My application creates a ClickOnce application via the command line tool Mage. If I build the ClickOnce application on Windows XP 32-bit (Visual Studio 2008), and double click the xxx.application file, it’s working fine.
The same project run on Windows 7 64 bit (Visual Studio 2008), and the ClickOnce application is created fine, but starting the xx.application file generates an error (see below).
I’m using the MS-SDK 6.0A "…Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\Bin\mage.exe"
Why is this?
Error message
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.239
System.Deployment.dll : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
clr.dll : 4.0.30319.239 (RTMGDR.030319-2300)
dfdll.dll : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
dfshim.dll : 4.0.31106.0 (Main.031106-0000)
SOURCES
Deployment url : file:///C:/m4/branches/oebb2.2.0/Deployment/M4Desktop.application
IDENTITIES
Deployment Identity : M4Desktop.app, Version=2.2.0.26921,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=7825390df6ab8bb8,
processorArchitecture=msil
APPLICATION SUMMARY
* Installable application.
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these
errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of C:\m4\branches\oebb2.2.0\Deployment\M4Desktop.application resulted in
exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception reading manifest from file:///C:/m4/branches/oebb2.2.0/Deployment/M4Desktop_2.2.0.26921/M4Desktop.exe.manifest:
the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ Application manifest is not semantically valid.
+ Specified <entryPoint> is not valid. Check that the path to the entrypoint is
well-formed and the entrypoint exists in the deployment.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS * [22.12.2011 10:42:49] : Activation of
C:\m4\branches\oebb2.2.0\Deployment\M4Desktop.application has started.
* [22.12.2011 10:42:49] : Processing of deployment manifest has
successfully completed. * [22.12.2011 10:42:49] : Installation of the
application has started.
ERROR DETAILS Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [22.12.2011 10:42:49]
System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException
(ManifestParse)
- Exception reading manifest from file:///C:/m4/branches/oebb2.2.0/Deployment/M4Desktop_2.2.0.26921/M4Desktop.exe.manifest:
the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri&appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, Uri&appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState&subState, ActivationDescription actDesc)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestSemanticValidation)
- Application manifest is not semantically valid.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForApplicationRole()
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (InvalidManifest)
- Specified <entryPoint> is not valid. Check that the path to the entrypoint is well-formed and the entrypoint exists in the deployment.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForApplicationRole()
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
In my case the problem was non-matching values
processorArchitecturebetween the<assemblyIdentity>and<entryPoint>tags.When generating the manifest via command line Mage I didn’t add the
-p x86option.Some DLL files included in the ClickOnce application where built with
x86 solution, but Mage generatedassemblyIdentitywithprocessorArchitecture=x86by default.I’m working with both Visual Studio 2008 on Windows 7 64-bit and also Windows XP 32-bit.
See below for relevant parts of the manifest file.
Not working manifest
Working manifest