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steveg89
steveg89

Reputation: 1827

Can't build using TF Service, builds locally fine

I'm trying to get a project to work with a continuous integration build. Currently, it consists of a library dll, .net 4.5 app, and WP8 app. I use team foundation service with GIT as my source control.

I was able to set up a build configuration but it fails with the following message:

Exception Message: MSBuild error 1 has ended this build. You can find more specific information about the cause of this error in above messages. (type BuildProcessTerminateException)
Exception Stack Trace:    at System.Activities.Statements.Throw.Execute(CodeActivityContext context)
   at System.Activities.CodeActivity.InternalExecute(ActivityInstance instance, ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager)
   at System.Activities.Runtime.ActivityExecutor.ExecuteActivityWorkItem.ExecuteBody(ActivityExecutor executor, BookmarkManager bookmarkManager, Location resultLocation)

This is the ONLY exception in the entire solution, although there are 10 warnings. Additionally, I've run the build with the verbosity to diagnostic and here is the output of that.

Again I don't see any issues with that build, just the cryptic "Done building project.... --FAILED" message. Locally, the project can be built and rebuilt without any issues. Anyone have any idea what might be causing this issue?

Edit: Through trial and error I've narrowed the issue down to having a windows phone 8 application in my solution. If I exclude that project, the solution builds fine. If it's included, I get the problem. Should I perhaps be using a separate build definition for each project and not for the solution itself? Windows phone 8 projects by themselves build fine...

Upvotes: 3

Views: 10521

Answers (1)

Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson

Reputation: 8369

The error you're getting is occurring within the build template that your build definition is using. Build templates are Windows Workflow files that guide TFS Build through the process of executing a given build. The reason why your project is building locally is that Visual Studio isn't using this build template, as build templates only run on the server under TFS Build.

I dare say someone has customised the build template that your build is using, and that customisation is failing. Based on the error, it seems to be happening during the execution of a CodeActivity, which is now obsolete (though being obsolete isn't actually the issue). The custom code in that CodeActivity is probably failing though.

Assuming your build process doesn't need any specific customisations provided by the failing build template, I'd just select a different one or create a new one. You can do this from the Process tab when editing the build definition.

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 4

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