Friends, 

I have an issue that my build server throws error saying 'The target “CoreCompile” does not exist in the project' but same is working as expected in my local machine,  my case is

I have test.proj file which has a custom task ( <UsingTask> ) with c# inline code and a target ( <Target Name="test">..</Target> ) that invokes my custom task. This test.proj file is individual file, not part of any solution (.sln).

test.proj :
-----------

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"><UsingTask TaskName="TestTask"
             TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory"
             AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v12.0.dll"><Task><Using Namespace="Some namespace"/><Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs"><![CDATA[<!-- Some logic -->

        ]]></Code></Task></UsingTask><Target Name="TestTarget"><TestTask/></Target></Project>

Then i have another main project main.csproj which should invoke this test.proj file through MSBuild, i wanna execute before build of main.csproj, so

main.csproj :
-------------

<Target Name="BeforeBuild"><MSBuild Projects="<Path>test.proj" Properties="Configuration=$(ConfigurationName);Platform=$(PlatformName)" Targets="TestTarget"/></Target>

Everything looks right but i don't know why i'm getting 'CoreCompile does not exist in the project' error only on the build server but not on my local machine.  Is it wrong that involking msbuild on BeforeBuild target ?  or am i missing any configuration in my test.proj file or main.csproj ? 

Please guide me, i'm completely new to msbuild.

Thanks - Ravi

I am getting error in my post build event when upgrading my projects from visual studio 2008 to visual studio 2015:

The error code MSB3073 exit with -1. Your help is appreciated. Thank You so much

When building an ssis package using an http connection and script task in an attempt to build a package to schedule and download files from a hyperlink on a web page I'm getting error when trying to build the script task.   

The code is below:  I keep getting BC32035 on lines on "Imports"

Imports System.Net
#End Region<Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.SSISScriptTaskEntryPoint()> <System.CLSComplia    Inherits Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.VSTARTScriptObjectModelBase<Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.SSISScriptTaskEntryPoint()> <System.CLSCompliantAttribute(False)>
End Class<System.AddIn.AddIn("ScriptMain", Version:="1.0", Publisher:="", Description:="")><System.CLSCompliantAttribute(False)>
Partial Public Class ScriptMain
    Inherits Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ScriptTask.VSTARTScriptObjectModelBase
    Enum ScriptResults
        Success = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Success
        Failure = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Failure
    End Enum
    Public Sub Main()
        Try
            ' Logging start of download
            Dim fireAgain As Boolean = True
            Dts.Events.FireInformation(0, "Download File", "Start downloading " + Dts.Variables("DownloadURL").Value.ToString(), String.Empty, 0, fireAgain)

            ' Create a webclient to download a file
            Dim mySSISWebClient As WebClient = New WebClient()

            ' Download file and use the Flat File Connectionstring (D:\SourceFiles\Products.csv)
            ' to save the file (and replace the existing file)
            mySSISWebClient.DownloadFile(Dts.Variables("DownloadURL").Value.ToString(), Dts.Connections("myProductFile").ConnectionString)

            ' Logging end of download
            Dts.Events.FireInformation(0, "Download File", "Finished downloading " + Dts.Connections("myProductFile").ConnectionString, String.Empty, 0, fireAgain)

            ' Quit Script Task succesful
            Dts.TaskResult = ScriptResults.Success
        Catch ex As Exception
            ' Logging why download failed
            Dts.Events.FireError(0, "Download File", "Download failed: " + ex.Message, String.Empty, 0)

            ' Quit Script Task unsuccesful
            Dts.TaskResult = ScriptResults.Failure
        End Try
    End Sub
#Region "ScriptResults declaration"
    'This enum provides a convenient shorthand within the scope of this class for setting the
    'result of the script.

    'This code was generated automatically.
    Enum ScriptResults
        Success = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Success
        Failure = Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.DTSExecResult.Failure
    End Enum

#End Region

End Class

Problem description:

• Property sheet A has Additional Include Directories set to DirectoryA;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)
• Property sheet B has Additional Include Directories set to DirectoryB;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)
• Property sheet C just inherits from property sheets A and B.
• Problem: value of Additional Include Directories in sheet C contains only DirectoryA;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories), since sheet A is evaluated after sheet B and overwrites the value instead of merging them
• How do I get values from both A and B to show up in C?

I managed to get around it by using user macros: set $(IncludeDirs)=DirectoryA, $(AIncludeDirs)=$(IncludeDirs) in sheet A, $(IncludeDirs)=DirectoryB, $(BIncludeDirs)=$(IncludeDirs) in sheet B, and then $(IncludeDirs)=$(AIncludeDirs);$(BIncludeDirs), $(CIncludeDirs)=$(IncludeDirs) in sheet C. This approach however completely defeats the purpose and elegantness of using property sheets, since it's too manually involved (especially when it's not just only about Include directories, but macros, libs and lib directories as well).

Context:

I have a complex solution file for C++ in Visual Studio 2012. The final result is one executable file, which uses multiple static and dynamic libraries (which are also part of the solution) and these libraries also reference each other. There are also many more configurations than default "Debug" and "Release".

To not make managing project properties hell, I use purely property sheets to assemble project configurations. It seemed like a good idea to manage dependencies the with property sheets, and it almost works perfectly. The best thing about this approach is that project D can use library C which uses library B. Include directories of library B will get automatically propagated to project D.

The only problem is that I can't make project C include both projects A and B without overwriting each other's settings, as described above.

Recently an Win10 update corrupted my Win10 Account.  I found numerous suggestions to fix the problems, but none worked for me.  Thus, I created a new Win10 Account and transferred all my old Win10 Account info (including AppData) to the new Win10 Account.  This worked for nearly all my programs.  However, when I tried Visual Studio 2013, it set me up as a new user.  Is there a way to setup the Visual Studio profile from my old Win10 Account to my New Win10 Account.   I have numerous backup and can retrieve any file.  In advance, thanks for any information you will share.

Chuck

Hi,

My requirement is to publish the WPF project through C# code. As of now the publish is working through the Visual Studio 2015 IDE but not working with the C# code. Below is the code I have written to publish the WPF project.

 private void Publish()
        {
            //PrePublish();
            //https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/msbuild/2006/11/02/msbuild-visual-studio-aware-error-messages-and-message-formats/

            var process = new Process();
            var processStartInfo = process.StartInfo;
            processStartInfo.FileName = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables("%comspec%");
            //processStartInfo.Arguments = $@"/k """"{Model.MsbuildPath}"" ""{Model.PublishProjectPath}"" /property:SolutionDir=""{Model.SolutionDirectory}""\ /p:Configuration=Release /target:publish""  ";
            //processStartInfo.Arguments = $@"/k """"{Model.MsbuildPath}"" ""{Model.PublishProjectPath}"" /p:Configuration=Release /target:publish""  ";
            processStartInfo.Arguments = $@"/k """"{Model.MsbuildPath}"" ""{Model.PublishProjectPath}"" /t:publish /p:Configuration=Release""  ";
            process.StartInfo.Verb = "runas";
            process.Start();
        }

Here is the error I get in the Command Prompt when I execute the above code.

"C:\Test\PitBoss.Client\PitBoss.Client.csproj" (publish target) (1) ->"C:\Test\FileDlgExtenders\WB.FileDlgExtenders.csproj" (default target) (2) ->
(PostBuildEvent target) ->
  C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(4291,5): error MSB3073: The command "copy "C:\Test\FileDlgExtenders\bin\Release\FileDlgExtenders.dll" "*Undefined*\_ReferencedDlls\FileDlgExtenders.dll"\r [C:\Test\FileDlgExtenders\WB.FileDlgExtenders.csproj]
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(4291,5): error MSB3073: copy "C:\Test\FileDlgExtenders\bin\Release\\FileDlgExtenders.pdb" "*Undefined*\_ReferencedDlls\FileDlgExtenders.pdb"" exited with code 1. [C:\Test\FileDlgExtenders\WB.FileDlgExtenders.csproj]

Below is the post build events code for the corresponding WB.FileDlgExtenders.proj

copy "$(TargetPath)" "$(SolutionDir)\_ReferencedDlls\$(TargetFileName)"
copy "$(TargetDir)\$(TargetName).pdb" "$(SolutionDir)\_ReferencedDlls\$(TargetName).pdb"

I'm not sure what the issue is and why is it successfully running through Visual Studio IDE.

Please help me in resolving this issue.

Thanks in advance.

Sandeep

Friends,

I have Project-A ( .csproj ) and Project-B( .csproj ) under a solution. I want to add new file(.cs) to Project-B from prebuild event of Project-A, so a .bat file is invoked from prebuild event to add new file.  Its working but I’m getting two message boxes,

1. File modification detected – The project <project name> has been modified outside the environment ( with Reload and Ignore buttons ).
2. On click of Reload,  another message box is popping up ‘The build must be stopped before the project can be closed’.

I understood the reason for popping these message boxes up, but I want to suppress these message boxes , and  Project-A should build with latest changes. I tried with enabling ‘Auto-load changes, if saved’ ( Tools->Options->Environment->Documents ) as well, but still message boxes are popped up.

Can anyone guide me

Thanks - Ravi

Hello,

I am on TFS 2015 Update 3 on-prem. I have a team that is using a 2013 (v12.0) Build Controller for their builds. The build server has Visual Studio 2015 installed, and they are building their projects using MS Build 14.0 and .net 4.5. They have not gotten a chance to convert to vNext build system yet. When their build runs, it fails with with following error:

MSBUILD : Logger error MSB1029: The "WorkflowCentralLogger" logger could not be instantiated from the assembly "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 12.0\Tools\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Server.Logger.dll". Please verify the logger assembly has been built using the same version of the Microsoft.Build.Framework assembly as the one installed on your computer and that your host application is not missing a binding redirect for Microsoft.Build.Framework. Unable to cast object of type 'Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Server.Logger.WorkflowCentralLogger' to type 'Microsoft.Build.Framework.ILogger'. 

We've already done all the normal steps to get around issues with using the old build controller (Removing version references from xaml template, specifying and adding toolversion and toolpath, etc). I haven't been able to find much help for this error online. Any help troubleshooting would be greatly appreciated! 

Please let me know if there is any additional information I can provide.

Patrick

When create a CPP project using visual studio I can set the working directory in the compiler options to whatever I want including to one of the macros such as $SolutionDir or $ProjectDir.  Why can't I do the same with a visual basic project?  

If I try, I get an error that the Working directory that you entered does not exist.  I know it exists, because I can use $ProjectDir in a post build event just fine.  Why can't I use these build macros within the other compiler setting edit boxes like I can when I change CPP project properties?

Hi

I got a solution file, question.snl

Under that solution i got a directory, Dir1

At that directory i have a project, p1, that i want to make a build via msbuild.

How can i do that ?

Thank you

Just like this.

I defined the property: IIF_InstallerVersion here, and I just give a default value 3.0.0.0:

<PropertyGroup>
    <DefineConstants>
      WIX=$(WIX);
      WixInstallPath=$(WixInstallPath);
      IIF_ProductVersion=$(IIF_ProductVersion);

     $(DefineConstants)
    </DefineConstants>
  </PropertyGroup>

Then I overwrite it in the target. 

And the log shows it has been changed both in the target and other target:

...........

But when i want it changed in DefineConstants property value, it still the old value. It drives me crazy. 

C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.10\bin\candle.exe -d"LanguageList=ar-SA;cs-CZ;da-DK;de-DE;el-GR;es-ES;fi-FI;fr-FR;he-IL;hr-HR;hu-HU;it-IT;ja-JP;ko-KR;nb-NO;nl-NL;pl-PL;pt-BR;pt-PT;ro-RO;ru-RU;sk-SK;sl-SI;sv-SE;th-TH;tr-TR;zh-CN;zh-TW" -dDebug -d"WIX=C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.10\\" -d"WixInstallPath=C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.10\bin\\" -dIIF_InstallerVersion=3.0.0.0.....

I also tried with IIF_ProductVersion=$(maxVersion); it tell will just getempty value. 

So the result is the, the runtime property will not work at  such definition. 

<PropertyGroup>
      IIF_ProductVersion=$(IIF_ProductVersion);

</PropertyGroup>

It there anyway that i can use it? 

Thanks

I'm hoping someone can help assist with this very difficult issue or provide more ways to isolate the problem...

We are trying to upgrade from .Net 4.5 to 4.6.1 and we are using the MSBuild API for v14 but we are getting the following MSBuild errors when it tries to build a project with xaml files in it (workflow foundation activities)...

A little background on the environment..

We are using the MSBuild API because we have over 400 projects and we dynamically fix the references as needed. This has been working prior to 4.6.1 (v14). We execute the msbuild api from a custom nant task itself. If we open the same problem project in VS.Net 2015 or use msbuild.exe then it builds fine.

MSBuild Path for the API we are using are...
C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\MSBuild\v14.0\

Nant Version: 0.91.4285.0

Windows Server Version: 2012 R2 Standard 64-bit

Hi,

I am having trouble getting an AfterBuild target to fire.  I have Imported the Microsoft.Csharp.targets file, but I can't seem to make it happen.  I can see in the output that "Build Succeeded" but no AfterBuild target fired.  I suspect that doesn't necessarily mean anything got built.???  Anyway, anyone have a simple example of how to make this work. 

Thanks,

BB

We have a light switch project that built in VS2012 and using MSBuild on a build server.

This project has been converted to VS2015. On the build server it builds fine in VS but gives the following errors when using msbuild:

"D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj" (default target) (8) ->
(LSResourceGenerators target) -> 
  C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018: The "LSResourceGeneratorsTask" task failed unexpectedly. [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find root project file at this location: {0} [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018: File name: 'D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager' [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.Common.CommandLineBuildContainerFactory.GetRootProjectFile(String projectPath) [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.Common.CommandLineBuildContainerFactory.Create(String cacheDirectorySubPath, VsExportProvisionScope scope, IEnumerable`1 inputStreams, IEnumerable`1 serviceStreams, String projectPath, IEnumerable`1 externalDataSources, TaskLoggingHelper log) [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.Common.BuildTaskBase.EnsureCommandLineBuildContainer() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.CodeGen.LSGeneratorsTask.RunGeneratorsInNonIdeScenario() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.CodeGen.LSGeneratorsTask.ExecuteCore() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.CodeGen.LSResourceGeneratorsTask.ExecuteCore() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.Common.BuildTask.Execute() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(217,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__26.MoveNext() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Client\Client.csproj]


"D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\pplicense.sln" (default target) (1) ->
"D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\PP.Licensing.PPLicense.lsxproj" (default target) (7) ->
"D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj" (default target) (10:2) ->
(LSSvcGenerators target) -> 
  C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018: The "LSSvcGeneratorsTask" task failed unexpectedly. [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Unable to find root project file at this location: {0} [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018: File name: 'D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager' [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.Common.CommandLineBuildContainerFactory.GetRootProjectFile(String projectPath) [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.Common.CommandLineBuildContainerFactory.Create(String cacheDirectorySubPath, VsExportProvisionScope scope, IEnumerable`1 inputStreams, IEnumerable`1 serviceStreams, String projectPath, IEnumerable`1 externalDataSources, TaskLoggingHelper log) [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.Common.BuildTaskBase.EnsureCommandLineBuildContainer() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.CodeGen.LSGeneratorsTask.RunGeneratorsInNonIdeScenario() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.CodeGen.LSGeneratorsTask.ExecuteCore() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.CodeGen.LSSvcGeneratorsTask.ExecuteCore() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.LightSwitch.BuildTasks.Common.BuildTask.Execute() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\LightSwitch\v5.0\Microsoft.LightSwitch.Build.Tasks.targets(168,5): error MSB4018:    at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__26.MoveNext() [D:\scm\Licence\Licensing\PP.Licensing.PPLicenseManager\Server\Server.csproj]

    0 Warning(s)
    2 Error(s)

Any ideas what might be going wrong?

Thanks

Ian

Hi

I updated VS 2015 community to Update 3 yesterday. Went to publish and install my application (which previously worked absolutely fine) and I now get 

sqlclrtypes_x64/sqlsysclrtypes.msi has changed since it was initially published

I believe this is something to do with boostrap keys etc.. mismatched but I believed this was something that was fixed in Update 2 - well, it seems to be back :(

Can anyone help please, it would really be appreciated.

Carl

1>------ Build started: Project: Android1.NativeActivity, Configuration: Debug x86 ------
1>  ANDROID_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk
1>  ANT_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\
1>  JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_55
1>  NDK_ROOT=C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AndroidNDK64\android-ndk-r11c\
1>  pch.h
1>  main.cpp
1>  Android1.NativeActivity.vcxproj -> D:\xyz\x86\Debug\libAndroid1.so
2>------ Build started: Project: Android1.Packaging, Configuration: Debug x86 ------
2>  ANDROID_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk
2>  ANT_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\
2>  JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_55
2>  java.home=
2>  NDK_ROOT=C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AndroidNDK64\android-ndk-r11c\
2>  ANDROID_NDK_HOME=C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\AndroidNDK64\android-ndk-r11c\
2>  Unknown argument: -dout.final.file
2>  ant [options] [target [target2 [target3] ...]]
2>  Options:
2>    -help, -h              print this message
2>    -projecthelp, -p       print project help information
2>    -version               print the version information and exit
2>    -diagnostics           print information that might be helpful to
2>                           diagnose or report problems.
2>    -quiet, -q             be extra quiet
2>    -silent, -S            print nothing but task outputs and build failures
2>    -verbose, -v           be extra verbose
2>    -debug, -d             print debugging information
2>    -emacs, -e             produce logging information without adornments
2>    -lib <path>            specifies a path to search for jars and classes
2>    -logfile <file>        use given file for log
2>      -l     <file>                ''
2>    -logger <classname>    the class which is to perform logging
2>    -listener <classname>  add an instance of class as a project listener
2>    -noinput               do not allow interactive input
2>    -buildfile <file>      use given buildfile
2>      -file    <file>              ''
2>      -f       <file>              ''
2>    -D<property>=<value>   use value for given property
2>    -keep-going, -k        execute all targets that do not depend
2>                           on failed target(s)
2>    -propertyfile <name>   load all properties from file with -D
2>                           properties taking precedence
2>    -inputhandler <class>  the class which will handle input requests
2>    -find <file>           (s)earch for buildfile towards the root of
2>      -s  <file>           the filesystem and use it
2>    -nice  number          A niceness value for the main thread:                         1 (lowest) to 10 (highest); 5 is the default
2>    -nouserlib             Run ant without using the jar files from                         ${user.home}/.ant/lib
2>    -noclasspath           Run ant without using CLASSPATH
2>    -autoproxy             Java1.5+: use the OS proxy settings
2>    -main <class>          override Ant's normal entry point
2>
2>C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\MDD\Android\V140\Android.Common.targets(378,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Apps\apache-ant-1.9.3\\bin\ant.bat" debug -dout.final.file="D:\xyz\Android1\Android1.Packaging\x86\Debug\Android1.apk"" exited with code 1.
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Deploy: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========

Hi.

I am trying to load my custom task x64 assembly in .targets file like this:

<UsingTask TaskName="FontCompilerTask" AssemblyFile="$(SolutionDir)CompilerTask.dll"/>

But I receive and error: 

"FontCompilerTask" task could not be loaded from the assembly xxx\CompilerTask.dll. Could not load file or assembly CompilerTask.dll' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format...

and so on.

But with AnyCPU everything is working fine.

Could someone please help me with this problem?

Maybe I need to additionally configure .targets file to have possibility to load x64 assemblies or something like that?

When an MVC6 application build is executed on our build box, the following error is issued:

C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\DotNet\Microsoft.DotNet.Common.Targets(262,5): Error : Failed to make the following project runnable: xxxxx.ServicesAPI (.NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1) reason: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\agent\_work\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1\PresentationFramework.dll'.

Why aren't framework components pulled from the GAC and why is it looking in a personal directory for it?  Finally, how is the error resolved?   

The build is submitted via Visual Studio Online to a Windows Server 2012 machine which is running VS 2015 Tooling Preview 2 with Microsoft.Net core 1.01 - SDK 1.0.0 Preview 2-003133 (x64). 

The project.json contains:

{
  "userSecretsId": "Removed for posting",

  "dependencies": {
    "Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Core": "5.2.3",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc": "1.0.1",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": {
      "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
      "type": "build"
    },
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Routing": "1.0.1",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel": "1.0.1",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.StaticFiles": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.Design": "1.0.1",
    "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer": "1.0.1",
    "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design": {
      "version": "1.0.1",
      "type": "build"
    },
    "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": {
      "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
      "type": "build"
    },
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.EnvironmentVariables": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.UserSecrets": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.Options.ConfigurationExtensions": "1.0.0",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.BrowserLink.Loader": "14.0.0",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools": {
      "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
      "type": "build"
    },
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGenerators.Mvc": {
      "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
      "type": "build"
    },
    "System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter": "4.1.0",
    "System.Interactive.Async": "3.0.0",
    "System.Linq.Queryable": "4.0.1"
  },

  "tools": {
    "BundlerMinifier.Core": "2.0.238",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
    "Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.IISIntegration.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
    "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
    "Microsoft.Extensions.SecretManager.Tools": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
    "Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools": {
      "version": "1.0.0-preview2-final",
      "imports": [
        "portable-net45+win8"
      ]
    }
  },

  "frameworks": {
    "net461": {
      "dependencies": {
        "Xxxx.Components": {
          "target": "project"
        },
        "Xxxx.DAL": {
          "target": "project"
        },
        "Xxxx.PCL": {
          "target": "project"
        }
      },
      "frameworkAssemblies": {
        "System.Configuration": "4.0.0.0",
        "System.Web": "4.0.0.0"
      }
    }
  },

  "buildOptions": {
    "emitEntryPoint": true,
    "preserveCompilationContext": true
  },

  "publishOptions": {
    "include": [
      "wwwroot",
      "**/*.cshtml",
      "appsettings.json",
      "web.config"
    ]
  },

  "scripts": {
    "prepublish": [ "bower install", "dotnet bundle" ],
    "postpublish": [ "dotnet publish-iis --publish-folder %publish:OutputPath% --framework %publish:FullTargetFramework%" ]
  }
}

================

The project.fragment.lock.json contains the following.  Believe the file is automatically generated but this contains the bad path for the framework:

{
  "version": 2,
  "exports": {
    "Xxxx.Components/1.0.0": {
      "type": "project",
      "framework": ".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1",
      "compile": {
        "bin/Release/Xxxx.Components.dll": {}
      },
      "runtime": {
        "../packages/CommonServiceLocator.1.3/lib/portable-net4+sl5+netcore45+wpa81+wp8/Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNet.WebApi.Client.5.2.3/lib/net45/System.Net.Http.Formatting.dll": {},
        "../packages/MvvmLightLibs.5.3.0.0/lib/net45/GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.dll": {},
        "../packages/MvvmLightLibs.5.3.0.0/lib/net45/GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Platform.dll": {},
        "../packages/MvvmLightLibs.5.3.0.0/lib/net45/GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll": {},
        "../packages/MvvmLightLibs.5.3.0.0/lib/net45/System.Windows.Interactivity.dll": {},
        "../packages/NLog.4.3.10/lib/net45/NLog.dll": {},
        "../packages/Newtonsoft.Json.9.0.1/lib/net45/Newtonsoft.Json.dll": {},
        "bin/Release/Xxxx.Components.dll": {}
      },
      "contentFiles": {
        "bin/Release/Xxxx.Components.pdb": {
          "buildAction": "None",
          "codeLanguage": "any",
          "copyToOutput": true
        }
      }
    },
    "Xxxx.DAL/1.0.0": {
      "type": "project",
      "framework": ".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1",
      "compile": {
        "bin/Release/Xxxx.DAL.dll": {}
      },
      "runtime": {
        "../packages/DDay.iCal.1.0.2.575/lib/DDay.iCal.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.Cookies.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cryptography.Internal.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cryptography.Internal.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cryptography.KeyDerivation.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Cryptography.KeyDerivation.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection.Abstractions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Abstractions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Server.Abstractions.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting.Server.Abstractions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Abstractions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Extensions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Http.Features.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.AspNetCore.WebUtilities.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.1.0.1/lib/net451/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.1.0.1/lib/net451/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.Design.1.0.1/lib/net451/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Relational.Design.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.1.0.1/lib/net451/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design.1.0.1/lib/net451/Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.SqlServer.Design.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Abstractions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.Memory.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.1/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.0/Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection.Abstractions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.0/Microsoft.Extensions.FileProviders.Abstractions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.1/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.1/Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool.1.0.0/lib/net451/Microsoft.Extensions.ObjectPool.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Options.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Options.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.0/Microsoft.Extensions.Primitives.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.0/Microsoft.Extensions.WebEncoders.dll": {},
        "../packages/Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.1.0.0/lib/netstandard1.1/Microsoft.Net.Http.Headers.dll": {},
        "../packages/Remotion.Linq.2.1.1/lib/net45/Remotion.Linq.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.Buffers.4.0.0/lib/netstandard1.1/System.Buffers.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.Collections.Immutable.1.2.0/lib/portable-net45+win8+wp8+wpa81/System.Collections.Immutable.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.ComponentModel.Primitives.4.1.0/lib/net45/System.ComponentModel.Primitives.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.4.1.0/lib/net45/System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.4.0.0/lib/net46/System.Diagnostics.DiagnosticSource.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.Interactive.Async.3.0.0/lib/net45/System.Interactive.Async.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.Text.Encodings.Web.4.0.0/lib/netstandard1.0/System.Text.Encodings.Web.dll": {},
        "bin/Release/Xxxx.DAL.dll": {}
      },
      "contentFiles": {
        "bin/Release/Xxxx.DAL.pdb": {
          "buildAction": "None",
          "codeLanguage": "any",
          "copyToOutput": true
        }
      }
    },
    "Xxxx.PCL/1.0.0": {
      "type": "project",
      "framework": ".NETFramework,Version=v4.5",
      "compile": {
        "bin/Release/Xxxx.PCL.dll": {}
      },
      "runtime": {
        "../../../../../Program Files (x86)/Reference Assemblies/Microsoft/Framework/.NETFramework/v4.5.1/PresentationFramework.dll": {},
        "../../../../../Program Files (x86)/Reference Assemblies/Microsoft/Framework/.NETFramework/v4.5/System.Configuration.dll": {},
        "../../../../../Program Files (x86)/Reference Assemblies/Microsoft/Framework/.NETFramework/v4.5/System.Web.Extensions.dll": {},
        "../../../../../Program Files (x86)/Reference Assemblies/Microsoft/Framework/MonoAndroid/v6.0/Mono.Android.dll": {},
        "../packages/CommonServiceLocator.1.3/lib/portable-net4+sl5+netcore45+wpa81+wp8/Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll": {},
        "../packages/MvvmLightLibs.5.2.0.0/lib/portable-net45+wp8+wpa81+netcore45+monoandroid1+xamarin.ios10/GalaSoft.MvvmLight.Extras.dll": {},
        "../packages/MvvmLightLibs.5.2.0.0/lib/portable-net45+wp8+wpa81+netcore45+monoandroid1+xamarin.ios10/GalaSoft.MvvmLight.dll": {},
        "../packages/Newtonsoft.Json.9.0.1/lib/portable-net45+wp80+win8+wpa81/Newtonsoft.Json.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Extension.5.2.3.0/lib/System.Net.Http.Extensions.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Extension.5.2.3.0/lib/System.Net.Http.Formatting.dll": {},
        "../packages/System.Net.Http.Formatting.Extension.5.2.3.0/lib/System.Net.Http.Primitives.dll": {},
        "bin/Release/Xxxx.PCL.dll": {}
      },
      "contentFiles": {
        "bin/Release/Xxxx.PCL.pdb": {
          "buildAction": "None",
          "codeLanguage": "any",
          "copyToOutput": true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

During build msbuild creates deployment packages for several my web projects (and wcf services)  which I want to run from command line (as last step of automated build process) to deploy to several different servers.

The structure of IIS application folders is the same on each one.

My problem is that I cannot find how to configure (override default value of IIS application). It is in <project>.SetParameters.xml, like:

<setParameter name="IIS Web Application Name" value="Default Web Site/OccApiAppZoneWcfWeb_deploy" />

which is not what I want.

I read that it is possible to create parameters.xml in the project and put there something like:

<parametername="IIS Web Application Name"defaultValue="Default Web Site//foo/bar/MySuperTodoList">

or some say

<setParameter name="IIS Web Application Name"     value="Default Web Site///foo/bar/MySuperTodoList" />

I'm trying this but it does not change content of <project>.SetParameters.xml

Can you advice what am I missing, or/and alternative way to do this.

Thanks!