Re: GPS and GNATbench problem...

[Christian Gottschalk <sirius27@gmx.net>]

Also sprach Peter C. Chapin:
>> In unrelated news, the Ada.NET setup refuses to install, claiming I
>> don't have the SDK installed. It's lying.
> I had this issue as well because, in my case at least, I installed the SDK
> as part of the Visual Studio 2008 installation. Apparently the SDK is
> installed slightly differently than with the older Visual Studio 2005
> (which is the version GNAT for .NET officially supports). I understand the
> issue is probably related to the SDK version and not the VS version, but in
> any case there was a version problem.
>
> The workaround was to manually edit some registry key to contain the
> information the installer is looking for (basically a path). The problem is
> that the key dosn't exist with the new SDK so you have to create it. Now
> you are probably wondering just which register key is involved. Alas, I
> don't recall and I can't find it right now. I realize that isn't too
> helpful. Perhaps someone else here can jump in with the necessary
> details... :-)

Ah yes, of course. Process Monitor shows that the installer wants
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\.NETFramework\sdkInstallRootv2.0
(that's HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\sdkInstallRootv2.0 for
those with 32-bit Windows) which it cannot find (since the layout did
indeed change). Creating a string value by that name (and the correct
content) worked. Someone screwed up backwards compatibility ... or
AdaCore wasn't folliwing documented procedure.

*facepalm*

Sadly, Process Monitor wasn't so helpful with that other problem.

Ciao,
    Christian