When upgrading to Windows Server 2008 as my development environment I am experiencing some very odd behavior. First when trying to add a ButtonEdit to a from, I get the following error "Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length". I believe that this also occurs with other controls. Additionally for already added controls (before upgrading to the new environment), the Properties (list of properties which can be set) in the Property window does not allow the list of parameters to be expanded.
Steps to Reproduce:
Add a control to a form.
Actual Results:
Error message pops up.
"Length cannot be less than zero. Parameter name: length".
Bug Report
B130771
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Hello Chad,
Please make sure that Service Pack 1 is installed for your Visual Studio. In addition, please install all Windows updates. If the problem persists, please capture the error call stack as explained in the following article:
How to obtain a design-time exception call stack
Thanks,
Nick
I was not able to get the call stack when adding the control to the form (VS did not break as described); however below is the call stack from the form when loading the form for the first time (from the exisiting project):
at System.RuntimeTypeHandle._GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean loadTypeFromPartialName)
at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.RuntimeType.PrivateGetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Type.GetType(String typeName)
at System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.CreateDesigner(IComponent component, Type designerBaseType)
at DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository.RepositoryItem.CreateDesigner()
at DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository.RepositoryItem.FilterProperties(PropertyDescriptorCollection collection)
at DevExpress.XtraEditors.Repository.RepositoryItem.System.ComponentModel.ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Attribute[] attributes)
at System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.MergedTypeDescriptor.System.ComponentModel.ICustomTypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Attribute[] attributes)
at System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetPropertiesImpl(Object component, Attribute[] attributes, Boolean noCustomTypeDesc, Boolean noAttributes)
at System.ComponentModel.TypeDescriptor.GetProperties(Object component, Attribute[] attributes)
at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializePropertyAssignStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager manager, CodeAssignStatement statement, CodePropertyReferenceExpression propertyReferenceEx, Boolean reportError)
at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeAssignStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager manager, CodeAssignStatement statement)
at System.ComponentModel.Design.Serialization.CodeDomSerializerBase.DeserializeStatement(IDesignerSerializationManager manager, CodeStatement statement)
Additionally I think I may have figured out the cause and am hoping you can help guide me to a solution. When I logged off my user account (has admin privileges) and logged in with the actual Administrator, everything seemed to work fine. Is it possible that Server 2008 is blocking some of the libraries in the GAC? Your help would be greatly appreciated, this is very frustrating.
Thank You
Hello Chad,
Thank you for the additional information. Yes, it looks like a security issue. We'll try to find a solution. Please bear with us.
Thanks,
Nick
Hello Chad,
Thank you for your patience. Our developers have tried to reproduce this issue on our side and unfortunately, failed to replicate this problem. Most probably the problem is cause by the fact that the Visual Studio doesn't have administrative rights and cannot access design-time assemblies. Please try to disable UAC on your machine. Hope this will help you resolve the problem.
Thanks,
Stan.