[nant-dev] Error building using Solution Target

[Conley, Michael T. (JRA)]

I get an internal error building one solution that I have.    The following is list of the projects in the solution in the order they are set to build in Visual Studio. CommonUI (solution) CATS.CommonUI (VB Project) CATS.CommonUI.Controls (VB Project) CATS.CommonUI.Controls.CollapsibleSplitter (C# Project) CATS.CommonUI.Forms (VB Project) CATS.CommonUI.MainMenu (VB Project) CATS.CommonUI.Singletongs (VB Project) CATS.CommonUI.Startup (VB Project)   The Target I use is as follows.  <solution configuration="${config}" outputdir="${UIoutputDir}" solutionfile="${SourceIteration}\UI\CommonUI.root\CommonUI\CommonUI.sln" includevsfolders="true" verbose="true"></solution> All the properties are set correctly and using other solutions this target statement works.       Below is the output from verbose.  One of my first thoughts is how does NAnt determine the build order when using a solution target.  The one it used was clearly not what was specified in the solution.  While I'm not certain that this is the error thrown it is attempting to build the projects in an order that won't work to do project dependencies.   __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________     NAnt 0.85 (Build 0.85.1768.0; nightly; 11/3/2004) Copyright (C) 2001-2004 Gerry Shaw http://nant.sourceforge.net   [loadtasks] Failure scanning "C:\NantTest\NAnt.NUnit1Tasks.dll" for extensions. One or more of the types in the assembly unable to load. Buildfile: file:///C:/NantTest/WinCATSUI.Build Target(s) specified: debug     debug:     clean:     cleaner:      [delete] Deleting 0 files.   buildUI:    [solution] Starting solution build.  [solution] Loading projects...  [solution] Loading project 'c:\src\ITERATION_6\UI\CommonUI.root\CommonUI\CATS.CommonUI.Controls.CollapsibleSplitter\CATS.CommonUI.Controls.CollapsibleSplitter.csproj'.  [solution] Loading project 'c:\src\ITERATION_6\UI\CommonUI.root\CommonUI\CATS.CommonUI.Singletons\CATS.CommonUI.Singletons.vbproj'.   BUILD FAILED   INTERNAL ERROR   System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.    at NAnt.VSNet.ProjectSettings.GetProjectGuid(XmlElement elemRoot) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\ProjectSettings.cs:line 261    at NAnt.VSNet.ProjectSettings..ctor(XmlElement elemRoot, XmlElement elemSettings, Project project) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\ProjectSettings.cs:line 46    at NAnt.VSNet.Project.Load(Solution sln, String projectPath) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\Project.cs:line 168    at NAnt.VSNet.ProjectFactory.LoadProject(Solution sln, SolutionTask slnTask, TempFileCollection tfc, GacCache gacCache, ReferencesResolver refResolver, DirectoryInfo outputDir, String path) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\ProjectFactory.cs:line 100    at NAnt.VSNet.Reference..ctor(Solution solution, ProjectSettings ps, XmlElement elemReference, GacCache gacCache, ReferencesResolver refResolver, ProjectBase parent, DirectoryInfo outputDir) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\Reference.cs:line 105    at NAnt.VSNet.Project.Load(Solution sln, String projectPath) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\Project.cs:line 178    at NAnt.VSNet.ProjectFactory.LoadProject(Solution sln, SolutionTask slnTask, TempFileCollection tfc, GacCache gacCache, ReferencesResolver refResolver, DirectoryInfo outputDir, String path) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\ProjectFactory.cs:line 100    at NAnt.VSNet.Solution.LoadProjects(GacCache gacCache, ReferencesResolver refResolver) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\Solution.cs:line 574    at NAnt.VSNet.Solution..ctor(FileInfo solutionFile, ArrayList additionalProjects, ArrayList referenceProjects, TempFileCollection tfc, SolutionTask solutionTask, WebMapCollection webMaps, FileSet excludesProjects, DirectoryInfo outputDir, GacCache gacCache, ReferencesResolver refResolver) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\Solution.cs:line 130    at NAnt.VSNet.Tasks.SolutionTask.ExecuteTask() in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.VSNet\Tasks\SolutionTask.cs:line 380    at NAnt.Core.Task.Execute() in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Task.cs:line 177    at NAnt.Core.Target.Execute() in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Target.cs:line 249    at NAnt.Core.Project.Execute(String targetName, Boolean forceDependencies) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Project.cs:line 876    at NAnt.Core.Project.Execute(String targetName) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Project.cs:line 846    at NAnt.Core.Tasks.CallTask.ExecuteTask() in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Tasks\CallTask.cs:line 117    at NAnt.Core.Task.Execute() in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Task.cs:line 177    at NAnt.Core.Target.Execute() in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Target.cs:line 249    at NAnt.Core.Project.Execute(String targetName, Boolean forceDependencies) in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Project.cs:line 876    at NAnt.Core.Project.Execute() in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Project.cs:line 833    at NAnt.Core.Project.Run() in d:\Source\nant-20041103T201108Z\src\NAnt.Core\Project.cs:line 902   Please send bug report to [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Total time: 0.2 seconds.                 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH SERVICES    Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration - Division of Operations Support Services     Mike Conley, Information Technology Application Specialist 5 (360)902-8045 CATS Help Desk: (360) 664-CATS  [EMAIL PROTECTED]