Couldn't Re-Build Solution

[shunjid]

When I tried to re-build the latest repository solution, It shows this problem.

[jespersh]

You may have to restart visual studio

[shunjid]

@jespersh Did that. Same problem.

[jespersh]

Another problem I found was that if the build path is too long, then it wouldn't work (sometimes?)
Like if I tried to build from C:\Users\jsh\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master3\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master, then it would fail until I moved it to C:\tmp\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master

[shunjid]

I don't know what is happening. But re-building from a short-path still didn't solve this problem :-(
@jespersh

[Keboo]

@shunjid can you post your MSBuild log?

[shunjid]

Severity	Code	Description	Project	File	Line	Suppression State
Warning	CS1584	XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\Icon.cs	10	Active
Warning	CS1584	XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\IconType.cs	7	Active
Warning	CS1584	XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\PackIcon.cs	7	Active
Warning	CS1584	XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\PackIconKind.cs	11	Active
Warning	CS1584	XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/license.txt'	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\Icon.cs	11	Active
Warning	CS1584	XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/license.txt'	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\IconType.cs	8	Active
Warning	CS1584	XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/license.txt'	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\PackIconKind.cs	12	Active
Warning		The referenced component 'ShowMeTheXAML.AvalonEdit' could not be found.	MaterialDesignDemo			
Warning		The referenced component 'ShowMeTheXAML' could not be found.	MaterialDesignDemo			
Warning		The referenced component 'ICSharpCode.AvalonEdit' could not be found.	MaterialDesignDemo			
Warning	CS0414	The field 'TransitioningContentBase._isOpeningEffectPending' is assigned but its value is never used	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\Transitions\TransitioningContentBase.cs	26	Active
Error		ShowMeTheXAML was added to the MaterialDesignDemo project. Please rebuild the project.	MaterialDesignDemo	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MainDemo.Wpf\MaterialDesignDemo.csproj	462	
Warning	CS0612	'SmartHint.ContentNotEmptyName' is obsolete	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\SmartHint.cs	16	Active
Warning	CS0612	'SmartHint.ContentEmptyName' is obsolete	MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf	C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\SmartHint.cs	15	Active

@Keboo

[jespersh]

@shunjid could you increase the build verbosity? Unsure if Detailed or Diagnostic is what we'd like here.
Also copy from the Output Build log. I suspect you copied from the Error List.

[shunjid]

1>------ Rebuild All started: Project: MaterialDesignColors.Wpf, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
1>  MaterialDesignColors.Wpf -> C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignColors.Wpf\bin\Debug\MaterialDesignColors.dll
2>------ Rebuild All started: Project: MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
3>------ Rebuild All started: Project: MaterialDesignColors.Wpf.Tests, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
2>  Paket version 5.176.6
2>  C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\paket-files\paket.locked is locked by paket.exe (PID = 4648). Waiting...
2>  Starting restore process.
2>  Performance:
2>   - Runtime: 3 seconds
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\Icon.cs(10,72,10,77): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\Icon.cs(11,20,11,25): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/license.txt'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\IconType.cs(7,72,7,77): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\IconType.cs(8,20,8,25): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/license.txt'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\PackIcon.cs(7,65,7,70): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\PackIconKind.cs(11,72,11,77): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\PackIconKind.cs(12,20,12,25): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/license.txt'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\SmartHint.cs(15,69,15,85): warning CS0612: 'SmartHint.ContentEmptyName' is obsolete
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\SmartHint.cs(16,69,16,88): warning CS0612: 'SmartHint.ContentNotEmptyName' is obsolete
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\Transitions\TransitioningContentBase.cs(26,22,26,45): warning CS0414: The field 'TransitioningContentBase._isOpeningEffectPending' is assigned but its value is never used
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\Icon.cs(10,72,10,77): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\IconType.cs(7,72,7,77): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\IconType.cs(8,20,8,25): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/license.txt'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\Icon.cs(11,20,11,25): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/license.txt'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\PackIcon.cs(7,65,7,70): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\PackIconKind.cs(11,72,11,77): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://materialdesignicons.com/'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\PackIconKind.cs(12,20,12,25): warning CS1584: XML comment has syntactically incorrect cref attribute 'https://github.com/Templarian/MaterialDesign/blob/master/license.txt'
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\SmartHint.cs(15,69,15,85): warning CS0612: 'SmartHint.ContentEmptyName' is obsolete
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\SmartHint.cs(16,69,16,88): warning CS0612: 'SmartHint.ContentNotEmptyName' is obsolete
2>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\Transitions\TransitioningContentBase.cs(26,22,26,45): warning CS0414: The field 'TransitioningContentBase._isOpeningEffectPending' is assigned but its value is never used
2>  MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf -> C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf\bin\Debug\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf.dll
3>  Paket version 5.176.6
3>  Starting restore process.
3>  Performance:
3>   - Disk IO: 2 seconds
3>   - Runtime: 3 seconds
3>  MaterialDesignColors.Wpf.Tests -> C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignColors.Wpf.Tests\bin\Debug\MaterialDesignColors.Wpf.Fixture.dll
4>------ Rebuild All started: Project: MaterialDesignThemes.MahApps, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
5>------ Rebuild All started: Project: MaterialDesignDemo, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
6>------ Rebuild All started: Project: MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf.Tests, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
4>  Paket version 5.176.6
4>  C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\paket-files\paket.locked is locked by paket.exe (PID = 8252). Waiting...
4>  Starting restore process.
4>  Performance:
4>   - Disk IO: 617 milliseconds
4>   - Runtime: 3 seconds
4>  MaterialDesignThemes.MahApps -> C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.MahApps\bin\Debug\MaterialDesignThemes.MahApps.dll
6>  Paket version 5.176.6
6>  Starting restore process.
6>  Performance:
6>   - Disk IO: 980 milliseconds
6>   - Runtime: 2 seconds
6>  MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf.Tests -> C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf.Tests\bin\Debug\MaterialDesignThemes.Wpf.Tests.dll
7>------ Rebuild All started: Project: MahAppsDragablzDemo, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
5>  Paket version 5.176.6
5>  Starting restore process.
5>  Performance:
5>   - Disk IO: 245 milliseconds
5>   - Runtime: 1 second
5>C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MainDemo.Wpf\MaterialDesignDemo.csproj(462,5): error : ShowMeTheXAML was added to the MaterialDesignDemo project. Please rebuild the project.
7>  Paket version 5.176.6
7>  Starting restore process.
7>  Performance:
7>   - Disk IO: 1 second
7>   - Runtime: 2 seconds
7>  MahAppsDragablzDemo -> C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MahMaterialDragablzMashUp\bin\Debug\MahAppsDragablzDemo.exe
========== Rebuild All: 6 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

@jespersh I guess, you are expecting this one, right?

[Keboo]

Thanks @shunjid that log is helpful.
A few followup questions.

• From your screenshot it appears that you are running VS2017; is that correct? I assume this is also the latest code on the master branch?
• Is the Target framework of the MaterialDesignDemo project set to .NET Framework 4.5? (Right click on the project, go to Properties, and look under the Application tab).
• Can you check the contents of the generated packages directory. I would expect to see the following files: packages\ShowMeTheXAML\lib\net45\ShowMeTheXAML.dll and packages\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild\build\net45\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild.targets. Do those exist?
• If you set the MSBuild output verbosity to Detailed (as @jespersh suggests) you should see something similar to this in the output:

5>Target "BuildXamlDictionary" in file "C:\Dev\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit\packages\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild\build\net45\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild.targets" from project "C:\Dev\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit\MainDemo.Wpf\MaterialDesignDemo.csproj" (target "BeforeCompile" depends on it):
5>Using "BuildXamlDictionaryTask" task from assembly "C:\Dev\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit\packages\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild\build\net45\..\..\\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild.dll".
5>Task "BuildXamlDictionaryTask"
5>Done executing task "BuildXamlDictionaryTask".
5>Done building target "BuildXamlDictionary" in project "MaterialDesignDemo.csproj".
5>Target "BeforeCompile" in file "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\MSBuild\15.0\Bin\Microsoft.Common.CurrentVersion.targets" from project "C:\Dev\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit\MainDemo.Wpf\MaterialDesignDemo.csproj" (target "Compile" depends on it):
5>Done building target "BeforeCompile" in project "MaterialDesignDemo.csproj".
5>Target "ShowMeTheXAML_EnsureXamlCreated" in project "C:\Dev\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit\MainDemo.Wpf\MaterialDesignDemo.csproj" (target "Compile" depends on it):
5>Task "Error" skipped, due to false condition; (('$(ShowMeTheXAMLGeneratedFileName)' == '' Or $(ShowMeTheXAMLGeneratedFileName) == '*Undefined*') And Exists('..\packages\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild\build\$(__paket__ShowMeTheXAML_MSBuild_targets).targets')) was evaluated as (('ShowMeTheXaml_XamlDictionary.g.cs' == '' Or ShowMeTheXaml_XamlDictionary.g.cs == '*Undefined*') And Exists('..\packages\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild\build\net45\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild.targets')).
5>Done building target "ShowMeTheXAML_EnsureXamlCreated" in project "MaterialDesignDemo.csproj".

Try doing searches in the output for BuildXamlDictionaryTask and ShowMeTheXAML_EnsureXamlCreated.

Just to clarify: the check that is failing is here. It uses the presence of the ShowMeTheXAMLGeneratedFileName variable to determine if the ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild.targets was included as part of the build process. This file is expected to be included when paket downloads and installs the NuGet package.

[shunjid]

@Keboo Answering serially:

• Yes, Visual Studio 2017. Latest code

• Yes, 4.5

• Both the files exist

• I set that to details and now the output log is quite big than the previous. I searched for those keywords in the output:

1. For BuildXamlDictionaryTask

5>Target "BuildXamlDictionary" in file "C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\packages\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild\build\net45\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild.targets" from project "C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MainDemo.Wpf\MaterialDesignDemo.csproj" (target "BeforeCompile" depends on it):
5>Using "BuildXamlDictionaryTask" task from assembly "C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\packages\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild\build\net45\..\..\\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild.dll".
5>Task "BuildXamlDictionaryTask"
5>Done executing task "BuildXamlDictionaryTask".

2. For ShowMeTheXAML_EnsureXamlCreated

5>Target "ShowMeTheXAML_EnsureXamlCreated" in project "C:\Users\Username\Downloads\MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit-master\MainDemo.Wpf\MaterialDesignDemo.csproj" (target "Compile" depends on it):
5>Task "Error" skipped, due to false condition; (('$(ShowMeTheXAMLGeneratedFileName)' == '' Or $(ShowMeTheXAMLGeneratedFileName) == '*Undefined*') And Exists('..\packages\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild\build\$(__paket__ShowMeTheXAML_MSBuild_targets).targets')) was evaluated as (('ShowMeTheXaml_XamlDictionary.g.cs' == '' Or ShowMeTheXaml_XamlDictionary.g.cs == '*Undefined*') And Exists('..\packages\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild\build\net45\ShowMeTheXAML.MSBuild.targets')).
5>Done building target "ShowMeTheXAML_EnsureXamlCreated" in project "MaterialDesignDemo.csproj".

[Keboo]

@shunjid that is exactly how I would expect the log to look. And at least according to those small snippets it looks like the project compiled successfully. Are you still seeing that error?

[shunjid]

@Keboo Yes, the project now compiled successfully and this time it has no error (except some warnings).
But what was the actual problem? Does making output verbosity to 'detailed' solved the problem?