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'Build .NET MSBuild Project' action fails after upgrading to BuildMaster 4+

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    The log output for the failed action:

    Action Group 23: Build MyApp webapp
Action 1: Build MyApp.Web.Mvc.csproj Target:Package Properties:(none)
Custom Variables: (none)
Source and Target directory same; splitting.
AgentBasedAction Initialization Complete:
  Temp Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\TMP
  Source Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC
  Target Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK
  Server: SNYDEVEL (Id: 1)
Initializing action...
Initialization complete. Executing...
Arguments: "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe" "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC\Solutions\MyApp.Web.Mvc\MyApp.Web.Mvc.csproj" "/t:Package" "/p:outDir=C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK\"
Working Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC
Executing C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\ExtTemp\WindowsSdk\BmBuildLogger.exe
Building Project "MyApp.Web.Mvc.csproj" (Package target(s)):
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(276,5): error MSB4184: The expression "[System.IO.Path]::Combine(C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC\Solutions\MyApp.Web.Mvc, C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK"\)" cannot be evaluated. Illegal characters in path.
Done building project "MyApp.Web.Mvc.csproj" -- FAILED.
MSBuild action failed; msbuild.exe returned code 1
Execution complete. Finalizing...
Target directory unused; joining with source.
Finalization complete.
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    <strike>If I had to guess, this is specific to the 64-bit MSBuild. Can you change the configuration of the Windows SDK extension to use C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\ instead of C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\ for the SDK Path?</strike>

    See my next post for the correct name and values.

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    Per the suggestion in Tod's answer, I modified the WindowsSdkPath setting to the suggested value, but I didn't set the FrameworkRuntimePath setting for the extension (thinking it would use a default value):

    Action Group 23: Build MyApp webapp
Action 1: Build Apps.Web.Mvc.csproj Target:Package Properties:(none)
Custom Variables: (none)
Source and Target directory same; splitting.
AgentBasedAction Initialization Complete:
  Temp Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\TMP
  Source Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC
  Target Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK
  Server: SNYDEVEL (Id: 1)
Initializing action...
Initialization complete. Executing...
An unhandled exception occurred while executing this action: System.InvalidOperationException: .NET framework runtime path is not valid. Verify .NET extension configuration.
   at Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.RemoteCommandExecution.RemoteCommandExecuter.ExecuteCommand(RemoteActionBase remoteAction, String commandName, String[] commandArgs)
   at Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Agents.Local.LocalAgent.Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Agents.IRemoteCommandExecuter.ExecuteCommand(RemoteActionBase action, String commandName, String[] commandArgs)
   at Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.RemoteActionBase.ExecuteRemoteCommand(String name, String[] args)
   at Inedo.BuildMasterExtensions.WindowsSdk.MSBuild.ExecuteMSBuildScriptAction.Execute()
   at Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.ActionBase.ExecuteInternal(IActionExecutionContext context, ExtensionConfigurerBase extensionConfigurer, Boolean resumeNextOnError, Boolean logErrorsAsWarnings)

    But even after I set FrameworkRuntimePath to 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework' also, MSBuild still failed and this time with no helpful details:

    Action Group 23: Build MriApps webapp
Action 1: Build Apps.Web.Mvc.csproj Target:Package Properties:(none)
Custom Variables: (none)
Source and Target directory same; splitting.
AgentBasedAction Initialization Complete:
  Temp Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\TMP
  Source Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC
  Target Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK
  Server: SNYDEVEL (Id: 1)
Initializing action...
Initialization complete. Executing...
Arguments: "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe" "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC\Solutions\Mri.Web.Mvc\Apps.Web.Mvc.csproj" "/t:Package" "/p:outDir=C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK\"
Working Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC
Executing C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\ExtTemp\WindowsSdk\BmBuildLogger.exe
MSBuild action failed; msbuild.exe returned code -1
Execution complete. Finalizing...
Target directory unused; joining with source.
Finalization complete
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    Sorry about that - I listed the wrong names for the configuration values... they should be:

    WindowsSDKPath: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.1\

    FrameworkRuntimePath: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\

    Note that this is of course for v6.1 of the Windows SDK, if you have a later version make sure it exists on disk.

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    I changed the SDK path setting to 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.1', but it didn't seem to help:

    Action Group 23: Build MyApp webapp
Action 1: Build MyApp.Web.Mvc.csproj Target:Package Properties:(none)
Custom Variables: (none)
Source and Target directory same; splitting.
AgentBasedAction Initialization Complete:
  Temp Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\TMP
  Source Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC
  Target Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK
  Server: SNYDEVEL (Id: 1)
Initializing action...
Initialization complete. Executing...
Arguments: "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe" "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC\Solutions\MyApp.Web.Mvc\MyApp.Web.Mvc.csproj" "/t:Package" "/p:outDir=C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK\"
Working Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC
Executing C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\ExtTemp\WindowsSdk\BmBuildLogger.exe
Microsoft (R) Build Engine version 4.0.30319.17929
[Microsoft .NET Framework, version 4.0.30319.18052]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
MSBuild action failed; msbuild.exe returned code -1
Execution complete. Finalizing...
Target directory unused; joining with source.
Finalization complete.
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  • ?

    I was able to get the build to work by running MSBuild via an 'execute command line' action, but I had to change the paths that include C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC to C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK.

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    It turns out this may have been a problem with the way the build logger executable was handling arguments (related GitHub issue: https://github.com/Inedo/bmx-windowssdk/issues/10 )

    This was resolved in the WindowsSDK extension v4.7. I notice you are also building an MVC project... there is also a new action "Build ASP.NET Web or MVC Project" in this version that can publish those projects to an output path and will also perform configuration file transforms if that is something you need or are interested in.

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    The "Execute MSBuild Script" action still doesn't work; I added the following to MsBuild Properties:
    IsDesktopBuild=false
    AspNetCompiler=true
    AspNetMerge=false

    (Some of) the log output:

    Initialization complete. Executing...
Arguments: "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe"  "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC\Solutions\Mri.Web.Mvc\Apps.Web.Mvc.csproj" "/t:Package" "/p:outDir=C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK\;IsDesktopBuild=false;AspNetCompiler=true;AspNetMerge=false"
Working Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC
Executing C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\ExtTemp\WindowsSdk\BmBuildLogger.exe
Starting process: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\SRC\Solutions\Mri.Web.Mvc\Apps.Web.Mvc.csproj" "/t:Package" "/p:outDir=C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK\;IsDesktopBuild=false;AspNetCompiler=true;AspNetMerge=false" "/logger:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\ExtTemp\WindowsSdk\BmBuildLogger.exe;853e6159d1bd44a0be22f711b83ce6a9"
MSBuild action failed; msbuild.exe returned code -1

    The new "Build ASP.NET Web or MVC Project" action doesn't work for me (given how I set-it-up):

    Project File: Solutions\MyApp.Web.Mvc\MyApp.Web.Mvc.csproj

    Additional Arguments:
    /t:Package /p:IsDesktopBuild=false;AspNetCompiler=true;AspNetMerge=false

    [The last three MSBuild properties are something I added to the command line action and they work as expected.]

    (Some of) the log output for the action:

    Arguments: "C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe" "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK\Solutions\MyApp.Web.Mvc\MyApp.Web.Mvc.csproj" /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=Release;DeployOnBuild=True;BaseIntermediateOutputPath=C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\TMP\ /t:Package /p:IsDesktopBuild=false;AspNetCompiler=true;AspNetMerge=false
Working Directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK\Solutions\MyApp.Web.Mvc
Executing C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\ExtTemp\WindowsSdk\BmBuildLogger.exe
Starting process: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe "C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\WRK\Solutions\MyApp.Web.Mvc\MyApp.Web.Mvc.csproj" "/t:Rebuild" "/p:Configuration=Release;DeployOnBuild=True;BaseIntermediateOutputPath=C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\TMP\\" "/t:Package" "/p:IsDesktopBuild=false;AspNetCompiler=true;AspNetMerge=false" "/logger:C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\ExtTemp\WindowsSdk\BmBuildLogger.exe;b7a1f79cc6f845a3b2a9ff63f7fb9a43"
An unhandled exception occurred while executing this action: System.InvalidOperationException: There are no files in the expected output directory: C:\BuildMaster\_SVCTMP\_A3\_S4\TMP\Release\Package\PackageTmp
   at Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.RemoteCommandExecution.RemoteCommandExecuter.ExecuteCommand(RemoteActionBase remoteAction, String commandName, String[] commandArgs)
   at Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Agents.Local.LocalAgent.Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Agents.IRemoteCommandExecuter.ExecuteCommand(RemoteActionBase action, String commandName, String[] commandArgs)
   at Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.RemoteActionBase.ExecuteRemoteCommand(String name, String[] args)
   at Inedo.BuildMaster.Extensibility.Actions.ActionBase.ExecuteInternal(IActionExecutionContext context, ExtensionConfigurerBase extensionConfigurer, Boolean resumeNextOnError, Boolean logErrorsAsWarnings)
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    Interesting - was there an error message or indication as to why the first project failed to build? It does appear that the arguments were passed in correctly.

    The 2nd error would be expected because the added target changes the way MSBuild outputs the target files. The action is expecting the output to be in the \TMP\Release\Package\PackageTmp directory.

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