Re book: Beginning ASP.NET1.1 with VB.NET 2003 (#0764557076)
Chap.13 Pg. 475 “Try It Out. Compiling Our First ASP.NET Component"

The context of the Compile.bat file is:

cd c:\BegASPNET11\Chapter13
md bin

vbc /t:library /r:System.dll /out:bin/HelloWorld.dll HelloWorld.vb
pause

but when I try to recreate the HelloWorld.dll by double clicking the Compile.bat in Explorer I am getting a “ ‘vbc’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file “ error in the Command Prompt window.

The book sample works because it comes with the dll file already installed. But when it comes to compile my own, I am stack on the middle of the book. HELP anyone please!!!


CONT.

I found some leads in Selected Forums and followed on them and found to have three VBC.exe application.
Windows/SevicePack, Windows/Microsoft.net/Framework1.1, and /Framework2.0
(what is VBC.exe-####### in windows/prefetch?)
I copy the VBC.exe from ServicePack to the Compile.bat file folder only to have the Command Prompt Window asking for more dll files each time I supply.

I entered the path in the compile.bat to the VBC.exe in windows directory like:

C:\windows\servicePackFiles\i386\vbc.exe /t:library /r:System.dll /out:bin/HelloWorld.dll HelloWorld.vb

Only to get the following error on dbl click.

msgBox Err.: “Entry point not found.
        The procedure entry point GetRequestRuntimeInfo could not be located in the dynamic link library mscoree.dll.

Error repeated 3 times then in the Command Prompt:
Fatal error BC2000: compiler initialization failed unexpectedly: ‘C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.40607\s ystem.dll’ cannot be referenced because it is not an assembly.
(why does it reference MS.NET when I directed it to servicePackFiles?)

I tried to recreate the project in Visual Studio 2003 v7.1 with NET Framework 1.1 but I have no clue how to compile in here. The closest I could find build/build compiling do not react to any of the loaded files, and Tools doesn’t reference any compiling at all.

I guess there will be no assemblies and custom controls in my apps @#!!*.


Great Thanks in advance!

Henry

Try doing your command from a visual studio command prompt, rather than an normal command prompt. This has all the necessary paths set.

Hi jaucourt;
Thanks for your help;
Be with me as I am all new to Visual Studio.net.

How do you navigate to Command Prompt in VS or
How do you compile from it, but please line by line.

I’ll let you know how I’m doing.

Many thanks,
Henry

Command prompt is under Start->Programs->Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003->Visual Studio .NET Tools, Visual Studio .Net 2003 Command Prompt.

Hi jaucourt and many thanks again;

In my VS.NET under ‘Tools’ I have:
Debug Processes
Connect To Devise
Connect To Database
Add/Remove Toolbox
Add in Manager
Build Comment Web Pages
Macros
ActiveX Control Text Container
Create GUID
Dotfuscater Community Editor
Error Lookup
ATL/MFC Trade Tool
OLE/COM object viewer
Spy++
External Tools
Customize
Options

And none of those leads to Command Prompt! Any comments?

Thanks, Henry

Henry,

He is talking about going through your Windows "Start" menu, not a menu in Visual Studio. Follow his instructions and you should see it.

J

Hi J
Thanks for correction (slow me :D).
It works with some errors, but that’s for later.

Right now I am trying to redo the same book’s samples in VS but I am getting the server error I never have before using the MS Web Matrix.

See my new tread above.

Henry

hchlebowski, I've had the same damn problem for 2 days now and I just figured it out. You have to type in the entire path for the vbc.exe.

Windows 2000 would be:
c:\winnt\microsoft.net\framework\v1.1.4322\vbc.exe /t:library /r:System.dll /out:bin/HelloWorld.dll HelloWorld.vb