How to run the example source code?

feiwong · April 1st, 2015, 08:22 PM

Sorry, this is a newbie issue.

I've worked up to chapter 15 and my code works fine.

However, I would like to see what the final site looks like. I have downloaded the source code from Wrox. How do I run the code for Chapter 19? I tried creating a new Web Application project in Visual Studio 2010. I copied and pasted the files from the Chapter 19 folder into my Visual Studio project (overwriting existing folders/files), but when I try to view Default.aspx in the browser I get the following kinds of errors:

Error 9 The type or namespace name 'BasePage' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) C:\Users\Fei\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\WebApplication1\WebApplication1\Logi n.aspx.cs 8 30 WebApplication1Error 8
The type or namespace name 'PlanetWroxModel' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) C:\Users\Fei\Documents\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\WebApplication1\WebApplication1\Revi ews\Default.aspx.cs 7 7 WebApplication1

Why would these errors appeared when I had copied and pasted the source code into my project?

What do I need to do to run the Wrox source code?

Imar · April 4th, 2015, 03:56 AM

Hi there,

Check out the Introduction section of the book (before Chapter 1). It shows how to open a sites for each chapter.

If you only want to copy some files, make sure you also copy any dependencies. The error message says it can't find the BasePage class which should be in the App_Code folder. Maybe you named yours differently? If that's the case, either rename it, or update the code to reflect the name you gave to the base page. Alternatively, copy in BasePage.cs/vb as well.

Hope this helps,

Imar

feiwong · April 4th, 2015, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Imar

Hi there,

Check out the Introduction section of the book (before Chapter 1). It shows how to open a sites for each chapter.

If you only want to copy some files, make sure you also copy any dependencies. The error message says it can't find the BasePage class which should be in the App_Code folder. Maybe you named yours differently? If that's the case, either rename it, or update the code to reflect the name you gave to the base page. Alternatively, copy in BasePage.cs/vb as well.

Hope this helps,

Imar

Thanks for the response. I opened the Chapter 19 source code folder as a web site in Visual Studio as the book instructed, but I am getting a different error:

Error 1 Could not load type 'System.Data.Entity.Design.AspNet.EntityDesignerBu ildProvider'. C:\BegASPNETCS\Source\Chapter 19\web.config 50

Double clicking on this error takes me to the following:
<buildProviders>
<add extension=".edmx" type="System.Data.Entity.Design.AspNet.EntityDesig nerBuildProvider"/>
</buildProviders>

mmorgan30 · April 5th, 2015, 04:39 AM

This kind of error typically results from the dll that is being loaded is different version that is available or not available. Check that the version of entityframe work expected with the build is the same version that is available on your localhost.

Imar · April 5th, 2015, 08:59 AM

In addition, try Building the web site. That should download and restore the packages used by the site.

Hope this helps,

Imar

feiwong · April 5th, 2015, 07:40 PM

I was able to get it to work after opening up the Final folder's source code as a website and building it. Thanks for the help.