VisualNDepend Visual Studio 2010 Addin failed

Question

I try to use the Addin from VisualNDepend in Visual Studio 2010, but when I open Visual Studio 2010 I always get the following error message.

************** Exception Text **************
Exception on Addin.Connect.OnConnection()
Exception in NDepend v3.0.3.4916
.NET Fx Version: 4.0.30319.1
OS Windows Version: 6.1.7600.0
Processor Architecture: x64
Execution Environment: Hosted in VisualStudio v10.0
Error Hash: 3.0.3.4916 PRO 2A215D8F System.InvalidCastException
LicenseId: 

Exception.Type {System.InvalidCastException}
Exception.Message {Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.CommandBars.CommandBarControl'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{43FD5911-7BAC-4BDC-AB6C-2DE65B5C0233}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)).}
Exception.StackTrace {
 ff.a()
 abz..ctor(DTE2 A_0, aon A_1, ajx A_2)
 zo..ctor(AddIn A_0, DTE2 A_1, aon A_2)
 NDepend.AddIn.VisualStudio.V3.Connect.a(AddIn A_0, DTE2 A_1)
 NDepend.AddIn.VisualStudio.V3.Connect.a(Object A_0, ext_ConnectMode A_1, Object A_2, Array& A_3)
 NDepend.AddIn.VisualStudio.V3.Connect.b(Object A_0, ext_ConnectMode A_1, Object A_2, Array& A_3)}

Exception.InnerException = null

I already stayed in contact with the Support of VisualNDepend, but they couldn't helped me either. Does anybody of you has an idea why this could fail?

Answer 1

• Could you try with the last v3.1.0 version where several bugs have been fixed?
• Could you make sure the NDepend files in your NDepend installation are not blocked by Window?
• Could you try having only the NDepend adin installed in VS? Does it work with VS 2008?

Actually I am surprised the support didn't help you (I work there), we are committed to fix all bug reported.