trent said about having to tweak Win8 a bit (permissions) to get VS2012/StrataFrame to work ... I was just wondering if someone could give me a heads up if StrataFrame/VS2012 will actually work ... and also a clue as to the nature/how of the tweaks I'll have to make so as to make my passage a little more easy.

Thanks,

Charles T. Blankenship
Senior Consultant
Novant Consulting, Inc.
704.975.7152
http://www.novantconsulting.com

Yes, Win 8/VS2012 works fine.  I run that combination on my home machine and Trent runs it here on his work machine.  Most likely, you won't have to do anything.  We have discovered that the less you fight-the-bit on Windows 8, the more it works just fine.  Trent has to run VS2012 as an administrator, but that is only because of the after-build event we have set up on the StrataFrame source code to put the DLLs into the GAC after the project builds.

Can I  change the traget frame work from 2.0 to 4.5 for all the strataframe source code. What is the implication if any? Have anyone done this before.

I haven't done it myself, but yes, you should be able to change the target framework to 4/4.5 without a problem.  I'm not aware of anything that won't compile or that will act differently in 4.0.

I have updated it and its seems like working. If they is any issue will post that information.

All went well but there is one small issue. I use devexpress v12.2 and using that version I have updated MicroFour StrataFrame Inherited UI. When I drag and drop any control from StrataFrame DevExpress Wrapper and run the form I am getting  the following error"An error occurred creating the form. See Exception.InnerException for details.  The error is: Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

I tried the same thing with StrataFrame DevEx Demo project and I am getting "Could not load file or assembly 'DevExpress.XtraBars.v10.1, Version=10.1.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b88d1754d700e49a' or one of its dependencies". It's looks like when application running it is looking for GAC and in the GAC it is still Dev express Version=10.1.6.0. If this is correct, what should I do?

The Demo project was most likely compiled against v10.1, so even if you change the reference of the Inherited UI project, the demo project is still going to reference v10.1.

Hi Danny, Ben,

I use DevExpress 12.2 too and you have to update the "MicroFour StrataFrame Inherited UI" using the DevExpress project converter 12.2.8 then re-build it and it should be OK.

In my case the solution is in this folder:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MicroFour\StrataFrame Source Code\MicroFour StrataFrame Inherited UI

Since I use DevExpress all the time and keep up with their updates, I also changed the version number of the "MicroFour StrataFrame Inherited UI" to the same used in DevEpxress (12.2.8.0), that way I always know which one I used.

Edhy Rijo

Good call, Edhy.  The project converter might do more than just replace the references.