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I just installed the latest version and am using VS 2010. After a full installation, VS was running very slowly - in fact it was completely unusable. The menu was disabled and files wouldn't open at all. After uninstalling VS worked just fine again. Anybody else have this problem? This is a pretty big deal for us.

Locking up Visual Studio when running for the first time after dotConnect for Oracle was installed can be caused by several reasons:
1. Merging with Visual Studio packages. It occurs once during installation of our product.
2. Merging with VS Documentation. By default it goes once when you run Visual Studio after installation of dotConnect for Oracle. But you can run this process during installation of dotConnect for Oracle by checking corresponding options. Installation time goes up, but the first run is quick as usual.
3. Our service window that offers you to download OraDeveloper Tools. Just check "Don't show this dialog again".

If the problem persists, please tell us:
1) the exact version of your dotConnect for Oracle. You can find it via the Tools > Oracle > About menu of Visual Studio;
2) the exact version of your Visual Studio. You can find it via the Help > About menu of Visual Studio;
3) the version and edition of your operating system.

Would it matter that I have both VS 2008 and 2010 installed on the same machine (64-bit Win7)? Thanks for your help.

I have visual studio 2010, 5.7 of oracle connect.

When i start visual studio up the menus do not respond to any mouse clicks. I have to use Alt+F etc to open a project. Once I have used Alt+F the menus work fine.

Whilst this is not a showstopper it is a minor annoyance.

I do not have any oracle drivers or oracle dbs locally, I use oracle devart tools and connect for one project - where the oracle dbs are on someones elses network (so i connect to their vpn whilst working on those projects to get access to oracle db)- so your oracle drivers are great as it means i have no oracle java mess on my pc...

If i uninstall devart oracle from my machine visual studio starts up and works fine. I reinstalled, and the merge docs option was disabled the second time around.

I have Win7 x64, standard UAC settings, fully updated via windows updates - if there is any more info you need please let me know. I merge docs etc all in the initial devart install - and have rebooted and start visual studio many times since both installs.

Rdlauer, dotConnect for Oracle should work properly with any combination of Visual Studios 2005, 2008, and 2010, though the installation time should be greater if there are several Visual Studios on your machine. dotConnect for Oracle should not depend on system's capacity either.

Does the problem persist after the first run of Visual Studio? If yes, could you please specify the exact versions and editions of dotConnect for Oracle and Visual Studios you are using? Also, did you install some third-party components for Visual Studio?

Flippin-eck, could you please specify the following:
- the minor build number and edition of dotConnect for Oracle you are using;
- the edition of Visual Studio 2010;
- whether you have some older Visual Studios installed on the machine; if yes, what are their versions and editions;
- whether you installed some third-party components for Visual Studio.

This would help us greatly. Unfortunately, we cannot reproduce the problems at the moment.

StanislavK wrote:Rdlauer, dotConnect for Oracle should work properly with any combination of Visual Studios 2005, 2008, and 2010, though the installation time should be greater if there are several Visual Studios on your machine. dotConnect for Oracle should not depend on system's capacity either.

Does the problem persist after the first run of Visual Studio? If yes, could you please specify the exact versions and editions of dotConnect for Oracle and Visual Studios you are using? Also, did you install some third-party components for Visual Studio?

Yes, the problem persists after the first run of VS. I'm using dotConnect 5.70.146 and VS 2010 10.0.30319.1

The only third-party component I have installed is EntitySpaces 2010.

Hi,
Using the visual studio help about and copy info...

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Version 10.0.30319.1 RTMRel
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.0.30319 RTMRel

Installed Version: Premium

Microsoft Office Developer Tools 01021-532-2002102-70384
Microsoft Office Developer Tools

Microsoft Visual Basic 2010 01021-532-2002102-70384
Microsoft Visual Basic 2010

Microsoft Visual C# 2010 01021-532-2002102-70384
Microsoft Visual C# 2010

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 01021-532-2002102-70384
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010

Microsoft Visual F# 2010 01021-532-2002102-70384
Microsoft Visual F# 2010

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Code Analysis Spell Checker 01021-532-2002102-70384
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Code Analysis Spell Checker

Portions of International CorrectSpell™ spelling correction system © 1993 by Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition Copyright © 1992 Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Explorer 01021-532-2002102-70384
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Explorer

Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010 01021-532-2002102-70384
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010

Crystal Reports Templates for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Crystal Reports Templates for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Devart dotConnect for Oracle 5.70.146.0
Devart dotConnect for Oracle
Copyright 2002 - 2010 Devart. All rights reserved.
Web: www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle
Support: [email protected]

Devart Entity Developer 2.80.136.0
Devart Entity Developer
Copyright © 2008-2010 Devart. All rights reserved.
Web: www.devart.com/entitydeveloper
Support: [email protected]

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools 10.0.30319
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools

XtraReports package 1.0
XtraReports package

I do have visual studio 2008 installed still, and that help about & copy info is
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008
Version 9.0.30729.1 SP
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 3.5 SP1

Installed Edition: Professional

Microsoft Visual Basic 2008 91605-270-5949233-60891
Microsoft Visual Basic 2008

Microsoft Visual C# 2008 91605-270-5949233-60891
Microsoft Visual C# 2008

Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 91605-270-5949233-60891
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008

Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Tools for Office 91605-270-5949233-60891
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Tools for Office

Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2.0 91605-270-5949233-60891
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Applications 2.0

Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008 91605-270-5949233-60891
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2008

Crystal Reports AAJ60-G0MSA4K-68000CF
Crystal Reports Basic for Visual Studio 2008


Devart dotConnect for Oracle 5.70.146.0
Devart dotConnect for Oracle
Copyright 2002 - 2010 Devart. All rights reserved.
Web: www.devart.com/dotconnect/oracle
Support: [email protected]

Devart Entity Developer 2.80.136.0
Devart Entity Developer
Copyright © 2008-2010 Devart. All rights reserved.
Web: www.devart.com/entitydeveloper
Support: [email protected]

Hotfix for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU (KB944899) KB944899
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Hotfix for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU (KB945282) KB945282
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Hotfix for Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Professional Edition - ENU (KB971092) KB971092
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I just opened up visual studio 2008, and it hung for a few seconds and asked me if i wished to download the dev art oracle tools. i ticed do not ask again and cancel.

I got excited and ran visual studio 2010, and the menus are still the same. I can click on them and they highlight but will not drop down. If i press the ALT key just once and release then all is back to normal.

Sounds extremely weird, the alt key doesn't really do anything does it...

also not included in that list for some reason are:

Devexpress v10.1.4
O2 solutoins pdf4net, and pdf4net viewer
Korzh Easy Query

We've reproduced the problem flippin-eck described with Entity Spaces 2010 installed.

We will investigate the situation and inform you about the results.

That's good news. Hope it turns out to be something silly.