I received above mentioned error after changing my project assembly name in Project > Properties > Application > Assembly Name
Any Ideas how to solve it?
I already tried these 2 solutions but none of them worked:
1-Right clicked on my project name in solution explorer and clicked on "Set as Startup Project"
2-Tried to set Startup Project in my project properties page but it is grayed out.
3-Change my Target Framework from 4 to 4.5
I found the problem:
I also mistakenly had changed my Application Type from Class Library to Windows Form Application so changing it back to Class solved my problem.
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I have a vb.net WinForms project that was originally developed in VS2010, and I'm now trying to work on in VS2015. However, without changing anything, VS2015 will not compile it. It initially returned 2 errors:
Error BC2023 cannot specify both /win32icon and /win32resource
Error BC37216 Conflicting options specified: Win32 resource file; Win32 manifest
I could (temporarily) get rid of the first one by removing the icon specified in Project properties > Application > Icon. But I can't see how to eliminate the second. Googling the second error seems to return nothing meaningful at all.
The error message clearly comes from the VB compiler itself, but I'm not aware, using the IDE, how to "specify" either a manifest or a resource file. I presume the manifest accessed by clicking on Project properties > Application > View Windows Settings is the manifest it refers to. However even temporarily deleting this file had no effect.
Is there any way to resolve this build error?
When opening an MVC4 C# web project in Visual Studio 2013, the IDE reports the error "The type or namespace name '_' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference)", but the project builds and runs without any errors. Furthermore, intellisense does not include the project namespace.
The "missing" reference is to files within the same project.
for example; the web project namespace is "webproject.com", and references in a controller files to "webproject.com.models" is underlined in red with the error above.
I have checked the following:
All Solution projects are configured to use the same Target Framework(.Net 4)
web.config in the Views folder contains the namespace in the system.web.webPages.razor section
cleaned and rebuilt solution
deleted all bin and obj content
deleted .suo and .csproj.user files that were created by VS2010
The only way that I can get rid of these errors being reported in VS2013 is to unload then reload the project.
When opened in Visual Studio 2010 I do not get these problems.
I have the same issue.
ALthough the project compiles correctly, the code editor shows an error The type or namespace name '_' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference).
THere is one workaround. Just delete the *.SUO files and re-open the solution. THen for this only Session it works. Unfortunately after closing and reopening the solution the issue is back again. VS 2012 works fine.
Seems to be a bug in VS 2013....
My solution, when I encountered the problem with VS 2013 Express edition was to simply unload the offending project and reload. Opening the SUO or Project file and making changes had not affect.
Try to unload the project in VS2013, then right click the node and select edit "projectname.csproj". Check the individual references they might point to somewhere strange.
EDIT: the csproj file is an xml file and the references are located under Project -> ItemGroup -> Reference
I had the same issue.
It's a VS 2012 solution with different projects.
Search for all *.suo files and deleted them.
Rebuild and reopen Visual Studio.
There's a known issue with Web Application projects when bound to a TFS server that sounds like this issue. This occurs when the following TFS setting option is checked:
Options -> Source Control -> Environment -> Get everything when a solution or project is opened.
Disabling this option resolves the problem.
thanks,
Miguel Lacouture
[MSFT]
Same issue, on project reference.
I opened the referenced project file (*.csproj) with a text editor and did some cleanup:
1) reset these properties' values:
<PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
<InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
<UpdateEnabled>false</UpdateEnabled>
<IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
<TargetFrameworkProfile />
2) removed dirty platform/configurations:
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'x86|AnyCPU'">
...
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'x86|x86'">
...
Now I can compile without any issue.
Glad to share it with you! :))
Same issue. Opening the project's properties and making a change to the name (or any value) and then rebuilding seems to have resolved it.
I have just had this problem and none of the solutions here helped. I fixed mine by doing a repair of Visual Studio (An option when you select to uninstall the program). Hope this helps someone
I had same issue when I added a new class file ( e.g. MyClass.cs) and called it in some other C# code places. For some reason VS did not add that new class file to my working project folder (not seen in VS, but seen in Windows File Explorer). And, hence, the compile path for new class file is not included in the compile section of my project file (e.g. MyProject.csproj). So to solve this problem, First, right click on your working project > Add > Existing Item ... > Select your new class > OK.
Then, check the project file (*.csproj) and make sure a new element is inserted in the compile section such as:
Finally, rebuild your project and the problem should be solved.
Another reason for this issue is the project, I had long ago with VS, is my other project was set up with Client Profile as its target framework. So, to solve the issue: Right click your project in VS > Properties > Application tab > make sure Target Framework option is not Client Profile. You should change all projects in your solution to the same framework version AND all of them must not have Client Profile option.
Microsoft just released a new security update to be automatically applied to machines configured to use Microsoft Update.
Unfortunately, some ASP.NET MVC 3 and 4 VS projects can no longer build after the update is applied. These projects will fail with the following error:
"Could not locate the assembly "System.Web.Mvc,Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35,processorArchitecture=MSIL"
My project also had the error "The type or namespace name 'System.Web.Mvc' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference)". Installing the latest version of Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc solved my problem. See the following article from Microsoft for more info:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/webdev/archive/2014/10/16/microsoft-asp-net-mvc-security-update-broke-my-build.aspx
Unloading and then reloading the project worked for me.
I have a simple Test project where a CodedUITestMethod is created. The test method simply clicks the Windows Start button in the taskbar. The method is generated by the Coded UI Test Builder tool from Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate.
Then, I go to project's Properties page, Code Contracts tab.
Check the Perform Runtime Contract Checking check box.
Change the value of Contract Reference Assembly combo box to "Build".
Now I hit F6 to build the project and receive the 2 errors:
Reading assembly 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting' resulted in errors.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Contracts\MsBuild\v4.0\Microsoft.CodeContracts.targets (240,5): error MSB3073: The command ""C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Contracts\Bin\ ccrewrite" "#CodedUITest_Contract2ccrewrite.rsp"" exited with code -1.
I have uploaded my project zip file to my codeplex project
Could someone download the project and see if they can reproduce the compile error? Thanks.
The problem is solved. It appears that Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.dll references another dll that is not added into the project.
Add Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Playback.dll in the folder C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\ solves the issue.
Thanks to David K Allen who answered the question on the msdn forum.
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TFS 2010 Custom Build Activity TF215097 error
I'm trying to create a CustomActivity to run after each successful build.
I've followed the exact steps of several tutorials
http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell/archive/2010/03/08/lessons-learnt-building-a-custom-activity-to-run-typemock-isolator-in-vs2010-team-build.aspx
http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2010/04/29/Customize-Team-Build-2010-e28093-Part-4-Create-your-own-activity.aspx
http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=522&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1
And all have lead me to the same result - The build fails after several seconds with this error:
TF215097: An error occurred while initializing a build for build definition
\MyCompany\Dev - Client: Cannot create unknown type '{clr-
namespace:BuildTasks.Activities;assembly=BuildTasks}TFSBuildLocalizer'.
I came down to a point where I have removed all custom references I had in the CodeActivity project and commented out all of the code.
I have added the output dll to the TFS, and I have the following post build script in the project's properties:
"$(DevEnvDir)\TF.exe" checkout "$/MyCompany/Development/Djenne/Dev/Tools/BuildProcess/Output/$(TargetFileName)"
copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "C:\tfs2010\MyCompany\Dev\Tools\BuildProcess\Output\$(TargetFileName)"
"$(DevEnvDir)\TF.exe" checkin "$/MyCompany/Development/Djenne/Dev/Tools/BuildProcess/Output/$(TargetFileName)"
I've made sure that the namespace in the workflow xaml is correct for the custom CodeActivity.
I have no idea what else can I try,
Please help!
Thanks,
EDIT: I'm adding more descriptions about what I've already tried:
The CodeActivity class already have the attribute:
[BuildActivity(HostEnvironmentOption.All)]
The CodeActivity class is contained inside an Activity Library project.
Here is the ProjectTypeGuids tag inside the csproj file:
<ProjectTypeGuids>{32f31d43-81cc-4c15-9de6-3fc5453562b6};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
In the custom workflow xaml I've added my CodeActivity right after "Get Impacted Tests, Index Sources and Publish Symbols"
I currently don'e have any InArgument nor OutArgument in my CodeActivity.
These are the references in my CodeActivity project:
Microsoft.CSharp
Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client
System
System.Activities
System.Core
System.Data
System.Data.DataSetExtensions
System.Xaml
System.Xml
System.Xml.Linq
WindowsBase
In "Build Controller Properties" I have set the "Version control path to custom assemblies" with the same TFS path as my post build script:
$/MyCompany/Development/Djenne/DEV/Tools/BuildProcess/Output
In my Build Definition I've set "Build process template" with my custom workflow xaml.
Thank you guys for the answers, do you have any more thoughts?
Thanks
Ok, I got this thing figured out.
Here's what worked for me:
I've installed my dll to the GAC in the build server, ran the build and suddenly it worked!
gacutil.exe /i buildtasks
Afterwards, I've uninstalled the dll from the GAC, and it keeps working even still.
gacutil.exe /u buildtasks
Another thing, my project had several references which I also had to checkin in the same directory as the CodeActivity dll itself.
So to do that I've changed my project's post build script:
cd "C:\tfs2010\Djenne\Dev\Tools\BuildProcess\Output\"
"$(DevEnvDir)\TF.exe" checkout "$/TradeNetworks/Development/Djenne/Dev/Tools/BuildProcess/Output/*.*"
xcopy "$(TargetDir)*.*" "C:\tfs2010\Djenne\Dev\Tools\BuildProcess\Output\" /E /R /C /Y
The only thing left to do now is to figure out how to debug this damn thing.
But that's an issue for another question.
Thanks to everybody who helped,
Hope this will help anyone in the future as well.
EDIT:
One more thing I've noticed is every time I edit my custom workflow, it regenerates the xaml and removes the ";assembly=BuildTasks" suffix from the custom CodeActivity namespace (xmlns).
So after every change I need to edit the xaml to fix it over and over again, otherwise the same error reoccurres.
You have to decorate your class with the BuildActivity attribute. See http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2010/05/27/Customize-Team-Build-2010-e28093-Part-7-How-is-the-custom-assembly-found.aspx at the bottom. There is an UPDATE section with more information.
Where is assembly of your CustomActivity? You must add this assembly to source control and introduce it to the Build Controller you are using. For this:
Right click on Builds node.
Select Manage build controllers.
Click properties.
In the "Version control path to custom assemblies" section, introduce your assembly.
I had this exact same problem. The reason was that I had compiled the library with the custom activities against the x86 platform and the Build Controller was running off of a 64-bit Windows 2008 VM. Switching the target platform to AnyCPU allowed the build controller to immediately utilize the library without having to add it to the GAC.
The problem may be related to the output dll being in TFS.
What could happen is the following:
TFS does a get latest
The output dll is fetched and is read only
TFS tries to build
The build tries to write to the dll
Since the dll is read only you get an exception
I downloaded some code from codeproject ... this allow me to have an "Themed Windows XP style Explorer Bar" incorporated in my project -- when i build it -- everything is fine - but when i run the program a get a message like obj\Debug\XPExplorerBar.dll' doesn't contain any UserControl types. Can anyone help..
Right-click on the project > Set as Startup Project.
Similar trouble with VB Express 2010. I found the answer here:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winforms/thread/60020f2b-7b53-433e-b8bb-bb9585499037
I forgot that you have to set the startup project to the project with your forms in it. Right-click on the project > Set as Startup Project.