VB2005 not deploying properly

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I've googled until I'm blue in the face - nowhere can I find the solution to
this....

Developed my first real app in vb.net 2005. works great on my PC and my
laptop (which also has VB.Net 2005 installed on it)

The app also installs in my friends new Dell laptop

However, on my other PC and another laptop it won't run.

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'ADODB,

Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one

of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

File name: 'ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral,

PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'


It's not a versioning issue - the target PC _DOES NOT HAVE_ ADODB on it
ANYWHERE - even though I've installed the DonNetframework.

What am I doing wrong? The app has the references to ADADB in it fine, so
what's wrong with the delpoyment??

I noticed that on the "faulty" PC, there are only two files in the
C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies directory whereas
on mine there are quite a few including adodb.dll

Tym
 
Copy ADODB.DLL to the same directory as the EXE on the machines where it
doesn't work.
 
I've googled until I'm blue in the face - nowhere can I find the solution to
this....

Developed my first real app in vb.net 2005. works great on my PC and my
laptop (which also has VB.Net 2005 installed on it)

The app also installs in my friends new Dell laptop

However, on my other PC and another laptop it won't run.

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'ADODB,

Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one

of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

File name: 'ADODB, Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral,

PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'

It's not a versioning issue - the target PC _DOES NOT HAVE_ ADODB on it
ANYWHERE - even though I've installed the DonNetframework.

What am I doing wrong? The app has the references to ADADB in it fine, so
what's wrong with the delpoyment??

I noticed that on the "faulty" PC, there are only two files in the
C:\Program Files\Microsoft.NET\Primary Interop Assemblies directory whereas
on mine there are quite a few including adodb.dll

Tym
Click to expand...

ADODB is the "old" version of ADO - and is not packaged with the .Net
framework. Instead you should be using ADO.Net instead, and your
errors should go away.

By the way, I removed the classic VB newgroup from the posting list,
do not post VB.Net questions there.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe
 
pardon for jumping in. but I dont think it will fix it. i have the same
problem in vs2005 C# proj, with crystal reports XI. and I have the same error.
my case is I have one exe plus 2 dlls on same folder, and all the *.RPT
(Crystal reports) in the same folder and still is looking for something else,
"SOMETHING ELSE" is the missing file that everyone is getting for as an
error file not found..
 
Hi,
I've googled until I'm blue in the face - nowhere can I find the
solution to this....

Developed my first real app in vb.net 2005. works great on my PC and
my laptop (which also has VB.Net 2005 installed on it)

The app also installs in my friends new Dell laptop

However, on my other PC and another laptop it won't run.

System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly
'ADODB,
Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'
or one
of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Click to expand...

Open Depends.exe from %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\Common7\Tools\Bin
From Depends.exe open you executable which does not load. Press F5 and watch
the output messages of Depends.exe. It shows which dlls are loaded and which
fail to load. That should help to identify which dependency is missing.
 
pardon for jumping in. but I dont think it will fix it. i have the same
problem in vs2005 C# proj, with crystal reports XI. and I have the same error.
my case is I have one exe plus 2 dlls on same folder, and all the *.RPT
(Crystal reports) in the same folder and still is looking for something else,
"SOMETHING ELSE" is the missing file that everyone is getting for as an
error file not found..







- Show quoted text -

pardon for jumping in. but I dont think it will fix it. i have the same
problem in vs2005 C# proj, with crystal reports XI. and I have the same error.
Click to expand...

You're getting an ADODB not found error with Crystal Reports?

Thanks,

Seth Rowe
 
ahanks SvenC:
how about this, ran dependency walker and got
Warning: At least one module has an unresolved import due to a missing
export function in a delay-load dependent module.
now whats, next,(no much of a hlp), there are two red modules with a sand
clock on the left side: IEFRAME.DLL and SWHLWAPI.DLL are these missing from
the folder. or better how do we proceed any further.
Thanks
 
Hi,
ahanks SvenC:
how about this, ran dependency walker and got
Warning: At least one module has an unresolved import due to a missing
export function in a delay-load dependent module.
now whats, next,(no much of a hlp), there are two red modules with a
sand clock on the left side: IEFRAME.DLL and SWHLWAPI.DLL are these
missing from the folder. or better how do we proceed any further.
Click to expand...

Those should be OK. But you see only directly linked modules here not those
which are dynamically loaded during runtime. So please use Depends
File->Open to open and execute your app. Press F5 and watch which modules
are missing during runtime.
 
It sure looks like it's trying to find a COM-based ADO (ADODB) DLL. This
would be unusual for a .NET application. Are you making references to ADO
classic classes?

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Thanks william and Svenc:
finally some help...from you guys...thanks
we don't use the old ADO (we use ado.net),but surelly that crystall reports
DO (is a very old COM reporting engine even the las XI version - I beleive.) .
are you aware of crystal reports?
How do we find out if we need adodb.dll? or do we need to linked if we do?
 
William: since WF 2.0 does not have Ado, where do get it from ?
I step into MS when vs2003 and crystal reports was 8.5, all worked fine,
(also WF1.1 was stil around) then we compiled the proj with VS 2005 and since
then, we cannot run the reports...(Our users are still using vs2003 proj,

can we copy ADODB.dll to the users., can we make it part of our install (of
course, if this is the missing file), last: how can we get this msg to report
the missing file.
I read couple of days worth of internet File not found error message all
over many conditions.

Thanks , keep up with your books too.
 
William: since WF 2.0 does not have Ado, where do get it from ?
I step into MS when vs2003 and crystal reports was 8.5, all worked fine,
(also WF1.1 was stil around) then we compiled the proj with VS 2005 and since
then, we cannot run the reports...(Our users are still using vs2003 proj,

can we copy ADODB.dll to the users., can we make it part of our install (of
course, if this is the missing file), last: how can we get this msg to report
the missing file.
I read couple of days worth of internet File not found error message all
over many conditions.

Thanks , keep up with your books too.





William: since WF 2.0 does not have Ado, where do get it from ?
Click to expand...

You can add a COM reference to "Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8
Library" from the Add Reference form.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe
 
I just want to make sure we are on the right track.
There are two things I care:
Finding what file not found is missing.
second is waht ever is missing if can be shipped to final user, be part of
the install in other words.
since we dont know which file is missing, (we guess is ADODB.dll which I
copied to the folder and still ahve the same error) will wait til then.

now back to the COM... why do I need to start playing with COM objs whe I
never did?
I only heart COM, but I never use them myselfe. so do you think we have to
mess aroud with COM?

in simple Developer terms, COMs were installed on Pcs (they existed) when we
were using Vs2003. Do you recall what have changed on COMs?


rowe_newsgroups said:
William: since WF 2.0 does not have Ado, where do get it from ?
I step into MS when vs2003 and crystal reports was 8.5, all worked fine,
(also WF1.1 was stil around) then we compiled the proj with VS 2005 and since
then, we cannot run the reports...(Our users are still using vs2003 proj,

can we copy ADODB.dll to the users., can we make it part of our install (of
course, if this is the missing file), last: how can we get this msg to report
the missing file.
I read couple of days worth of internet File not found error message all
over many conditions.

Thanks , keep up with your books too.

William (Bill) Vaughn said:
It sure looks like it's trying to find a COM-based ADO (ADODB) DLL. This
would be unusual for a .NET application. Are you making references to ADO
classic classes?
Click to expand...
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Author, Mentor, Consultant
Microsoft MVP
INETA Speaker
www.betav.com/blog/billva
www.betav.com
Please reply only to the newsgroup so that others can benefit.
This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
__________________________________
Visitwww.hitchhikerguides.netto get more information on my latest book:
Hitchhiker's Guide to Visual Studio and SQL Server (7th Edition)
and Hitchhiker's Guide to SQL Server 2005 Compact Edition (EBook)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Hi,
Click to expand...
I've googled until I'm blue in the face - nowhere can I find the
solution to this....
Click to expand...
Developed my first real app in vb.net 2005. works great on my PC and
my laptop (which also has VB.Net 2005 installed on it)
Click to expand...
The app also installs in my friends new Dell laptop
Click to expand...
However, on my other PC and another laptop it won't run.
Click to expand...
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly
'ADODB,
Version=7.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'
or one
of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
Click to expand...
Open Depends.exe from %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Visual Studio
8\Common7\Tools\Bin
From Depends.exe open you executable which does not load. Press F5 and
watch the output messages of Depends.exe. It shows which dlls are loaded
and which fail to load. That should help to identify which dependency is
missing.
Click to expand...


William: since WF 2.0 does not have Ado, where do get it from ?
Click to expand...

You can add a COM reference to "Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8
Library" from the Add Reference form.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe
Click to expand...
 
Thanks to all who replied -
I've googled a bit more and found that by adding an assembly to the
deployment project for ADODB, it seems to install correctly now.

Tym
 
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