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  • Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:57 AM
     
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    Hi, I am having trouble with the TFS 11 Beta release. I want to create a custom process template to execute a custom build activity. So far I realized that there is a known issue that results in a non-functional process template:

    https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/732288/vs11-beta-workflow-editor-for-build-templates-adds-extra-namespaces

    The resources on the web suggest to manually fix the xaml file by adding the Version attribute to the elements and setting it to version 10. Unfortunatly I don't want to use my process template on TFS 2010, instead I really want to use the TFS 11 Beta release. So I tried to fix it by removing the duplicated namespace entries and leaving the ones for TFS 11 only. Didn't work.

    This is how the xml looks like right after I edited in the workflow editor:

    <Activity mc:Ignorable="sap sap2010 sads" x:Class="TfsBuild.Process" this:Process.TestSpecs="[New Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.TestSpecList(New Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.AgileTestPlatformSpec(&quot;**\*test*.dll&quot;))]" this:Process.BuildNumberFormat="[&quot;$(BuildDefinitionName)_$(Date:yyyyMMdd)$(Rev:.r)&quot;]" this:Process.SolutionSpecificBuildOutputs="[False]" this:Process.CleanWorkspace="[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.CleanWorkspaceOption.All]" this:Process.RunCodeAnalysis="[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.CodeAnalysisOption.AsConfigured]" this:Process.SourceAndSymbolServerSettings="[New Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.SourceAndSymbolServerSettings(True, Nothing)]" this:Process.AgentSettings="[New Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.AgentSettings() With {.MaxWaitTime = New System.TimeSpan(4, 0, 0), .MaxExecutionTime = New System.TimeSpan(0, 0, 0), .TagComparison = Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.TagComparison.MatchExactly }]" this:Process.AssociateChangesetsAndWorkItems="[True]" this:Process.CreateWorkItem="[True]" this:Process.MSBuildPlatform="[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.ToolPlatform.Auto]" this:Process.MSBuildMultiProc="[True]" this:Process.PerformTestImpactAnalysis="[True]" this:Process.CreateLabel="[True]" this:Process.DisableTests="[False]" this:Process.Verbosity="[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.BuildVerbosity.Normal]" this:Process.SupportedReasons="All"
 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2009/xaml/activities"
 xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
 xmlns:mtbc="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client"
 xmlns:mtbc1="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
 xmlns:mtbw="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow"
 xmlns:mtbw1="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
 xmlns:mtbwa="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow"
 xmlns:mtbwa1="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
 xmlns:mtbwt="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Tracking;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow"
 xmlns:mttbb="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.BuildIntegration.BuildActivities;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.BuildIntegration"
 xmlns:mtvc="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
 xmlns:mtvc1="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client"
 xmlns:mva="clr-namespace:Microsoft.VisualBasic.Activities;assembly=System.Activities"
 xmlns:s="clr-namespace:Activities;assembly=Activities"
 xmlns:s1="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
 xmlns:sads="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2010/xaml/activities/debugger"
 xmlns:sap="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2009/xaml/activities/presentation"
 xmlns:sap2010="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2010/xaml/activities/presentation"
 xmlns:scg="clr-namespace:System.Collections.Generic;assembly=mscorlib"
 xmlns:sco="clr-namespace:System.Collections.ObjectModel;assembly=mscorlib"
 xmlns:this="clr-namespace:TfsBuild"
 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">

    This does not work when using the template, you will get a lot of messages like:Validation Error: The private implementation of activity '1: DynamicActivity' has the following validation error:   Compiler error(s) encountered processing expression "BuildDetail.BuildNumber".
    Type 'IBuildDetail' is not defined.

    I tried to fix the xml by changing it to:

    <Activity mc:Ignorable="sap sap2010 sads" x:Class="TfsBuild.Process" this:Process.TestSpecs="[New Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.TestSpecList(New Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.AgileTestPlatformSpec(&quot;**\*test*.dll&quot;))]" this:Process.BuildNumberFormat="[&quot;$(BuildDefinitionName)_$(Date:yyyyMMdd)$(Rev:.r)&quot;]" this:Process.SolutionSpecificBuildOutputs="[False]" this:Process.CleanWorkspace="[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.CleanWorkspaceOption.All]" this:Process.RunCodeAnalysis="[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.CodeAnalysisOption.AsConfigured]" this:Process.SourceAndSymbolServerSettings="[New Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.SourceAndSymbolServerSettings(True, Nothing)]" this:Process.AgentSettings="[New Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.AgentSettings() With {.MaxWaitTime = New System.TimeSpan(4, 0, 0), .MaxExecutionTime = New System.TimeSpan(0, 0, 0), .TagComparison = Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.TagComparison.MatchExactly }]" this:Process.AssociateChangesetsAndWorkItems="[True]" this:Process.CreateWorkItem="[True]" this:Process.MSBuildPlatform="[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities.ToolPlatform.Auto]" this:Process.MSBuildMultiProc="[True]" this:Process.PerformTestImpactAnalysis="[True]" this:Process.CreateLabel="[True]" this:Process.DisableTests="[False]" this:Process.Verbosity="[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.BuildVerbosity.Normal]" this:Process.SupportedReasons="All"
 xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2009/xaml/activities"
 xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
 xmlns:mtbc="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
 xmlns:mtbw="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
 xmlns:mtbwa="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
 xmlns:mtbwt="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Tracking;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow"
 xmlns:mttbb="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.BuildIntegration.BuildActivities;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.BuildIntegration"
 xmlns:mtvc1="clr-namespace:Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client;assembly=Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client, Version=11.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
 xmlns:mva="clr-namespace:Microsoft.VisualBasic.Activities;assembly=System.Activities"
 xmlns:s="clr-namespace:Activities;assembly=Activities"
 xmlns:s1="clr-namespace:System;assembly=mscorlib"
 xmlns:sads="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2010/xaml/activities/debugger"
 xmlns:sap="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2009/xaml/activities/presentation"
 xmlns:sap2010="http://schemas.microsoft.com/netfx/2010/xaml/activities/presentation"
 xmlns:scg="clr-namespace:System.Collections.Generic;assembly=mscorlib"
 xmlns:sco="clr-namespace:System.Collections.ObjectModel;assembly=mscorlib"
 xmlns:this="clr-namespace:TfsBuild"
 xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml">
    Having this done I am not able to build any more: 
    Build started 16.05.2012 11:07:27.
CoreCompile:
  C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Csc.exe /noconfig /nowarn:1701,1702,2008 /nostdlib+ /errorreport:prompt /warn:4 /define:DEBUG;TRACE /errorendlocation /highentropyva+ /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\Microsoft.CSharp.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Common.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Common.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\PrivateAssemblies\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.BuildIntegration.dll" /reference:C:\Windows\assembly\GAC_MSIL\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.Client\11.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.TestImpact.Client.dll /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Client.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.VersionControl.Common.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.Client.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\mscorlib.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\PresentationFramework.dll" /reference:"C:\Users\flo\Documents\Visual Studio 11\Projects\TFSextension\Activities\bin\Debug\Activities.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Activities.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Activities.Presentation.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Core.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Data.DataSetExtensions.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Data.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Drawing.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Xaml.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Xml.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\System.Xml.Linq.dll" /reference:"C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5\WindowsBase.dll" /debug+ /debug:full /filealign:512 /optimize- /out:obj\Debug\DefaultTemplate.dll /resource:obj\Debug\DefaultTemplate.0.1.g.xaml /resource:obj\Debug\TfsBuild_Process_BeforeInitializeComponentHelper.txt /target:library /utf8output Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs obj\Debug\_DefaultTemplate.g.cs obj\Debug\DefaultTemplate.0.1.g.cs obj\Debug\TfsBuild_Process_BeforeInitializeComponentHelper.cs
C:\Users\flo\Documents\Visual Studio 11\Projects\TFSextension\DefaultTemplate\DefaultTemplate.0.1.xaml(1,1,1,1): error : Validation cannot be run for type 'TfsBuild.Process'.  The constructor threw exception: 'XAML Node Stream: Missing CurrentObject before EndObject.'
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Xaml.targets(346,5): error : Type 'TfsBuild.Process' cannot be inspected for expressions that need compilation.  The constructor threw exception: 'XAML Node Stream: Missing CurrentObject before EndObject.'

    But I tried to use the template anyway, checking it in into version control. Running a build I now get

    TF215097: An error occurred while initializing a build for build definition \InitialTest\Test.0.3: The selected build process template does not support the Agile Test Runner.  Please choose a different Test Runner and try again.
    Any hints on how to solve this?


    • Edited by flowfrog Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:46 AM
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