Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of RunningEcopathSolution

Timestamp:

2023-01-11 07:07:58 (16 months ago)

Author:

jeroens

Comment:

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RunningEcopathSolution

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 = Loading and compiling the Ecopath source code = 
-In order to load the EwE6 sources into Visual Studio or Visual Basic express, please follow these instructions:
+In order to load the EwE6 sources into a development environment, please follow these instructions:
 
- 1. If you have not done so, [wiki:HowToInstallVisualBasicExpress install a development environment such as Visual Studio or Visual Basic Express].
- 1. If you have not done so, [wiki:DownloadingTheSourceFromSvn please obtain the EwE6 sources from SVN].
- 1. If you are using Visual Studio 2010, open the file [Ecopath_dev]\Ecopath6\Sources\EwE6.sln, where [Ecopath_dev] is where you downloaded the sources from SVN. 
- 1. If you are using Visual Basic Express, open the file [Ecopath_dev]\Ecopath6\Sources\EwE6_vbexpress.sln, where [Ecopath_dev] is where you downloaded the sources from SVN. 
+ 1. If you have not done so, download and install the latest version of Visual Studio or Visual Studio Community Edition.
+ 1. If you have not done so, [wiki:DownloadingTheSourceFromSvn obtain the EwE6 sources from SVN].
+ 1. Open the file [Ecopath_dev]\Ecopath6\Sources\EwE6.sln, where [Ecopath_dev] is the folder where you downloaded the sources from SVN. 
 
-Your development environment will now load the EwE sources.
+Your development environment will now load the EwE source code. 
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+A note for Windows 11 users: if the solution fails to load (with errors claiming that your operating system is not configured to run this application) or if you experience unexpected compile errors, then simply launch your development environment with Administrator privileges. This provides Visual Studio with a few more folder write permissions, which seems to make most unexpected errors go away.
 
 If you are loading the sources into your development environment for the first time, you will need to make two adjustments to make sure that the sources compile and run well: