I have installed F# using Visual Studio Community Edition and I also installed the Visual F# 4.0 Tools
When I run fsi from a command prompt an exception is thrown
I also tried adding the F# to the path, but that did not solve the problem. What else should I do?
Edit:
If I run fsi directly from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\F#\4.0\Framework\v4.0 it works.
I had my problem fixed with using the F# forum on google.
But for the reference, here's the solution.
After running where fsi I had this output:
λ where fsi
C:\Program Files\dotnet\bin\fsi.exe
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\F#\4.0\Framework\v4.0\Fsi.exe
For some reason fsi from dotnet core is not working. I changed the order in my system path so that the F# Tools came before dotnet core and that fixed the problem.
Uninstall the Visual F# 4.0 tools, then start Visual Studio and check if the F# interactive window works there. This could be something specific to your machine or a mismatch between VS2015 and the F# Tools. Specifically VS2015 Update 1 had some wrong redirects. And the F# there is higher than F# 4.0 Tools. Can you confirm your VS2015 version?
Btw, fsi.exe should be in C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\F#\4.0\Framework\v4.0
and the version is Microsoft (R) F# Interactive version 14.0.23413.0
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I am trying to install F# with Visual studio code in Windows 10. I have installed dotnet framework first.
Then I have installed lonide-fsharp in visual studio code.
Then I have included the path of fsi in visual studio by clicking the Preferences->extensions->selected F# and Included the path.
Now in the visual studio code I typed ctrl+shift+p then I have typed fsi start, I am getting an error.
I tried with '/' and '\'. in the path. Every time I change I uninstalled the lonide and installed it again.
When I do fsi start ,F# should get started or what are all the other ways that I can make F# to start.
What is happening here is 'C:/Program Files/dotnet/sdk/3.0.100/FSharp/fsi the path does not exist'.
First, make sure you have the latest version of VS Code and Ionide.
Then, if you install the .NET Core 3.0 SDK from https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download, then it should install fsi.exe to that path. And then F# Interactive should just work with Ionide without any other configuration needed.
What is the location of vcvarsall.bat file for Visual Studio 2019 (Preview and future release as well)?
Seems it is different from VS 2017 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
As it turned out the path is very similar, just without "Community" part:
For VS2019:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Preview\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat
For VS2022 since the toolchain now is 64-bit:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat
If after installing the "Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019" and doing all that was recommended in the other answers, you still can't find the the file in the location mentioned (no Build folder inside Auxiliary) make sure you
Install "Desktop Development With C++ Workload"
because vcvarsall.bat is part of C++ workload.
(In VS, go Tools menu -> Get Tools and Features -> Install the Desktop Development With C++ workload)
You need to install the "Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019" which can be found here.
See the explanation:
You can build C and C++ applications on the command line by using tools that are included in Visual Studio. The Microsoft C++ (MSVC) compiler toolset is also downloadable as a standalone package from the Visual Studio downloads page. It's part of the Build Tools for Visual Studio package. You can choose to download only the tools you need for C++ development.
If you are using it in the pre-build event, you can execute the vcvars32.bat to set the environment variable VCINSTALLDIR and get rid of the Visual Studio version:
call "$(DevEnvDir)....\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars32.bat"
Then
"%VCINSTALLDIR%\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
Note:
-In my tests, the variable VCINSTALLDIR has value only after executing the vcvars32.bat
-As Wei Yang said you need to install "Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019", it can be installed using Visual Studio Installer.
I felt free to add a possible solution.
1.) Open the Developer Command Prompt for your wanted VS if you have more than one installed. BTW this lets you work with TFS tool tf if you need it.
2.) Add in your make script the following code at the concerning location:
for /f "delims=" %%d in ('dir /s /b %VSINSTALLDIR%\vcvarsall.bat"') do #set myVCVARSALL=%%d
if not defined myVCVARSALL exit 1
call %myVCVARSALL%
Hope that helps to find this file for the wanted VS version. It results in different files for different installations.
I needed to install and build some older build tools for windows. So, I had to set the location.
The location is C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build
If you haven't installed the "Build Tools for Visual Studio 2019", you can do so from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/.
Once this is done, the correct path for running vcvarsall.bat is;
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\BuildTools\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
For VS 2019 Professional, it is "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat"
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat this is the location.
Whenever i try execute TF.exe (via Windows Explorer/Command Prompt/VS2005 Command Prompt/VS2005 x64 Command Prompt) i get the error:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\IDE\tf.exe tf.exe is not a valid win32 application"
This was working before, don't remember exactly when it starting happening or why (possible due to some dumb windows/visual studio/.net security update, is my guess)
Odd thing is that Team Foundation Server operations work perfect via Visual Studio.
Anyone has a clue?
Details
Windows XP Pro SP3 (x86)
Visual Studio 2005 (8.0.50727.762)
repaired TFS installation fixed it
You have to add the path to the executable to your PATH environment variable. Here are the instructions - https://superuser.com/questions/284342/what-are-path-and-other-environment-variables-and-how-can-i-set-or-use-them
I was hoping to upgrade to F# 3.0 but I can't find either a packaged F# 3.0 compiler on Microsoft site, nor if there is an express version to use. Is it possible to install F# 3.0 for use from the command line or a simple IDE and if so, how?
The standalone version of F# is not available yet, but F# tools for Visual Studio Express have been released just 2 days ago, so you can get F# 3.0 for free.
Announcing F# Tools for Visual Studio Express 2012 for Web!
As far as I know, there are definitely plans for open-source release (that can be integrated with MonoDevelop) and it would make sense to have a stand-alone installer too (otherwise you could still just compile the open-source release), but I don't think there are specific dates for that.
The easiest way I've got it to run:
http://www.heartysoft.com/build-fsharp-3-on-build-server-without-vs
Essentially using the direct download link on the Web PI tools.
I have successfully make a standalone F# 3.0 works without Visual Studio 2012.
First, find a workstation with F# 3.0 installed. (source)
Duplicate all the things to destination workstation.
-> C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\F#
-> C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\FSharp
-> C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\assembly\GAC_MSIL\FSharp*
Install .NET 4.5 at destination.
Export all the registry item with FSC.exe string to destination.
Export all the registry item with FSharp string to destination.
f# 3.0 registry.rar
if you don't know how to export the registry items, please download this file and use powershell to import all this .reg file.
PowerShell script: (put the .reg files into c:\xxx suppossedly )
cd c:\xxx
dir *.reg | %{ ('reg import "' + $_.Name + '"') | cmd }
I'm assuming most of you seeking an answer to this question by now probably wouldn't mind the most recent version, which is 4.0. You can download this as a standalone at F# 4.0 . This does not include the supporting assemblies and will fail by itself. So you'll also have to download and install the Microsoft Build Tools 2015 . Should be all set to go from there, no installing the mega-massive visual studio. Of course if you need an IDE you'll need to seek out a free one.
You can use Nuget CLI to install the F# Compiler Tools without relying on Visual Studio. As a plus, this procedure does not require admin rights.
Visit nuget.org/downloads and download the latest nuget.exe file.
Instruct your browser to save the file to a folder of your choice.
Add the folder where you placed nuget.exe to your PATH environment variable to use the CLI tool from anywhere.
Open a command prompt and navigate to the folder where you want to install F# Tools.
Run "nuget install FSharp.Compiler.Tools -Version {version}", where {version} is replaced with a version from https://www.nuget.org/packages/FSharp.Compiler.Tools
Add the 'tools' directory to your PATH Environment Variable and then you will be able to use fsc and fsi from the command line.
There is not currently a standalone version of F# 3.0. However, one has been promised
I run F# 3.0 from the cygwin command line on Windows 7. You need to know a little about Linux/Unix to use cygwin, but the basics are not too difficult. You need the basic cygwin shell (command interpreter) and an editor. I am used to vi, so cygwin has vim (there exists a nice F# syntax color addon to vim).
You need to:
Install visual studio in order to get F#
in /users/myname/.bashrc add the location of Fsc.exe, which in my case is
/cygdrive/c/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft SDKs/F#/3.0/Framework/v4.0
to your PATH.
Is it possible to create XNA games using Visual Studio 2012?
Yes, it's possible with a bit of tweak. Unfortunately, you still have to have VS 2010 installed.
First, install XNA Game Studio 4.0. The easiest way is to install the Windows Phone SDK 7.1 which contains everything required.
Copy the XNA Game Extension from VS 10 to VS 11 by opening a command prompt 'as administrator' and executing the following (may vary if not x64 computer with defaults paths) :
xcopy /e "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\XNA Game Studio 4.0" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\XNA Game Studio 4.0"
Run notepad as administrator then open extension.vsixmanifest in the destination directory just created.
Upgrade the Supported product version to match the new version (or duplicate the whole VisualStudio element and change the Version attribute, as #brainslugs83 said in comments):
<SupportedProducts>
<VisualStudio Version="11.0">
<Edition>VSTS</Edition>
<Edition>VSTD</Edition>
<Edition>Pro</Edition>
<Edition>VCSExpress</Edition>
<Edition>VPDExpress</Edition>
</VisualStudio>
</SupportedProducts>
Don't forget to clear/delete your cache in %localappdata%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\12.0\Extensions.
You may have to run the command to tells Visual Studio that new extensions are available. If you see an 'access denied' message, try launching the console as an administrator.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe" /setup
This has been tested for Windows Games, but not WP7 or Xbox games.
[Edit] According Jowsty, this works also for XBox 360 Games.
[Edit for Visual Studio 2013 & Windows 8.1] See here for documentation on installing Windows Phone SDK 7.1 on Windows 8.1. Use VS version number 12.0 in place of 11.0 for all of these steps, and they will still work correctly.
On codeplex was released new XNA Extension for Visual Studio 2012/2013. You can download it from: https://msxna.codeplex.com/releases
I found another issue, for some reason if the extensions are cached in the local AppData folder, the XNA extensions never get loaded.
You need to remove the files extensionSdks.en-US.cache and extensions.en-US.cache from the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\Extensions folder. These files are rebuilt the next time you launch
If you need access to the Visual Studio startup log to debug what's happening, run devenv.exe /log command from the C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE directory (assuming you are on a 64 bit machine). The log file generated is located here:
%AppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\ActivityLog.xml
There seems to be some confusion over how to get this set up for the Express version specifically. Using the Windows Desktop (WD) version of VS Express 2012, I followed the instructions in Steve B's and Rick Martin's answers with the modifications below.
In step 2 rather than copying to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Microsoft\XNA Game Studio 4.0", copy to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\WDExpressExtensions\Microsoft\XNA Game Studio 4.0"
In step 4, after making the changes also add the line <Edition>WDExpress</Edition> (you should be able to see where it makes sense)
In step 5, replace devenv.exe with WDExpress.exe
In Rick Martin's step, replace "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\VisualStudio\11.0\Extensions" with "%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\WDExpress\11.0\Extensions"
I haven't done a lot of work since then, but I did manage to create a new game project and it seems fine so far.