VS2008 Web Setup Project Build Fails | Tech Off

nosajis

I'm looking for any help I can get here. I made a very simple web project. It has four pages. I then added a web setup project to my solution and added the primary output and content.

When I right click on the setup project and say build the main project builds but the setup project fails. As far as I can tell, it just says 1 built and 1 failed. I cannot even find a reason WHY it failed.

HINTS?! Anybody know where I can even look to get more info about what failed?

Thank you - oh masters of web setup projects.

cheong

Anything error messages on the "Output" window? (e.g. some path/component not found, or something cannot be written on whatever location?)

nosajis

cheong,

That's just the problem. I'm not seeing any reason for the failed build, just that one failed to build.

[C]

nosajis

Ok, so the important part that I'm talking about is at the end of this big blob, but this is from the output window. Where else can I look for what is going wrong as this doesn't seem to be helping me at all:

This is from the output window:

------ Rebuild All started: Project: STDFReportPortal, Configuration: Release Any CPU ------

c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\Csc.exe /noconfig /nowarn:1701,1702 /errorreport:prompt /warn:4 /define:TRACE /reference:c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Configuration.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\System.Core.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll" /reference:c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Data.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\System.Data.Linq.dll" /reference:c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.dll /reference:c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Drawing.dll /reference:c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.EnterpriseServices.dll /reference:c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Web.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\System.Web.Extensions.dll" /reference:c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Web.Mobile.dll /reference:c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Web.Services.dll /reference:c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\System.Xml.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\v3.5\System.Xml.Linq.dll" /debug:pdbonly /optimize+ /out:obj\Release\STDFReportPortal.dll /target:library ContentServer.designer.cs Default.aspx.cs Default.aspx.designer.cs EFSetup.aspx.cs EFSetup.aspx.designer.cs PRONumberLookup.aspx.cs PRONumberLookup.aspx.designer.cs ProofOfEmail.aspx.cs ProofOfEmail.aspx.designer.cs Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs Properties\Settings.Designer.cs STDFReportPortal.Master.cs STDFReportPortal.Master.designer.cs UnbilledMissingDocs.aspx.cs UnbilledMissingDocs.aspx.designer.cs

Compile complete -- 0 errors, 0 warnings

STDFReportPortal -> C:\projects\StandardForwarding\STDFReportPortal\STDFReportPortal\bin\STDFReportPortal.dll

------ Starting pre-build validation for project 'STDFReportsSetup' ------
------ Pre-build validation for project 'STDFReportsSetup' completed ------
------ Rebuild All started: Project: STDFReportsSetup, Configuration: Release ------

Building file 'C:\projects\StandardForwarding\STDFReportPortal\STDFReportsSetup\Release\STDFReportsSetup.msi'...
Packaging file 'TopBannerBg.gif'...
Packaging file 'TopBannerTitle2.gif'...
Packaging file 'ProofOfEmail.aspx'...
Packaging file 'save_ico.gif'...
Packaging file 'STDFLogo.gif'...
Packaging file 'STDFAdmin2.gif'...
Packaging file 'Web.sitemap'...
Packaging file 'Spacer.gif'...
Packaging file 'GridHeaderBg.gif'...
Packaging file 'STDFReportPortal.dll'...
Packaging file 'PRONumberLookup.aspx'...
Packaging file 'delete_ico.gif'...
Packaging file 'STDFReportPortal.Master'...
Packaging file 'GreenBg1x1.gif'...
Packaging file 'GreenBorderBg.gif'...
Packaging file 'EFSetup.aspx'...
Packaging file 'TopBannerTitle.gif'...
Packaging file 'user_ico.gif'...
Packaging file 'UnbilledMissingDocs.aspx'...
Packaging file 'stdfStyle.css'...
Packaging file 'edit_ico.gif'...
Packaging file 'Default.aspx'...
Packaging file 'plus_ico.gif'...
Packaging file 'cancel_ico.gif'...
Packaging file 'stdfSkins.skin'...
Packaging file 'checkmark_red_ico.gif'...
Packaging file 'Web.config'...
Packaging file 'OrangeBg1x1.gif'...
========== Rebuild All: 1 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

nosajis

I still have had no luck figuring out why this Web Setup fails to build. I cannot find anywhere that will give me any more descriptive output other than just 1 project failed to build.

Still looking for help if anyone has anything come to mind...

Thanks,

Jason

Randolpho
Hacker On Steroids

nosajis wrote:
I'm looking for any help I can get here. I made a very simple web project. It has four pages. I then added a web setup project to my solution and added the primary output and content.

When I right click on the setup project and say build the main project builds but the setup project fails. As far as I can tell, it just says 1 built and 1 failed. I cannot even find a reason WHY it failed.

HINTS?! Anybody know where I can even look to get more info about what failed?

Thank you - oh masters of web setup projects.

Arise, dead thread!

I'm just posting this for posterity: I had the same issue: both a web setup project *and* a CAB project would simply fail, with no reason given.

But I went to the output folder, and lo and behold, there were my project files.

I guess it's a bug in visual studio. It *does* successfully build, it just returns an error code.

wierd, huh?

malawto
Go Horse!

In reply to Randolpho

#May 6th, 2008 @ 10:23 AM

It's not just web setup projects... I've got a Setup project for a Windows Service which suffered the same symptoms and I spent the last 2-3 hours pulling out my hair, trying to make any sense of it.

What killed me is that I've got another project with the same scenario that works in VS2008... I believe I upgraded it some time ago from VS2005 to VS2008. I also think it's targeting .NET 2.0 only and not .NET 3.5... perhaps that's the difference. I compared them side by side and could not find a difference in installer classes, setup project, etc.

My solution was giving me the now dreaded "1 successful, 1 failed", with no error text. I tried setting the output to Detailed and ultimately to Diagnostic... still nothing indicating where an error might have occured.

I even went so far as to create a new Windows Service (WindowsService1, wouldn't you know!) and added zero code to it, except the installer class. I then added a new Setup Project, selected the primary output and also added the primary output as custom actions. Same result, 1 successful, 1 failed.

Google brought me here, and indeed after reading Randolpho's post, I checked the output directory. There it was, perfect in all it's glory... mocking me for being so thorough as to create a new vanilla solution but not to think to check the output directory.

It's a VS 2008 bug... perhaps to be fixed in SP1 due out this summer? I can't find a list to confirm, but can only hope.

Russ Waltz

In reply to malawto

#Jun 30th, 2008 @ 10:27 AM

I'm having the same problem! Mine is a Windows Service project. I guess I will move it to a VS2005 solution. Grrrrr... Luckily (or unlickily depending on how you look at it) my app is already split int 2 separate VS2005/VS2008 solutions since I have some BizTalk projects and some .NET 3.5 projects. At least I don't have to create a new VS2005 solution for it... Come on, when is this gonna be fixed???