Up until two days ago, I was able to use Visual Studio 2010's "Publish Web" option by right clicking on my project and clicking the publish button on the context menu. Now when I try to do the same thing, I get the following output:
------ Build started: Project: ELMS, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
Build started 8/1/2011 3:08:03 PM.
GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute:
Skipping target "GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute" because all output files are
up-to-date with respect to the input files.
_CopyOutOfDateSourceItemsToOutputDirectoryAlways:
Copying file from "C:\SVN\TrakNet\trunk\MTS\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll" to
"bin\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll".
CopyFilesToOutputDirectory:
LMS -> C:\SVN\TrakNet\trunk\MTS\bin\LMS.dll
Build succeeded.
Time Elapsed 00:00:00.04
------ Publish started: Project: LMS, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
========== Build: 1 succeeded or up-to-date, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
========== Publish: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========
This is while attempting to publish to localhost (for debugging purposes)
Here are the settings of the publish profile that I'm using:
Publish Method: Web Deploy
Service URL: localhost
Site/application: default web site/ELMS
[x] Mark as IIS application on destination
[x] Leave extra files on destination (do not delete)
I have already attempted:
- Cleaning/rebuilding the project
- Deleting the bin folder of the project
- Running reg_iis.exe -i
- Reinstalling VS2010
but nothing I've changed has fixed the error.
Any insight into what might be causing the issue would be greatly appreciated :)
EDIT:
The problem actually resolved itself as of my last reboot. I must have rebooted 6-7 times since the problem first manifested itself, but this time no Object Reference message. Here's the log from the build/publish now:
------ Build started: Project: LMS, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
Build started 8/3/2011 9:10:12 AM.
GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute:
Skipping target "GenerateTargetFrameworkMonikerAttribute" because all output files are up-to-date with respect to the input files.
_CopyOutOfDateSourceItemsToOutputDirectoryAlways:
Copying file from "C:\SVN\TrakNet\trunk\MTS\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll" to "bin\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll".
CopyFilesToOutputDirectory:
LMS -> C:\SVN\TrakNet\trunk\MTS\bin\LMS.dll
Build succeeded.
Time Elapsed 00:00:00.04
------ Publish started: Project: LMS, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
Gather all files from Project items @(IntermediateAssembly). Adding:
bin\LMS.dll to bin\LMS.dll
bin\LMS.pdb to bin\LMS.pdb
Gather all files from Project items @(Content). Adding:
Global.asax;lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll;MtsSchemas\MtsSchema.xml;Web.config
Gather all files from Project output (IntermediateSatelliteAssembliesWithTargetPath).
Adding:
Gather all files from Project items
@(ReferenceCopyLocalPaths,ReferenceComWrappersToCopyLocal,ResolvedIsolatedComModules,_DeploymentLooseManifestFile,NativeReferenceFile).
Gather all files from Project items @(AllExtraReferenceFiles). Adding:
Gather all files from Project items
@(_SourceItemsToCopyToOutputDirectoryAlways,_SourceItemsToCopyToOutputDirectory). Adding:
bin\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll
Gather all files from Project items @(_binDeployableAssemblies). Adding:
Publish Pipeline Collect Files Phase
Found The following for Config tranformation:
Web.config
Creating directory "C:\SVN\TrakNet\trunk\MTS\obj\Debug\TransformWebConfig\transformed\".
Publish Pipeline Transform Phase
Creating directory "C:\SVN\TrakNet\trunk\MTS\obj\Debug\CSAutoParameterize\transformed\".
Copying Web.config to obj\Debug\CSAutoParameterize\original\Web.config.
Transforming Source File: C:\SVN\TrakNet\trunk\MTS\Web.config
Applying Transform File: <?xml version="1.0"?>
<configuration xmlns:xdt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/XML-Document-Transform">
<connectionStrings>
<add
connectionString="{% token='$(ReplacableToken_#(parameter)_#(tokennumber))' xpathlocator='name' parameter='$(name)-Web.config Connection String' description='$(name) Connection String used in web.config by the application to access the database.' defaultValue='$(connectionString)' tags='SqlConnectionString' %}"
xdt:Transform="SetTokenizedAttributes(connectionString)" xdt:SupressWarnings="True" />
</connectionStrings>
</configuration>
Output File: obj\Debug\CSAutoParameterize\transformed\Web.config
Transformation succeeded
Auto ConnectionString Transformed Web.config into obj\Debug\CSAutoParameterize\transformed\Web.config.
Creating directory "obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp".
Copying all files to temporary location below for package/publish:
obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp.
Copying bin\LMS.dll to obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\bin\LMS.dll.
Copying bin\LMS.pdb to obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\bin\LMS.pdb.
Copying Global.asax to obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\Global.asax.
Copying lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll to obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll.
Copying MtsSchemas\MtsSchema.xml to obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\MtsSchemas\MtsSchema.xml.
Copying C:\SVN\TrakNet\trunk\MTS\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll to obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\bin\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll.
Copying obj\Debug\CSAutoParameterize\transformed\Web.config to obj\Debug\Package\PackageTmp\Web.config.
Publish Pipeline Deploy phase Pre-Deploy CopyAllFilesToOneFolder Stage
Generate source manifest file for Web Deploy package/publish ...
Creating directory "obj\Debug\Database".
Starting Web deployment task from source:manifest(C:\SVN\TrakNet\trunk\MTS\obj\Debug\Package\LMS.SourceManifest.xml) to Destination:auto().
Updating filePath (default web site/LMS\bin\ELMS.dll).
Updating filePath (default web site/LMS\bin\ELMS.pdb).
Updating filePath (default web site/LMS\bin\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll).
Updating filePath (default web site/LMS\lib\Newtonsoft.Json.Net35.dll).
Updating filePath (default web site/LMS\Web.config).
Updating setAcl (default web site/LMS).
Updating setAcl (default web site/LMS).
Successfully executed Web deployment task.
Publish is successfully deployed.
========== Build: 1 succeeded or up-to-date, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
========== Publish: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
Like I said: No idea what changed. I had been manually moving the DLLs into the website's virtual directory, then just for kicks I tried publishing this morning, and everything worked out fine.
