[Firebird-net-provider] VS2012 AND VS2010 DDEX Provider registration vanishing

[De R. A. <ADe...@gw...>]

Greetings to everybody,

It seems I cannot get the Firebird DDEX provider to be installed correctly. I've used the manual method (before a working setup came out) and the new setup that has been made for the different VS versions.
Whatever method I use, it seems that the provider cannot stay registered in Visual Studio continuously. After a few sessions, the provider isn't displayed anymore. Server-explorer connections with this provider are still there, but throw an error on opening.

*         Datatools in the gac -> it's there

*         Provider in the gac -> it's there

*         machineconfig 32-bit and 64-bit for .NET v4.0.30319 contains both an entry

*         Registry files are still there

Every time, I try manual install steps and/or the setup to get the provider back and start VS2010/VS2012 with the /resetpckgs option (I need it since I'm working with EF 5) and it seems to restore the registration to visual studio. To be frank, I am still unable to recognize the exact step that solves the problem (temporarily)and every time I just try to reset everything back to zero (what it would look like if firebird DDEX-provider wasn't installed). For this problem to appear, it could as well take up to 30 windows restarts or just even one. I also noticed that this never happens "in-between". The provider only goes missing after a restart of windows, but not vs2012 or vs2010.

Does anyone have similar problems?

p.s: I am sorry if the format of this mail doesn't match the conventions for posting to this mailing list. I didn't use any mailing list until now.

Alexandre De Riemaecker