Build execution failure for .Net projects

[bbalavikram]

I am connecting to a GITHUB repo that has multiple applications' code and I am setting up build and Deploy for one particular application code. In the Build execution process, execution is failing for the following error. How to skip or avoid this.
error group

Error Detail

In the Script, following is the setting.


Can anyone guide to skip/avoid this error ?

[bbalavikram]

Only few projects are facing this issue, many other projects are building with no issues.

Setting Version in C:\ProgramData\BuildMaster\Temp\Service_E14\ID-master\W.Directory.Source\W.Directory.Business\W.Directory.Business.csproj to 0.0.0...
Setting Version in C:\ProgramData\BuildMaster\Temp\Service_E14\ID-master\WID\W.Common.csproj to 0.0.0...

[stevedennis]

Hi @bbalavikram ,

This error message is coming from the dotnet command-line tool, and I think it has something to with an old/legacy project file format. If you were to run the same command on your workstation, you would get the same rror.

From here, I would compare/contrast the .csproj files in the broken projects, and see if you can figure out what's the difference.

Note that if you search "root element is visualstudioproject expected project", you'll see a lot of people have a similar error, but their solution is also to do similar things - i.e. edit the file and fix the format.

Once you fix the project file, if you check the code back into Git, it shoudl work the next time.

Best,
Steve

[bbalavikram]

Thank you Steve. Will look into fixing the issues. Strange that these come up only when compiled with MSBuild and not on VS...

[bbalavikram]

@stevedennis Now I am facing an issue where the .Net Framework application is getting compiled in .Net core framework. I have mentioned the setting to compile in .Net 4.5

[stevedennis]

Hi @bbalavikram ,

The framework option may not do what you think; first and foremost, 4.5 is not a valid option for framework. You need to use a "framework monifier" that's defined here:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/frameworks

But keep in mind that framework monifier must also be in your project file. The framework argument for dotnet simply selects which of the frameworks in your project file to build. It's really only useful for multi-targeted builds, which you probably don't have.

It's possible that dotnet simply will not work with your project. This is unfortunately the case with many old projects. You can continue to try to "play" with your csproj files to try get it to work (note: you can run the same dotnet commands on your workstation).

If you can't get it to work, then you'll need to use MSBuild:Build-Project or DevEnv::Build. We do not have script templates from these, but you can convert your script template to OtterScript and then try modifying the script that way.

Here is some information on build scripts:
https://docs.inedo.com/docs/buildmaster-platforms-dotnet#creating-build-scripts

Best,
Steve