2.2.2: Can't add VLC ActiveX Plugin v2 to Visual Studio anymore

To reproduce, in Visual Studio (2013 update 5),

1. Open the Toolbox View (Ctrl+Alt+X),
2. Right+click and select "Choose Items..."
3. Navigate to the COM Components tab,
4. Check VLC ACtiveX Plugin and IE Web Plugin v2

We get the following message (see attached image): "The following controls were successfully added to the toolbox but are not enabled in the active designer: VLC ActiveX Plugin and IE Web Plugin v2 -- Make sure the controls to add are compatible with the current designer and .NET Framework version."

For many (including us), the nightly 2.2.2 build would fix the issue found in 2.2.1. Now that 2.2.2 is officially out, it's broken again..

I tried (as suggested in other issues):

• regsvr32 "C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\axvlc.dll"
• Plateform target: x86 (.NET 4.5)

No luck. Help?

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Did you make sure you used the 32bits VLC?

assigned to @da2424

To make sure I took the following steps :

1. Uninstalled VLC
2. Downloaded vlc-2.2.2-win32.exe from http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/2.2.2/win32/
3. Installed VLC (C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC)
4. Set Platform target to x86 in Visual Studio
5. Repeated all steps to reproduce the issue

Same result.

Strange. Can't reproduce it. Works fine for me with .NET 4.0 and .NET 4.5

Do you have this problem for empty projects, too?

I forgot to mention that I'm working with WPF.. It works as expected with Windows Form so I tried this :

1. In the Solution Explorer: Add > New Item... (Ctrl+Shift+A) > Windows Form > Form1.cs,
2. Open Form1.cs [Design],
3. Open the Toolbox View (Ctrl+Alt+X),
4. Right+click and select "Choose Items...",
5. Navigate to the COM Components tab,
6. Check VLC ACtiveX Plugin and IE Web Plugin v2,
7. Drag VLC ACtiveX Plugin and IE Web Plugin v2 on the form
8. Delete Form1.cs

At this point, Visual Studio adds references to AxInterop.AXVLC.dll and Interop.AXVLC.dll. Finally, this is how you add VLC to WPF:

MainWindow.xaml.cs:

var vlc = new AxVLCPlugin2(); // AxInterop.AXVLC.dll
AxHost.Child = _vlc;          // Add to WindowsFormHost element

It's weird because it worked out of the box on the 2.2.2 nightly build. You can close this issue if you're satisfied with the workaround.

Max

Well, a good solution would be better.

was solved in 2.2.4 issue is back in 2.2.8

If we don't know the fix/issue, we cannot fix it... What are the logs?

Closing per comment 4.

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closed