Hi and thanks for any help in advance,

Is it possible to build a guidance package in VB? I have had a crack at it but cannot seem to register the package. It is a very simple Hello world with one unbound reference to vb assets in the project and then an action that raise a message box. This works perfectly in C#.

If I install the *.msi it does appear invs. I also have tried havingthe "guidance package development" package enabled on the vb project. The problem is registering the package. I get an error which looks like this,

*) Error: 0 : Microsoft.Practices.RecipeFramework.ActionExecutionException: An exception occurred during the binding of reference or execution of recipe Register. Error was: Action Register failed to execute:

The method or operation is not implemented..

You can remove the reference to this recipe through the Guidance Package Manager. ---> System.NotImplementedException: The method or operation is not implemented.

at EnvDTE.CodeElement.get_FullName()

Any help or insight would be much appreciated.

Regards

Zack

Hi Ralph -

We have no immediate plans to update the GAT "meta guidance package" to VB. However we do plan on releasing VB versions of our current wave of Software Factory / Baseline Architecture Toolkit deliverables (meaning you will be able to use the factories to help you build VB versions of apps such as smart clients and web services).

Hope this helps

Tom Hollander
Product Manager
Microsoft patterns & practices
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomholl

Yes you can. You can unfold VB templates and you can write actions in VB.

Are there any plans for the P&P teamfor releasing the guidance package templates in VB (and what kind of timeframe are we talking about)? Or do I need to go about converting all of the C# code content into VB and assembling it myself?

Hi Ralph -

We have no immediate plans to update the GAT "meta guidance package" to VB. However we do plan on releasing VB versions of our current wave of Software Factory / Baseline Architecture Toolkit deliverables (meaning you will be able to use the factories to help you build VB versions of apps such as smart clients and web services).

Hope this helps

Tom Hollander
Product Manager
Microsoft patterns & practices
http://blogs.msdn.com/tomholl