VSS Get Error

Question

am trying to get latest version of my project using following

<UsingTask AssemblyFile="Microsoft.Sdc.Tasks.dll" TaskName="Microsoft.Sdc.Tasks.SourceSafe.Get" />

<Target Name="Latest">

<SourceSafe.Get

UserName="abc"

Password="abc"

Database="\\vss\Code"

Project="$\Source\Project"

WorkingDirectory="c:\temp">

</SourceSafe.Get>

</Target>

It gets all the files from the VSS but at the end I get following error message.

 

Target Latest:
    Connecting to VSS.
    Getting latest version.
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : A task error has occured.
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : Message                         = Value cannot be null.
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : Parameter name: url
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : Project                         = $\Source\Project
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : Database                        = \\Vss\Code
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : Username                        = abc
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : Password                        = abc
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : Label                           = <String.Empty>
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : GetParameter                    = <String.Empty>
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : WorkingDirectory                = c:\temp
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : VersionNumber                   = <String.Empty>
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : VersionNumberConfigFileLocation = <String.Empty>
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : VersionNumberConfigVSSLocation  = <String.Empty>
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error : OnlyIncrementRevision           = False
D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error :

D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error :    at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl..ctor(String url, XmlNameTa
ble nt)

D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error :    at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename)

D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error :    at Microsoft.Sdc.Tasks.SourceSafe.Get.LoadVersionNumber()

D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error :    at Microsoft.Sdc.Tasks.SourceSafe.Get.InternalExecute()

D:\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\WindowsApplication2\WindowsApplication2\test.
xml(6,5): error :    at Microsoft.Sdc.Tasks.TaskBase.Execute()

Done building target "Latest" in project "test.xml" -- FAILED.

Done building project "test.xml" -- FAILED.

 

 

Any help will be great,

Thanks in advance!!

Answer 1

At least if you have flipped the readonly bit of some file yourself, then the task will spew errors (not sure if that is the case here..)

Answer 2

 

Has anyone ever found the cause of this error? It is happening to me when trying to pull files from source safe. It retrieves them fine, but the build 'fails' because of this error.

 

Thanks,

-Matt

Answer 3

matt_peterson wrote:

Has anyone ever found the cause of this error? It is happening to me when trying to pull files from source safe. It retrieves them fine, but the build 'fails' because of this error.   Thanks, -Matt

 

 

Nevermind, I spent a couple hours trying to figure this out, only to find the problem a hour after posting...

 

based on the help file for this task, the format is as such:

 

<SourceSafe.Get   Database="database"   Username="username"   Password="password"   GetParameter="getParameter"   Label="label"   OnlyIncremementRevision="onlyIncrementRevision"   Project="project"   VersionNumber="versionNumber"   VersionNumberConfigFileLocation="versionNumberConfigFileLocation"   VersionNumberConfigVSSLocation="versionNumberConfigVSSLocation"   WorkingDirectory="workingDirectory" > </SourceSafe.Get>

 

there were a couple extra values that I wasn't filling out. Adding the VersionNumberConfigFileLocation and properly formatted XML version file was the key to getting it working.

 

Hope this helps other members new to MSbuild/tasks...