index > Team Foundation Server - General > Team Build Error when using Strong Naming

Team Build Error when using Strong Naming

Hi I am getting the following error when trying to build my solution using Team Build. The projects are strong named an the key is in source control.

Solution: MediaConnector.Client.Windows.sln, Project: MediaConnector.Domain.csproj, Compilation errors and warnings
C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Microsoft.Common.targets(1718,7): error MSB4018: The "ResolveKeySource" task failed unexpectedly.
System.InvalidOperationException: Showing a modal dialog box or form when the application is not running in UserInteractive mode is not a valid operation. Specify the ServiceNotification or DefaultDesktopOnly style to display a notification from a service application.
   at Microsoft.Build.Shared.ExceptionHandling.RethrowUnlessFileIO(Exception e)
   at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ResolveKeySource.ResolveAssemblyKey()
   at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ResolveKeySource.Execute()
   at Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.TaskEngine.ExecuteTask(ExecutionMode howToExecuteTask, Hashtable projectItemsAvailableToTask, BuildPropertyGroup projectPropertiesAvailableToTask, Boolean& taskClassWasFound)

The error referes to this section of the Microsoft.Common.targets file:

      <ResolveKeySource
          KeyFile="$(AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile)"
          CertificateThumbprint="$(ManifestCertificateThumbprint)"
          CertificateFile="$(ManifestKeyFile)"
          SuppressAutoClosePasswordPrompt="$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)"
          ShowImportDialogDespitePreviousFailures="$(BuildingProject)"
          ContinueOnError="!$(BuildingProject)"
          >

        <Output TaskParameter="ResolvedKeyFile" PropertyName="KeyOriginatorFile" Condition=" '$(SignAssembly)' == 'true' "/>
        <Output TaskParameter="ResolvedKeyContainer" PropertyName="KeyContainerName" Condition=" '$(SignAssembly)' == 'true' "/>
        <Output TaskParameter="ResolvedThumbprint" PropertyName="_DeploymentResolvedManifestCertificateThumbprint" Condition=" '$(SignManifests)' == 'true' "/>

      </ResolveKeySource>

To me it looks like it is some problem with finding the key, but i am not sure where to go from here. If i check the application out to a clean directory it builds fine so i assume that everything is being referenced ok.

Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on here?

Thanks,
Derek

Derek Ekins

Well I found that the error is because my key requires a password.
I cannot figure out how to give msbuild that password however. If anyone has any pointers...

Derek Ekins

For password protected signing keys to work on build without prompting, they need to be exported into a key container crypto store on the build machine under the account that performs the build. Once exported, the build will not ask for a password anymore. The crypto store will do the signing and take care to keep private key safe.

Nagaraju Palla MSFT

Just the answer i was looking for.

Thanks very much.

Derek Ekins

Nagaraju

Did you come up with any other workarounds?

Thanks,

Paul

Nothing

Pvanroos

reply 5