Scaffolding no longer visable in Controller area

[David]

     Hi, I used to be able to do my controller and Grid by right clicking on controller add new controller and a bunch of telerik options would pop up that allowed me to add it all with ease. I no longer have that option.  I used to have a area called "Other" that was there also, and it's not available. Did you guys get rid of it? I'm using 2019 Profession VS. 

[David]

I've also tried to do it by adding new scaffolding item as well and still nothing. Do I haft to enable it somewhere?

[Vesko]

Hello David,

The Kendo UI Scaffolder extension is compatible with Visual Studio 2019 Professional and it should be available.

To figure out why the extension is not available on your side, first make sure that you have installed it in Visual Studio 2019. You can check if Kendo UI Scaffolder is installed in the Manage Extensions dialog (Extensions -> Manage Extensions -> Installed). If that is not the case, you just may need to install it. Please, find more about that in this article.

If, however, after installing the Kendo UI Scaffolder extension, it still is not available, we will need the VSIX installation log files to investigate the problem. You can find them in your user's temp folder (just type %temp%\ in the Windows Explorer to navigate there). Find all log files that contain "VSIXInstaller" in the name. You can also send the installation log files  that contain "mvc" in the name from C:\ProgramData\Progress\Installer\Logs.

 

Regards,
Vesko
Progress Telerik

[David]

I just did a search in C:\ProgramData\Progress\Installer\Logs for mvc and nothing showed. I also went to my users folder, put in %temp%\ and nothing with VSIXInstaller in any of the files showed. I know for a fact I installed it from the progress control panel, because it gives me the option to uninstall or turn the features on/off. 

 

Speaking of which, when the check is in the box does that mean the features are turned on or off? it's not really clear which 1 it should be. 

 

I know for a fact that I did install the MVC extension as it gives me the option for it in my program under extensions. Now, as for the Kendo UI Scaffolder by that specific name, nothing is showing. Do I haft to download it from you guys, or from somewhere on the website? or is it in a group package with the MVC extension? I couldn't find anything mentioning Kendo UI Scaffolder on the VS extensions download section. here is my screen shot showing it's installed on the program. 

[David]

I don't know how it broke, but I fixed it. I went to C:\ProgramData\Progress\Installer\Downloads. I clicked on the installed file called telerik.ui.for.aspnetmvc.2020.3.915.commercial and it asked me if I wanted to uninstall, repair, or reinstall. I choose repair, and I saw the Kendo UI Scaffolder 2019 file downloading and install. I then checked to make sure it was there, and sure enough it was. 

 

I would like to bring up, that in the visual studio packages/extensions download area, their is no Kendo UI Scaffolder to be downloaded. I have no idea why, but it wasn't there. Now if I could just get my progress installer to tell me where it installed, I'd be good. 

[Vesko]

Hello David,

I am really glad to hear that you have resolved the problem on your side. Your approach is absolutely valid. It seems that the Kendo UI Scaffolder extension was not installed for some reason.

Here is some general information that you may find useful:

To repair the installation, you can use either the MSI package (like you did) or the Progress Control Panel. In fact, the Control Panel uses the product MSI packages under the hood. The installation options in the Control Panel (like Visual Studio 2019 Support) correspond to feature options in the MSI installer.

The Visual Studio 2019 Support option includes all the extensions that we provide for Visual Studio 2019. In the case of Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC product, these are the Telerik menu and the wizards commands, the project and item templates and the scaffolding. These extensions, however, are separated in 2 packages (the VSIX files) - one for the scaffolding (Kendo UI Scaffolder) and one for the rest of them (Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Extension). Both these packages can be found in the Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC installation folder and can be used to install just the extensions. Only the Progress Telerik UI for ASP.NET MVC Extension is available in the Visual Studio Marketplace (accessible through the web or in Visual Studio Extensions Manages).

Regarding the TURN FEATURE ON / OFF - if you choose that option, when you click PROCEED you can modify the product installation. For example, you can choose to install or remove the extensions in Visual Studio 2019 (Visual Studio 2019 Support), product demos, etc. Internally, like I mentioned earlier, the Control Panel launches the MSI installation package in quiet mode with the corresponding feature set to ON or OFF.

 

Regards,
Vesko
Progress Telerik