LC.EXE Command Line Problem
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Compiling the LICX file in from VS.NET works fine now, however when attempting to build it in my NANT script (or from the command line) I get the following errors:
I have tried copied all of the appropriate RedGate dlls to the current directory, but that does not seem to work either.
What should the correct command line options be to LC.EXE?
C:\>lc /target:my.exe /complist:licenses.licx /v
Microsoft (R) .NET License Compiler
[Microsoft .Net Framework, Version 1.1.4322.573]
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 1998-2002. All rights reserved.
Processing complist 'licenses.licx'...
licenses.licx(1) : info LC0001 : Processing component entry 'RedGate.SQLCompare.Engine.Database'
licenses.licx(1) : error LC0003 : Unabled to resolve type 'RedGate.SQLCompare.Engine.Database'
licenses.licx(2) : info LC0001 : Processing component entry 'RedGate.SQLDataCompare.Engine.ComparisonSession'
licenses.licx(2) : error LC0003 : Unabled to resolve type 'RedGate.SQLDataCompare.Engine.ComparisonSession'
Creating Licenses file my.exe.licenses...
I have tried copied all of the appropriate RedGate dlls to the current directory, but that does not seem to work either.
What should the correct command line options be to LC.EXE?
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The .NET component licensing can be tricky indeed. If it works in Visual Studio, but not in Lc.exe, maybe it will help if you give lc.exe more information in licenses.licx. Can you try adding the following to licenses.licx?
RedGate.SQLDataCompare.Engine.ComparisonSession, RedGate.SQLDataCompare.Engine, Version=3.3.9.14, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=00240000048000009400000006020000002400005253413100040000010001008FC10F454406BF85568F958675567383EB344EF516BEC3937AAD9239B15EDF1EB663E2501CE211AB47FB6C26554697B487E8CDA6B2D662B42146417D62AA9C74C4719BC5910DB2659584ADC4F07F0687744B038085B76CC6336A7108738CCFD0AABE44760EC94C8DFD29009FC2DEF78455CE1920A2A5696D108734386CE04AD9
RedGate.SQLCompare.Engine.Database, RedGate.SQLCompare.Engine, Version=3.2.0.5, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=00240000048000009400000006020000002400005253413100040000010001008FC10F454406BF85568F958675567383EB344EF516BEC3937AAD9239B15EDF1EB663E2501CE211AB47FB6C26554697B487E8CDA6B2D662B42146417D62AA9C74C4719BC5910DB2659584ADC4F07F0687744B038085B76CC6336A7108738CCFD0AABE44760EC94C8DFD29009FC2DEF78455CE1920A2A5696D108734386CE04AD9
Around 9 months ago now we updated our build system and began using NAnt to build our projects and I experienced exactly the problem you're having.
Basically whatever we did we could not get lc.exe to work. I even looked at lc.exe using Lutz Roeder's .NET Reflector, and from the code couldn't figure out how it possibly could work. In the end what I did was to quickly hack together an NAnt task to wrap devenv.exe and build our VS.NET projects. I had previously tried using the NAnt 'solution' task, as well as carrying out all the build steps manually, but to no avail.
This might not be what you're looking to do, however it will build VS.NET projects (you'll need to change the exe path for 2003 though, as it looks like the default is set to 2002 - really we should grab this value from the registry), and will compile the licenses in as you need it to. The problem of course is that way VS.NET builds projects is a complete black box so you've no control whatsoever, except that with 2003 you can of course specify pre- and post-build events.
Anyway, I hope this helps you out. I've pasted the code into my next message. Also, should you need a copy of the GNU LGPL you can find it in plaintext format at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.txt.
Kind regards,
Principal Consultant
bartread.com Ltd
#region GNU General Public License // // NAntContrib // Copyright (C) 2001-2003 Gerry Shaw // // // This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or // modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public // License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either // version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. // // This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, // but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of // MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU // Lesser General Public License for more details. // // You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public // License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software // Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA // // Jason Reimer, Diversant Inc. (jason.reimer@diversant.net) // William E. Caputo, ThoughtWorks Inc. (billc@thoughtworks.com) #endregion using System; using System.Diagnostics; using System.IO; using System.Text; using NAnt.Core; using NAnt.Core.Attributes; namespace NAnt.RedGateTasks { /// <summary> /// Builds Visual Studio solutions and project files using /// devenv.exe. /// Author: Bart Read /// </summary> [TaskName("vsnetbuild")] public sealed class VSNETBuildTask : Task { string _exeName = @"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"; string _solution; string _solutionConfig; string _project; string _projectConfig; bool _rebuild = true; bool _clean; bool _deploy; string _tempFile; [TaskAttribute("exename")] public string ExeName { get { return _exeName; } set { _exeName = value; } } /// <summary> /// Name of a solution (.sln) file. May also /// be the name of a project file, but note that /// if no .sln file is specified then the specified /// project file will be used as the solution. /// </summary> [TaskAttribute("solution")] public string Solution { get { return _solution; } set { _solution = value; } } /// <summary> /// Specifies solution configuration to build. /// </summary> [TaskAttribute("solutionconfig")] public string SolutionConfig { get { return _solutionConfig; } set { _solutionConfig = value; } } /// <summary> /// Specifies the project to build instead of solution. /// </summary> [TaskAttribute("project")] public string ProjectFile { get { return _project; } set { _project = value; } } /// <summary> /// Specifies the project configuration to build. Must /// also specify project name. /// </summary> [TaskAttribute("projectconfig")] public string ProjectConfig { get { return _projectConfig; } set { _projectConfig = value; } } /// <summary> /// Do rebuild (i.e. clean before build) rather than build. /// Default is true. /// </summary> [TaskAttribute("rebuild")] public bool Rebuild { get { return _rebuild; } set { _rebuild = value; } } /// <summary> /// Clean up build outputs. /// </summary> [TaskAttribute("clean")] public bool Clean { get { return _clean; } set { _clean = value; } } /// <summary> /// Build the specified solution configuration and then deploy it. /// </summary> [TaskAttribute("deploy")] public bool Deploy { get { return _deploy; } set { _deploy = value; } } bool _ignoreErrors = false; /// <summary> /// /// </summary> /// <returns></returns> [TaskAttribute("ignoreerrors")] public bool IgnoreErrors { get { return _ignoreErrors; } set { _ignoreErrors = value; } } private string CreateArguments() { StringBuilder buff = new StringBuilder(); buff.Append( "\"" + ( null == Solution ? ProjectFile : Solution ) + "\"" ); buff.Append( Rebuild ? " /rebuild " : " /build " ); buff.Append( null == SolutionConfig ? ProjectConfig : SolutionConfig ); // if ( null != ProjectFile ) { // buff.Append( " /project " ); // buff.Append( ProjectFile ); // if ( null != ProjectConfig ) { // buff.Append( " /projectconfig " ); // buff.Append( ProjectConfig ); // } // } buff.Append( " /out " ); buff.Append( "\"" + _tempFile + "\"" ); if ( Clean ) { buff.Append( " /clean" ); } if ( Deploy ) { buff.Append( " /deploy" ); } return buff.ToString(); } protected override void ExecuteTask() { _tempFile = Path.GetTempFileName(); try { Process p = new Process(); p.StartInfo.FileName = ExeName; p.StartInfo.Arguments = CreateArguments(); Log(Level.Info, "Running : \"" + ExeName + "\" " + p.StartInfo.Arguments); p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true; p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false; p.Start(); string output = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd(); Log(Level.Info, "Output from '" + ExeName + "'"); Log(Level.Info, output); p.WaitForExit(); FileStream fin = new FileStream(_tempFile, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read); StreamReader rin = new StreamReader(fin); int exitCode = p.ExitCode; string buildLog = rin.ReadToEnd(); Log(0 == exitCode || this.IgnoreErrors ? Level.Info : Level.Error, "Build output:" ); Log(0 == exitCode || this.IgnoreErrors ? Level.Info : Level.Error, buildLog); rin.Close(); fin.Close(); if (0 != exitCode) { if (!this.IgnoreErrors) { throw new BuildException( "Error executing " + Name + " task. '" + ExeName + "' returned a non-zero exit code: " + p.ExitCode + "\n\n" + buildLog); } else { Log(Level.Warning, "Ignoring build problems."); } } } catch ( Exception e ) { if (!this.IgnoreErrors) { throw new BuildException("Error executing " + Name + " task: " + e.Message, e); } else { Log(Level.Warning, "Ignoring build problems."); } } finally { try { File.Delete(_tempFile); } catch {} } } } }Principal Consultant
bartread.com Ltd
I believe that if your build process is running as the LocalSystem account, you may get this error for that reason. If that's the case, then the solution would be to run your automated build process as a named user, one that has a valid profile that can be loaded.
Hopefully this helps!