topic Re: Visual Studio 2015 in Revit API Forum

Visual Studio 2015

FRFR1426 — Thu, 21 May 2015 19:03:45 GMT

Does anyone has already tried to compile a Revit addin with VS 2015? I've got a solution with several projects (one for each Revit version, 2013 to 2016) and only the 2016 one compile. The others fail with "csc2.exe exited with code 1". When I look in the object explorer, I see only one entry for RevitAPI.dll. On VS 2013, I see one entry for each version.

An AutoCAD project with a similar structure works, so I think it's a Revit problem. It's like there is a problem with loading the RevitAPI.dll metadata.

Re: Visual Studio 2015

Anonymous — Thu, 21 May 2015 23:04:46 GMT

Looks like there are some issues with the 2015 RC that have already been reported:

https://github.com/dotnet/corefx/issues/1238

The issue has been marked as resolved, but presumably you'll need to wait for a new RC build or the final version to receive the fixes.

Re: Visual Studio 2015

FRFR1426 — Fri, 22 May 2015 07:33:07 GMT

OK, I'll wait.

Re: Visual Studio 2015

Dale.Bartlett — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 07:14:40 GMT

Now that VS2015 has been released, is there any update on this issue? Thanks, Dale

Re: Visual Studio 2015

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 22:56:04 GMT

That particular issue seems to have been resolved. I'm now able to compile DLL files with no issue.

I'm able to attach the VS 2015 debugger to a running Revit process, but I'm not able to launch Revit from VS. The program will briefly open, but then I receive an error message "the program has exited with code -529697949 (0xe06d7363) 'Microsoft C++ Exception'."

I plan on doing some more testing before I decide whether to migrate to VS 2015 or to stick with VS 2012.

Re: Visual Studio 2015

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Jul 2015 23:30:07 GMT

Enabling Native Code Debugging allows stops the crashing issue mentioned above from taking place, and allows Revit to be launched from Visual Studio with a debugger attached.

Re: Visual Studio 2015

FRFR1426 — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 07:34:27 GMT

Seems to work with the last release

Re: Visual Studio 2015

drewj — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:43:32 GMT

Thanks Colin,

I just switched to the Community version of 2015 (to save a few dollars as I am a single user) from 2013 Pro and was having to attach to process, glad to be able to launch from VS with this advise.

Cheers,

Drew

Re: Visual Studio 2015

Troy_Gates — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:28:51 GMT

VS 2015 official release is working for me also. Had the same problems with RC build, but great now.