24 February 2014

Visual Studio Error: The project type is not supported by this installation

Just some quick tips on how I solve the visual studio error "the project type is not supported by this installation"
I got this error when I tried to copy a plugin solution into another VM.

Solution:
Open the csproj file in notepad
Search and replace the ProjectTypeGuids with the line below:

<ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>

20 February 2014

SQL Server 2008 Native Client cannot be found

 Hit a weird issue while trying to install SQL server 2008 native client. I'm sure i have the correct installer and is extracted to local drive. Throw me resource unavailable 'sqlncli_x64.msi' not found.

Log file shows : "An installation package for the product Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native Client cannot be found. Try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation package 'sqlncli_x64.msi'."

Endup is the issue with previous installation caused some incomplete setup on the client, go into control panel, find the SQL 2008 native client.
Unintall the existing client, then reinstall. Everything run successfully after that.