Very useful tool. I used it for two days, then happened an windows update, and the VS2010 instead of opening the css file, said:"Operation could not be completed". I obviously thought , because of the extension. There is a (new) option: Reinstall, ad after it I can use it again. I think, If it would have been happened some month later, when I not remember the extension, it would have been hard to figure out, what is the problem, because on first look I didn't find anything in the event log.
Broke CSS editing for me. With at least some CSS files, it would give me an "Unspecified Error". Uninstalling it from the extension manager didn't fix it. I had to download the file and re-run it, which gave me the option to fully remove it. Unfortunately, not recommended: just too buggy.
I'd love to give this a nice review but I can't get it to install. Every time I run it the installer gets to about 75% complete then reports a network error.
Fortunately VS is still behaving properly after trying to install this.
After an hour of messing around with a "Service Pack 1 is not installed" error (which it WAS), the only result from getting this installed is that I can no longer edit CSS files at all. "The operation could not be completed. Unspecified error" is all I get.
I uninstalled it, but VS2010 still does not edit CSS files.
It's been an issue for 6 months, but apparently not everyone gets it: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/pl-PL/vssetup/thread/e505875a-0b74-4d46-987b-e376f958b9bc
When this tool is going to be updated in order to solve installation and functionality issues?
1. I was't able to install it as it complained about VS 2010 SP1 - I resolved this one using ORCA as suggested in another post. 2. Once installed, I wasn't able to open a CSS file anymore... 3. Uninstalled it; waiting for the next version.
Installation issues. It complained about SP1 not installed even though it is. I've modified the msi as per tip in Q and A to get it installed.
After installing, I can not open CSS files as it complains "Operation could not be completed".
EDIT (also upgraded to 2 stars now that some stuff works)
It turns out the issues are caused by the msi installer assumes that visual studio is installed to the default location of c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio 10.0\.
I had to move a bunch of files from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Packages to my installation directory for things to work.
When this extension works, it's fantastic, but I've gone through two uninstall/reinstall cycles with the third one forcing me to give up on it. Works for a while and then locks up my CSS files with the error message "The operation could not be completed".
For anyone with this problem, in order to fully uninstall it you have to go through a couple of hoops to remove it completely.
First uninstall it from the extension manager, restart VS, then re-download the extension and "install" it. The installer will pickup that you still have it installed and will give you the option to repair it or remove it completely. You can take it from there.
If you can get it installed then expect to repeat this process again and again and again. It seems to enjoy removing itself randomly or it has caused an internal error. Consequently, at best, you have no HTML5 intellisense and at worst you have no CSS editing capabilities!!!!
How this thing has got 3 stars is beyond me. It's like the Apple App Store in here!
I can install the msi without problems, but I don't see anything listed in VS 2010 SP1 under Tools->Extension Manager. Shouldn't there be something about "Web Standards Update" listed?
When I click the MSI setup file, it pops up a dialog message as follows,
"
Web Standards Update for Visual Studio 2010 SP1
Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010 must be installed. Do you want to download it now?
"
Unfortunately, I've installed SP1 for VS2010 already.
The following text are in my Visual Studio 2010 About dialog.
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Version 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.0.30319 SP1Rel
Installed Version: Ultimate
Microsoft Office Developer Tools 01019-532-2002102-70101
Microsoft Office Developer Tools
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Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate - ENU Service Pack 1 (KB983509) KB983509
This service pack is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this service pack will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983509.
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Windows Azure Tools Version 1.3
Windows Azure Tools for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 v1.3.31122.1601
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I have the same problem as SeongTae Jeong on one machine, although it works on another. Re-installing Service Pack 1 has no effect. The machine with the issue does not have IIS installed, but that's the only significant difference I can think of between the two machine.
I am having the same issue. When I try to install, the dialog says, "Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010 must be installed. Do you want to download it now?" I already had SP1 installed. I tried re-installing it and received the same message.
I have the same problem. I noticed, however, that the download link goes to a page where the Web Platform Installer is launched. Maybe the Web Standards Update only works if VS2010 SP1 has been installed via WebPI? My WebPI also shows the SP1 update as "available". Too bad that I installed SP1 right after the release, before it showed up in WebPI. :-(
I now did reinstall VS2010 with Web Platform Installer (using the link the Web Standards Update installer pointed me to). It installed 12 packages overall and took an hour - but then I could install the Web Standards Update. Maybe this helps others, too.
The cause isn't the Web PI. I have VS 2010 + SP1 and installed SP 1 with the standard download for it and no issue here installing it.
Had issues with other addin's around the VS SDK, so if you had that installed previously maybe make sure that is also at SP1 (it's a seperate install)
If you have trouble installing it because it requires you to have SP1 installed while it already is you could do the following:
Get the ORCA tool from Microsoft (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370557(v=VS.85).aspx) this is a MSI editor.
Once you have it, start it and Open the downloaded "Web Standards Update.msi" package.
In the Tables, select the "CustomAction" entry,
Once selected, in the right pane, select the "VSDCA_VsdLaunchConditions" line, right-click and select "Drop Row".
Then Save the package and run it.
Same problem here. Windows 7, 64bit.
@Wouter vanEck: Installing the ORCA tool is only available for Windows SDK Components for Windows Installer Developers (a 2.5 GB download, 4.5 GB installation). I'll wait for a different solution...
Since I'm watching this thread for solutions, I figure I may as well throw a bump in, too.
"Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010 must be installed. Do you want to download it now?" +1
One other thought: I'm running Visual Studio from a solid state drive mounted in a directory other than Program Files. Is the MSI looking for SP1 to be installed there?
Same problem here. Is anyone of the developers interested in a logfile produced by the following command?
msiexec /l*vx "Web Standards Update.log" /i "Web Standards Update.msi"
I'm glad there exists a workaround to the problem, but like the others said, installing a 2.5GB SDK to modify the MSI doesn't seems reasonable. Maybe someone with the SDK installed already can do the mod and post the MSI on the DL?
I had the same problem. I've used "InstEd It!" (http://www.instedit.com/home.html, 5.6MB) rather than Orca to edit the MSI following Wouter's directions and I've been able to install the MSI properly after that.
Did the Wouter fix via instEdit to work around the SP1 is not installed bug. Got the "Operation could not be completed" bug when attempting to open any css file. My installed folder is not on C:\ OS drive, so copied the contents of C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Packages to the Packages folder in my installed folder, ovewriting any existing files, which resolved the issue. Seems to work but cannot say if this is valid!
Had installed CSS 3 intellisense (http://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/7211bcac-091b-4a32-be2d-e797be0db210), later installed VS SP1 and started getting the "Operation could not be completed" bug.
Uninstalled CSS3 Intellisense, tried to install this package but ran into the "Service Pack 1 for Visual Studio 2010 must be installed" problem, worked around it with Wouter's directions via instEdit and now I can edit CSSs again uff...
A solution to the installation problem:
save the msi installation on the drive you've installed Visual Studio 2010. Then open it and enjoy CSS3 and HTML5 support :)
For HTML, under Tools->Options->Text Editor->HTML->Validation, we can choose "Target" to be "HTML5".
Unfortunately, there seems to be no such setting for CSS. How do I tell VS.NET to default to CSS3 for CSS files?
Check in
http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnnouncingTheWebStandardsUpdateHTML5SupportForTheVisualStudio2010Editor.aspx
or see -> Toolbars -> style sheet and change the CSSX.X for CSS3.0 and ready.
Revisa en http://www.hanselman.com/blog/AnnouncingTheWebStandardsUpdateHTML5SupportForTheVisualStudio2010Editor.aspx
o ver -> barra de herramientas -> hoja de estilos y cambia el CSSX.X por CSS3.0 y listo.
FYI -- MVC4 Beta installer does something to break CSS editing if Web Standards Update is already installed. I needed to reinstall Web Standards Update to get things back to functional.
Since there is no such thing as Web "standards", I understand that you mean W3C "Recommendations"; however, the vast majority of the technologies this update/tool supports are not recommendations yet--they are still drafts, or at best, *proposed* recommendations.
I'm completely baffled by "standards" zealots, and browser makers, who so enthusiastically start using draft specifications. You either want "standards-compliant" browsers or your don't. You can't have it both ways.
Read it and weep "standards" zealots!
http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/current-work
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