[Solved] RadControls For windows 8 Failing in Windows 8.1

[Sivagurunathan]

Hello all,

I'm using "RadControls For windows 8" is one of my Windows 8.1 Store app. It was working perfectly fine. All the sudden I see the following error.



Project "MyProject" depends upon SDK "RadControls for Windows 8 v2013.3.1015" which supports

apps targeting "Windows 8.0". To verify whether "RadControls for Windows 8 v2013.3.1015" is compatible with "Windows 8.1",

contact the SDK author or see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=309181.



Please help me in resolving this. My OS is Windows 8.1



Regards

Siva

[Georgi]

Hello,

Thank you for your question.

Our components are built against Windows 8.0 and therefore you get this warning. We are currently working on a Windows 8.1 native build which should be released by the end of the next week. Meanwhile you may continue using the current 8.0 build as it is fully compliant with Windows 8.1. 

More information may be found on this blog post.

I hope this helps. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Georgi
Telerik

[Wolfshund]

Hi,

I'm facing this problem too! I'm trying to build the DataStorage Example, but it only runs on my Windows 8 machine. I'm not able to get it to run on my Windows 8.1 Surface Pro. Although the DataStorage is already on 8.1 Beta, the XAML controls are not. And the above link is also gone.
Any news on this?
Kind regards,
Joerg

[Ivaylo Gergov]

Hi Joerg,

I just verified that the Telerik Data Storage for Windows 8.1 demo is working properly on our end. To avoid misunderstanding, I will clarify how to deploy it in a few steps:

• Install the RadControls for Windows 8 XAML package(version 2013.3 1015).
• Download the Data Storage for Windows 8.1(Q3 2013 XAML Data Storage Beta) package and install the VSIX.
• Run the DataStorageDemoXAML.sln which is placed in the Data Storage for Windows 8.1 package( If you try to run the application on a desktop machine, ensure that you have changed the Platform from ARM to x64 or x86 from the BUILD -> Configuration Manager.

Let me know how it goes.

Regards,
Ivaylo Gergov
Telerik

[Wolfshund]

Hi Ivaylo,

thank you for your reply and help. That was exactly the same way I did to install it. Although it shows a warning only, the build always failed.
So I did follow your instructions again and the above mentioned warning shows up again, but I was able to build the app now for all the platforms. I also successfully deployed the app to my Surface RT(8.1). Don't know exactly what the issue was, could be that I have both VS2012 and VS2013 installed.
By the way, at time we only have designer support for x86 in VS2013. Are there any plans to support x64 or ARM in designer too?

Thanks.
Kind regards,
Joerg

[Ivaylo Gergov]

Hi Joerg,

Visual Studio does not support design view for applications that target x64 and ARM platforms, so this does not depend on us.

Let me know if you need further assistance.

 

Regards,
Ivaylo Gergov
Telerik

[Yuri]

Hi,

With the latest build, 2013.3.1105, I am still seeing the same message (as in the original post of this thread).
This doesn't appear to affect anything functionally - the controls seem to work OK - but it would be nice to get rid of this warning.

[Ivaylo Gergov]

Hello Yuri,

I just verified that with our latest release for Windows 8.1 this warning does not appear anymore. I suppose that if you uninstall and install the package again there should be no warnings.

Let me know should you have any other questions.

Regards,
Ivaylo Gergov
Telerik

[Florian]

Hello Ivaylo,

we encountered the same problem which Yuri described. We had a solution with your latest release of the Windows 8.0 Edition and decided to upgrade to your 8.1 build.



Sadly we are getting the warning that "Telerik SDK" isnt build against 8.1 too.



Here is what we did:

  1. Deinstalled Windows 8.0 Edition + Control Panel

  2. Installed "03644RadControls_for_Windows8.1_XAML_2013_3_1203_Dev" from our subscriptions

  3. Pasted the files from the hotfix in the telerik Directory

  4. Started Visual Studio and run the upgrade wizard

  5. Built the app



We checked the version of the installed assemblys but they seem all correct.

We removed the telerik reference manually from our projects and inserted them new, but still get the warning.



Regards,

Florian Meißner

[Ivaylo Gergov]

Hi Florian,

Could you please clarify whether in step 4 you run the Telerik Upgrade Wizard? Currently the Telerik Upgrade Wizard is not working properly so this could be the problem. To upgrade to our latest version all you need is to uninstall the previous version of the controls and then install the msi that you have already downloaded.

I am looking forward to your reply.

Regards,
Ivaylo Gergov
Telerik

[Florian]

Hello Ivaylo,

thanks for your response. 

To test, if its a problem with the Upgrade Wizard, i did the following:
1. deinstalled all Telerik Components
2. Installed the MSI only, rebooted the system
3. created a new app
4. added the Telerik dependency by Dependencies -> Windows -> Extensions -> RadControls for Windows 8.1 (Version 2013.3.1203)
5. added a control in the mainpage and build

The warning is still there.
You can download the sample app here: Telerik Build Warning Sample App

Regards,
Florian Meißner

[Ivaylo Gergov]

Hi Florian,

Thanks for your cooperation.

I checked this app and I spotted the reason for this error. It seems that somehow a wrong SDK reference have been added. I tried to reproduce this on our side but with no result. We will further investigate what could be the reason. 
For now, you can manually open the .csproj file and find the following code snippet:

<!-- A reference to the entire .Net Framework and Windows SDK are automatically included -->
<SDKReference Include="RadControls for Windows 8, Version=2013.3.1203">
  <Name>RadControls for Windows 8.1</Name>
</SDKReference>

Then you must change the RadControls for Windows 8, Version=2013.3.1203 in the Include attribute to RadControls for Windows 8.1 XAML, Version=2013.3.1203.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused. Let me know if this works for you.

Regards,
Ivaylo Gergov
Telerik

[Florian]

Hello Ivaylo,

Thanks for your help. It solved the warning for us.

It is weird that Visual Studio keeps adding wrong references even after an uninstall of the Controls.

If you need further information, contact me.

Regards,
Florian Meißner