Re: [NAnt-users] Good Nant book for beginner

2011-09-01 Thread Brass Tilde
; > Thanks > Michael > > > On Aug 31, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Brass Tilde wrote: > > +1 on these recommendations. I have this book, and it was just what we > needed. > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Scott Pennington < > spenning...@prosper.com> wrote: > &

Re: [NAnt-users] Good Nant book for beginner

2011-08-31 Thread Brass Tilde
+1 on these recommendations. I have this book, and it was just what we needed. On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Scott Pennington wrote: > http://www.apress.com/9781590594858 is a good book on NAnt and > CruiseControl.NET with examples on how to actaully do it. > > ** ** > > *Expert .NET Del

Re: [NAnt-users] Solution format of file is not supported.

2011-05-27 Thread Brass Tilde
I don't remember if MS Build can suppress them from the command line or not, but there is a section in the Build section of the Project properties page where you can suppress specific warnings by number. On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 8:09 AM, Jed Padilla wrote: > I got NAnt working this morning. The

Re: [NAnt-users] Solution format of file is not supported.

2011-05-26 Thread Brass Tilde
We've found that it's easiest to just use the MSBuild task, rather than the solution task, which calls out to MSBuild itself. On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Jed Padilla wrote: > I recently had a friend recommend NAnt to me. The project I am working on > has 10 different solutions to it, and e

Re: [NAnt-users] New To NANT

2010-11-03 Thread Brass Tilde
If you're running NAnt fro a network share, you may have to set that share as trusted to the Framework. By default almost anything except the local box is untrusted. On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:32, Troy Bull wrote: > I am brand new to nant. I downloaded it and it runs fine on my windows XP > box

Re: [NAnt-users] [nant-dev] Thoughts on moving NAnt to git

2010-10-17 Thread Brass Tilde
I'm not a developer on the project, so my opinion doesn't really count, nor frankly do I have an opinion either way anyway, but why would you suggest a change? Aside from any personal preferences you may have, what would the *project* gain from such a switch, and why would that make changing worth

Re: [NAnt-users] Building a WPF project in Nant

2009-07-17 Thread Brass Tilde
> I am trying to build a WPF project having xaml file using csc task in nant > and it gives me several error like this :- > "error CS0103: The name 'InitializeComponent' does not exist in the current > context" > > I have checked all build and assembly refrence but the error remains > same.Can I bu

Re: [NAnt-users] editing a VBP

2009-04-25 Thread Brass Tilde
>> For this specific task, we use a combination of a custom regex >> function, and the loadfile, property and echo tasks. > > Thanks... yours is very close to what I did. I didn't bother with the > regex's and stuff. Here is what I ended up with. It works well. We had the regex function around, an

Re: [NAnt-users] editing a VBP

2009-04-24 Thread Brass Tilde
> Or, any other quick and dirty ways to modify a vbp file. I want to set the > MajorVer, MinorVer and RevisionVer values. For this specific task, we use a combination of a custom regex function, and the loadfile, property and echo tasks. The script:

Re: [NAnt-users] SOLVED: RE: Delete not removing directories ...

> Scoured the documentation and discovered that will not act > on ReadOnly files and directories.  Marked the entire directory tree as > Read/Write.  Now everything is working as expected. Ah. Good to know. Now the question that comes to my mind is: Do you really need to make your deployment di

Re: [NAnt-users] Delete not removing directories ...

>     >   defaultexcludes="false" > >     >     >     >   >     > >   What happens if you use "**/_vti_cnf/" or "**/_vti_cnf/**" and "Dashboard/" or "Dashboard/**" instead? /bs

Re: [NAnt-users] XML Validator

> Brass, > > One option that you might pursue Just to clarify, this is Alon Amsalem's question, not mine. /bs -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by Apr

Re: [NAnt-users] XML Validator

Depending on exactly what you mean by "validate a folder of xml files", Saxon may fill the bill. -- Stay on top of everything new and different, both inside and around Java (TM) technology - register by April 22, and save

Re: [NAnt-users] path combine question for OS

>  I am trying to use the path combine operation to launch an exec task with > the correct executable.  I was hoping that path combine would correctly > combine for the correct OS   A/B/C for mac and A\B\C for windows. > path::combine ( "A", "B/C") would correctly give A/B/C for mac and A\B\C for

Re: [NAnt-users] .Net Windows Application : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word reference

> I have created a windows application that has a reference to the word > interop and performs certain automation of MS Word. > The build Process is fine inside visual studio, However i am having > difficulty building it with Nant, mainly with respect to building it with > the MS Word interop, whic

Re: [NAnt-users] psexec

> Sorry added the switch but there appears to be some type of error with the > bat file That's something that you're going to need to work out. Use regsvr32.exe /? for specific help with that command. Many DOS commands have such a switch which will show you the parameters. /bs

Re: [NAnt-users] psexec

> 2. Unregister – dlls – here it just hangs > Regsvr32 –u x:\dlls\aspDlls.dll If this is the exact command line you used, add the /s (silent) switch to it, and see what happens. If you don't do that, the remote machine is trying to display a modal dialog box. Whether or not that succeeds d

Re: [NAnt-users] psexec

> I was able to use psexec to start and stop IIS on a remote machine however, > I was not able to unregister and unregister a .dll on that same remote > machine. So my target ran a bat file that You need to make sure the user logged into the local machine has rights to make the modifications you

Re: [NAnt-users] nant , vs 2008 on 2.0 framework

> I am using nant to build a project vs2008 but on a 2.0 framework and I keep > running in to the following error: > File format version is unrecognized: MSBUILD can only read solution files > between versions 7 and 9 inclusive The error indicates that MSBuild 2.0.whatever is trying to read a sol

Re: [NAnt-users] running a batch file

> > > > > > > > What is wrong with this bat file? When I run it it just hangs What does setup1.bat look like? -- Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR,

Re: [NAnt-users] examples of Environment Config Files

> environment config files. In my case I have a lot of the individual task > doing what they are suppose to do. However, if my supervisor puts in > Nant -D:tag=/src/Test/tags/Star1_1.0 env=prod then he wants it to point to > the production environment and run my existing task, env=dev then he want

Re: [NAnt-users] examples of Environment Config Files

Config files for specifically what purpose? Pointing to different databases or other resources? Options that should only appear in one environment? /bs -- Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Ad

Re: [NAnt-users] ignoring compilation error messages

> that I want to build with nant. The problem is that our project has a number > of errors that I need to ignore. I know that these errors should be fixed, > but for some silly political reason they need to be ignored and my Mgr is > over ruling me. Just out of curiosity, how do you ignore errors?

Re: [NAnt-users] Delete files but preserve directory tree

> IF this a consistent directory tree? If so, just exclude the directories > from the delete. If not I think you should be able to use a foreach to loop > over a fileset and delete each individual files. But, I don't know how good > the performance on this will be. Would the effort of adding a "fi

Re: [NAnt-users] Any way to do a while loop?

> the installer directly. I'm launching the process remotely, which > requires my nant exec task to call a vbs script locally, and the vb code > starts the process on the remote machine. The vbs script does not wait > for the remote process started to complete before the vbs itself > completes.

Re: [NAnt-users] MSBuild task and .NET 3.5

> I am using Nant on two separate workstations. I installed Nant Version 0.86 > on both machines. In both cases, I edited the Nant configuration file and > set: Did you compare the two config files to make absolutely certain that they are the same? If so, it sounds like either something that sh

Re: [NAnt-users] xmlpeek - Multiple nodes found with the XPath expression

> I ran into this issue *so* many times that I obtained the task > and source from: > > http://weblogs.asp.net/soever/archive/2006/12/01/nant-xmllist-command-updated.aspx Snap! Thanks so much for that. That should go a long way towards solving my current PITA. Brad ---

Re: [NAnt-users] svn failed to start

Bob Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I looks to be like this task deletes any files in the project with an > svn status of Unversioned or Ignored. Digging future it seems to use > another open source project from Softect, subversionsharp and AprSharp > that are actuall linked to subversion 1.4

Re: [NAnt-users] svn failed to start

Bob Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, I have tried several different things on the exec tag... Have you tried "verbose" on the to see what output, if anything, Subversion is actually pumping out? - This SF.Net ema

Re: [NAnt-users] svn failed to start

Bob Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I'm really stuck here. Does anyone else have any ideas why I > would be getting a fail to start message with the exec tag. (BTW: The > SVN tag works, I just can't seem to get it to do what I want it to > do.) Have you tried using the fully qualified

Re: [NAnt-users] Framework paths

Gert Driesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brad, > > This issue was fixed since the beta 1 release. > > Can you try using the lastest nightly build (from 10th of Februari), > and let me know if that fixes it for you? It does indeed, thanks very much. Brad --

[NAnt-users] Framework paths

Using NAnt 0.86 (Build 0.86.2898.0; beta1; 12/8/2007), and the nant/bin directory in my path, and this build file: http://nant.sf.net/release/0.86-beta1/nant.xsd";> With the NAnt.exe.config net-3.5 framework element's tool-paths element set like this, un

Re: [NAnt-users] Command line properties - Can youexplainthismessage?

Ken Parrish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Eric, >> >> Good observation which I should have mentioned. The statement >> in my example is not really necessary--it just suppresses the error >> message generated by Nant. The code behaves correctly without the >> statement as was in my original exa

Re: [NAnt-users] 3.5 Framework Solution Build using 2.0

Bob Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MY understanding is that this was only an issue with projects created > with the beta releases. If you create the projects with the RTM > release it is fine. There is a batch file that fixes this here: > http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/9/2/79268325-

Re: [NAnt-users] exec

Bob Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, I have a build tool which comes with a batch file to call it. The > batch file calls the build tool which sets the errorlevel. It actually > sets it to 1 for success. Is it possible it doesn't get back to > nant... I would expect nant to see the one and

Re: [NAnt-users] VS2008 solution format error

Bob Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm using the latest nightly build, VS2008 prof trial and .NET 3.5 and > I'm getting this error > > Solution format of file 'C:\test\Project\src\project.sln' is not > supported. Have you tried using the task and just executing the 3.5 version of MSBuild.e

Re: [NAnt-users] Bug? task doesn't cause a non-zero exitcodefrom within a nant.onsuccess target

Chris Lambrou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Craig, > > We use a slightly modified version of NUnit, and often we wrap it in > NCover.Console.exe, so we run it using an task, rather than > using NAnt's task. However, even if NUnit returns with a > non-zero error code, we don't allow this to immedi

Re: [NAnt-users] VS.Net 2005 and NAnt 0.85 - I'm going insane withthis!!!!

Wayne Hartell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > We have beem using NAnt-0.85-rc3 for quite some time with Visual > Studio 2003.NET. In our build files we have been executing builds > like this: > > If I may make a suggestion: don't use devenv for VS 2005 projects, use MSBuild instead

Re: [NAnt-users] NantContrib and task

Dix, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\6.0\Setup\Microsoft > Visual Basic] > > "ProductDir"="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\VB98" > > I changed this to be the path of my tools/SDK/VB98 directory under my > enlistment and it works! Y

Re: [NAnt-users] svn task

Bob Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to use the svn task. Basically, I want to commit a file > to the repository. The file may or may not have been in the repo > before. I don't think that matters comminting the file should > implicitly add it. Well, it matters to *Subversion*.

Re: [NAnt-users] NANT and VS2005

Alan Guedeney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > NANT solution task documentation does not include support for VS2005? > Does this work in version 0.85? -Alan Not that I've seen, though there is allegedly a version somewhere that does. However, the MSBuild task works quite well for building solution

Re: [NAnt-users] VB projects compilation issue

Let's keep this on the list, so others who might be stuck in COMville can benefit as well. > Ashish Mittal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > Thanks for your response > As you mentioned that "If the DLLs you are referencing are registered, > then the VB6 compiler should be able to find them no m

Re: [NAnt-users] VB projects compilation issue

Ashish Mittal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello friends, > > I am getting error in compilation of VB6 projects. > > Problem:-I want to compile VB6 project from NAnt and also want > to provide reference to some dll during project compilation time. Generally speaking, references in a VB6

[NAnt-users] XmlPeek task, verbose attribute

Using NAnt 0.85, the xmlpeek task reports the absence of a particular XPath as an error. It doesn't cause my build to fail, since I've specified 'failonerror="false"', but CC.NET reports it as an error in it's errors section. In my particular case is *not* an error, since the presence or absen

Re: [NAnt-users] Creating custom Nant Tasks

> Is there anyone who has had experience creating custom Nant tasks?  I am trying to hook in mcc, a matlab > compiler, into Nant, but I am running into issues when I try to parse nested elements.  What I want to be > able to parse looks something like this: FWIW, I've seldom found an application

Re: [NAnt-users] passing string delimiters

Phil Sayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > with MSBuild you must delimit the project or solution path/name with > quotes otherwise you get > MSBUILD : error MSB1008 I've never gotten that error from using the MSBuild task. But you used single quotation marks. Should you be using double quotation

Re: [NAnt-users] passing string delimiters

Phil Sayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ok, >> I'm using the msbuild task from nantContrib, but i'm sure the same >> principles apply to nant, it's just a syntax issue. >> >> so my msbuild task looks like this >> >> < msbuild project="'${core.source}\Solution 1.sln'" > I've never had to include

Re: [NAnt-users] Category inclusion/exclusion command line switchfor Nunit-GUI.exe

Gert Driesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wrong list; please post this message to one of the NUnit lists > instead. Arg. My apologies to the list. "I chose...poorly" from my address book. - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Infl

[NAnt-users] Category inclusion/exclusion command line switch for Nunit-GUI.exe

Is there a request to provide the /include and /exclude switches on the GUI command line as well as the console app? Is this a reasonable request? I use the NUnit-GUI app from within VS 2005, using the Debug tab from within the project properties for my test project, and I have some long runn

Re: [NAnt-users] MSBuild

>> Geez, where have I been? Does this task support the .NET >> 2.0 version of the program? > > Yes. > > Note: it currently is only part of NAntContrib. Cool. Since I already use NAntContrib, that makes it easy. Thanks, Brad

Re: [NAnt-users] MSBuild

> > ... > > Geez, where have I been? Does this task support the .NET 2.0 version of the program? Brad - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get

[NAnt-users] Load properties from a file

I could have sworn that I saw a task in either NAnt or NAntContrib that would load a set of properties from a separate file. Since I can't find it in either NAnt's or NAntContrib's current documentation, I presume that I was halucinating. If I'm not, would someone please point me to it? If there

RE: [NAnt-users] Force copy

> Is there a way to do this? I don't see a switch that will allow me to tell copy to > do this no matter what? Ideas? Using Subversion, you will need to delete the existing tag and copy a new one. --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to

Re: [NAnt-users] NANT fails with "GUID values do not match", but with matching GUIDs?

[solution] Starting solution build. [solution] GUID corruption detected for project 'XX.Presentation.Views.Summary'. GUID values in project file and solution file do not match ( '{9277ABB6-8305-480F-828F-92C99DD42999}' and '{9277ABB6-8305-480F-828F-92C99DD42899}' ). Please correct this manually.

RE: [NAnt-users] NAnt support for .NET VS 2005

> My understanding was that this release supported VS 2005. Am I missing something here? > [solution] Starting solution build. > Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2005 solutions are not supported. While NAnt itself will run under the 2.0 platform, the task does not understand VS 2005 solution files.

Re: [NAnt-users] How do I change the directory structure of the output from a solution build?

I am building a solution that puts the output into the following directory structure: \src\bin\Release\ How can I change this behaviour? I've tried changing the output= parameter, but to no avail. I want it to be placed right in: \bin Is this just a function of the solution itself or my lac

Re: [NAnt-users] Automatically updating build number on nightly builds

NAntContrib (nantcontrib.sf.net) has the task. We use it to increment the build numbers in our builds and then check the build.number file into the source repository (SVN). FWIW, we use CruiseControl.NET to do our nightly builds, and it has the capability to keep track of version numbers, and

RE: [Nant-users] string::trim

> > I'm trying to remove spaces from a string and use it > > as a property. Any clue why the following won't work: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Eric- > property is immutable by definition so you cannot 'reset' it > as you are attempting to do here > 2 choices:

Re: [Nant-users] Getting environment variable value

> Try this instead: The single quotation mark tells NAnt that the value is literal, rather than a property. --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today * Register for a JBoss Training Course Free Certification

Re: [Nant-users] Install Tools

> I have to admit a real lack of knowledge on Cruise Control (is there a > CC list?) Yes, at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ccnet-user. > Do you install from a network share? If you have the tools in > a revision control system, then you need revision control installed to > get goin

Re: [Nant-users] How to manage asynchronous tasks

> I'd be interested to hear what issues you have with the vb6 task so that > we can look at fixing them. Thanks Just to clarify, it was the original poster, Mr. Schneider, who was having the problem, not me. For me, it works splendidly. Brad ---

Re: [Nant-users] How to manage asynchronous tasks

> I would like to start the Visual Basic 6 compiler (vb6.exe) which works > in the background unfortunately. I know there is the vb6-task. But it > does not work as I expect. Besides, since it also just make an exec call > it is has the same effect. Are you talking about the NAntContrib VB6 task?

Re: [Nant-users] Developing NAnt tasks resource

> From: "Marc Holmes" > My book does include a chapter on task creation amongst other stuff. And I'll chime in with kudos on that chapter (and the book in general). I've successfully written several tasks now using Marc's book as a guide. Clear explanations and illustrative examples that actuall

Re: [Nant-users] Free version of Nant Pad?

> Is there any tool out there that is open source or free that is an > alternative to "nant" pad? Bascially looking for a "nant" editor. There used to be some instructions somewhere in the NAnt docs for using Visual Studio 2003 for this. That way, you could use the same editor for your build scri

RE: [Nant-users] nUnit2 task: Remove from project

> I can see the point behind this, and to an extent I agree: if a feature is broken and there's no intention of fixing it then it > should simply be removed, because otherwise people (like me - see my earlier post) are going to waste a lot of time trying to > get something to work that just won't