Use Publish Wizard to publish a addin for Microsoft Project 2003

Question

Hi,

I am developing a addin for Project 2003 with vsto 2005 SE. I can use the setup project to build an installer for the addin.
Then I use the publish wizard to publish the addin. Then I tried to click the deployment file of the addin "PPM_MSP_Plugin2003.application", an error happens. I have created the same registry entries as the installer manually and granted full trust to the publish folder. Do I miss anything else?

ERROR DETAILS
    Following errors were detected during this operation.
    * [2009-10-31 18:57:21] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
        - Exception reading manifest from file:///C:/Temp/plublish20032/PPM_MSP_Plugin2003.application: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
        - Source: System.Deployment
        - Stack trace:
            at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
            at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
            at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension)
            at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
        --- Inner Exception ---
        System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestSemanticValidation)
        - Deployment manifest is not semantically valid.
        - Source: System.Deployment
        - Stack trace:
            at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForDeploymentRole()
            at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemantics(ManifestType manifestType)
            at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
        --- Inner Exception ---
        System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestComponentSemanticValidation)
        - Application reference identity must be strongly named.
        - Source: System.Deployment
        - Stack trace:
            at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateApplicationDependency(DependentAssembly da)
            at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForDeploymentRole()

Answer 1

I am developing a addin for Project 2003 with vsto 2005 SE. I can use the setup project to build an installer for the addin.
Then I use the publish wizard to publish the addin. Then I tried to click the deployment file of the addin "PPM_MSP_Plugin2003.application", an error happens. I have created the same registry entries as the installer manually and granted full trust to the publish folder. Do I miss anything else?

Hello,

For this error, it has been discussed in this forum before many times. Do you have check these thread: Outlook Addin Deployment VSTO, Publishing Error, and publishing outlook add-in. Please let me know if these links do not help you.  

There are two ways for us to deploy office solution: Windows Installer and Publish Wizard.

For deploying office solution using windows installer, please refer to these resources introducing the deployment steps: Part 1 and Part 2. You could download the project samples from a link which you will find in the first link above.

For deploying office solution using publish wizard, here are two MSDN articles you could refer to: Deploying Application-Level Add-Ins and How to: Deploy Solution Files Using the Publish Wizard.

Best regards,
Bessie

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