My advice is to not use slingshot and use the solution task. It can be set up to work with ASP.NET solutions, and doesn't give you the same problems that slingshot does.
Erick > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 5:55 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [NAntC-Dev] Slingshot and ASP.NET projects > > > Hi All, > > (As an aside I'm new to this list) > > We've been working with a VS.NET solution that includes an > ASP.NET project > and we've been using Nant to create an automated build and > test environment. > > We had some problems getting a nant build script for the > solution and ended > up just exec-ing the devenv.exe. > > I found 2 issues: > > 1. Using the <slingshot> command through nant always gives a > error about > build.basedir. I've tried a couple of combinations but with > no luck. the > failing script looks like: > > <target name="Slingshot" description="Use Slingshot"> > <slingshot solution="C:\projects\WebSolution.sln" > format="nant" > output="Slingshot.build"> > <parameters> > <option name="build.basedir" value="."/> > </parameters> > </slingshot> > </target> > > if anyone can give me any pointers it would be appreciated. > > 2. After failing with that we took a look at the > Slingshot.exe itself and > this gave an error when compiling project references for the > ASP.NET project > within the solution. > > We had structured our solution as outlined by the Microsoft > roadmap for Team > development of .NET solutions. This meant not allowing VS.NET to > automatically create IIS web directories, under > c;\inetpub\wwwroot\, for the > ASP.NET application but instead manually creating a Blank > Solution first and > then adding the directory structure beneath it, to give > something like; > > c:\project\MyNewApp\MyNewAppSolution\MyNewWebApp > > and then manually mapping the MyNewWebApp directory to be a virtual > directory under IIS and then adding a new ASP.NET project > into the blank > solution using http://localhost/MyNewWebApp as its location. > > To cut an increasingly long story short this structure seemed > to confuse > Slingshot when it tried to build up the correct path to > referenced dlls, > producing the following error: > > Unhandled Exception: System.NotSupportedException: The given > path's format > is not supported. > at > System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.CanonicalizePath(String path, > Boolean needFullPath) > at > System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.AddExpressions(String[] str, > Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath) > at > System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileI > OPermissionAcc > ess access, String[] pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean > needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList) > at > System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermi > ssionAccess > access, String[] pathList, Boolean checkForDuplicates, > Boolean needFullPath) > at System.IO.Path.GetFullPath(String path) > at SLiNgshoT.Core.Driver.WriteSolution(SolutionWriter > writer, TextWriter > textWriter, String sln, Hashtable parameters, Hashtable uriMap) > at SLiNgshoT_Console.Main(String[] args) > > A bit of investigation showed the error to be at around line 300 in > driver.cs: > > path = Path.GetFullPath( solution.SolutionDirectory + "\\" > + project.RelativePath + "\\" + path ); > > For our ASP.NET project structure project.RelativePath is not > a RelativePath > it is absolute. > > Adding the following test seems to have fixed it: > > if(Path.IsPathRooted(project.RelativePath)) > path = GetWebProjectReferencePath(project.RelativePath, path); > else > path = Path.GetFullPath( solution.SolutionDirectory + "\\" > > + project.RelativePath + "\\" + path ); > > where > > /// <summary> > /// Use Path of the current reference file, as loaded from > the HintPath in > the project file, > /// and the Project Path to build a correct absolute path to > the referenced > file. > /// The method can handle the situations > /// Case 1. where the Reference path is correctly relative to > the project > file location > /// Case 2. where the Reference path is relative to the Solution file > location > /// Case 3. where the Reference path is local to the Project > File location. > /// </summary> > /// <param name="ProjectPath">The rooted path of the current > project</param> > /// <param name="ReferencePath">The path, rooted, relative or > filename only, > of the referenced file</param> > /// <returns>A string representing the absolute path of the reference > file</returns> > private static string GetWebProjectReferencePath(string > ProjectPath, string > ReferencePath) > { > string Delimiters = "\\"; > char [] DelimiterArray = Delimiters.ToCharArray(); > string [] Directories = null; > > //nasty hardcoding of Max 100 directory levels > int MaxDirCount = 100; > Directories = ProjectPath.Split(DelimiterArray, MaxDirCount); > > //NB. remember to discount the drive letter from the > directory count > //so only count the zero-based GetUpperBound value > int ProjectDirLevelCount = Directories.GetUpperBound(0); > string ProjectDrive = Directories[0]; > //get ".." count > Directories = ReferencePath.Split(DelimiterArray, MaxDirCount); > string ReferenceAbsolutePath = ""; > int ReferenceDirLevelCount = 0; > for(int i=0;i<=Directories.GetUpperBound(0);i++) > { > if(Directories[i] == "..") > ReferenceDirLevelCount++; > else > ReferenceAbsolutePath = > ReferenceAbsolutePath + "\\" > + Directories[i]; > } > ReferenceAbsolutePath = ProjectDrive + ReferenceAbsolutePath; > > /* if we have no directories it must be a local copy - Case 1. > * if the directory counts match then do the standard > path building - > Case 2. > * otherwise take a view and use one constrcuted using > the following > assumptions: > * a. The reference is on the same drive > * b. The relative path is always taking us back to the root > directory first. > * ... Case 3. > * */ > > //Case 3. > if(ReferenceDirLevelCount==0) > return Path.GetFullPath( ProjectPath + "\\" + > ReferencePath > ); > //Case 2. > else if(ProjectDirLevelCount == ReferenceDirLevelCount) > return Path.GetFullPath( ProjectPath + "\\" + > ReferencePath > ); > //Case 1. > else > return ReferenceAbsolutePath; > } > > > > I don't know if this is a known problem, or one that has > already been fixed, > but looking at line 140 of source.cs it loks like this would > be common to > all ASP.NET projects, but I could easily be wrong about that? > > string relativeProjectPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(path); > project.RelativePath = relativeProjectPath; > > Being new to the sourceforge/open source world I wouldn't > have the foggiest > about how to get this change approved, tested, etc and into the actual > slingshot code rather than my local version. > > Regards, > > Mike > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to > whom they are > addressed. 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