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hey charles,

tried to get the latest compiler for your @help initiatives but could not get
it to compile and get below given error.
i am on win7 32-bit win7sdk_4 installed vs.expr installed and .net 4 installed.

Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: obj
at Cobra.Lang_ert_c288aaa632e5c1b9fc351ec861ab7ef4.CobraImp.GetPropertyValue(
Object obj, String propertyName) in c:\cobra-workspace\Source\Native_ert_c288aaa
632e5c1b9fc351ec861ab7ef4.cs:line 881
at InstallFromWorkspace.VerifyGacInstallation(String name) in c:\cobra-worksp
ace\Source\InstallFromWorkspace.cobra:line 604
at InstallFromWorkspace.InstallLibrary(String name, String flags, String file
s) in c:\cobra-workspace\Source\InstallFromWorkspace.cobra:line 562
at InstallFromWorkspace.Run() in c:\cobra-workspace\Source\InstallFromWorkspa
ce.cobra:line 158
at InstallFromWorkspace.Main() in c:\cobra-workspace\Source\InstallFromWorksp
ace.cobra:line 124

Thanking_You
RIGHT_THEN

I'm able to install on Win7 32-bit, although I have Visual Studio 2008 / .NET 3.5 installed. I did have a compilation error if I passed in "-net4" but that is now fixed and checked in.

Also, I fixed the NullReferenceException you reported and improved the output. This won't resolve the problem, but it will give more useful information. Please try again, both with and without passing "-net4".

Let me know what happens.

hey Charles

when doing bin\install-from-workspace -net4 (it fails)
when doing bin\install-from-workspace (it succeedes)

well i dont need to do -net4 to get it .net4 compilant
i can use the ildasm/ilasm instead because atleast i
have the compiler now.

Thanking_You
RIGHT_THEN

Can you provide the output for the -net4 failure? I would like it to work for everyone.

Thanks.

hey Charles

i am sorry i cant do that because i just comipled cobra succesfully with -net4 option
i think it might have something to do with that i reinstalled Net4Tools from Win7SDkNet4
or most unlikely that i reinstalled the Grub for Ubuntu. i think Net4Tools did it.

on side note( My ramblings )

for some reason i got inclined to test the linux distros a while back
to see what is happening there so i installed fedora and ubuntu and opensuse all latest
and fedora and ubuntu impressed me fairly they are catching up to windows graphical user interface
but in that i lost my windows installation or i thought i lost with that all the work i did on
intellisense and ide is also lost i wish i knew Grub4Dos before reinstalling windows.
if i was a professional i would be in great trouble now!. as i read you somewhere that it is boring
to revisit old code/realestate. in this case for me it is more of threatning actually.well enough of it.


Thanking_You
RIGHT_THEN

Sorry to hear you lost your code. I wondered why you had gotten quiet about IDE topics.

Two things you can do in the future:

* Use something like Dropbox either directly or as a backup target. Now if your whole system melts, you still have your files because they are off-site.

* Use something like Bitbucket to host your code.

HTH

hey Charles

Got your suggestion.Thanks for that. it is not that i didnt make the backup
before trying linux i copied everything on to a External Disk. but still as the
luck would have it copying data from many sources to one location got it currupted
some or how for which there might be a logical explanation but any way what
is done is done.


Thanking_You
RIGHT_THEN