apsnet_merge woes

[tbh]

hi,

off and on i have run into troubles with aspnet_merge. since these problems
don't appear on my development machine (we don't merge until deployment)
they are time-consuming and annoying.

i've searched for clues here and elsewhere but haven't found much definitive
yet. in particular, is there a newer version of aspnet_merge that doesn't
(nearly) crash with the unhelpful message:

An error occurred when merging assemblies: Der Objektverweis wurde nicht
auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
(the German means roughly null reference exception error)

?

if we had some clues about what was referencing what, the tool would be
considerably more useful.

cheers,

Tim Hanson

[George]

Re: apsnet_merge woes

I am using with aspnet_merge as well I did not have problems with that.
One thing that concerns me is that you said "we don't merge until
deployment". Not sure what you mean exactly but for me merging is part of
deployment.

First I develop a project on my machine then when it's ready I compile it
with aspnet_compiler .exe and then merge it with aspnet_merge.ex e
And then move it to production.
-----------------------------------------

Also some good point i read recently is if you have 2 pages with the same
name in different folders merge will fail.
read more here

http://www.cosmocentral.com/post/MSBuild-Aspnet_mergeexe-Exited-With-Code-1.aspx

and here

http://www.dotnet2themax.com/blogs/mbellinaso/CommentView,guid,ac5c95f8-f73e-4ed7-86ad-93dab0f34d4e.aspx

George.



"tbh" <femdev@newsgro ups.nospamwrote in message
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hi,
>
off and on i have run into troubles with aspnet_merge. since these
problems don't appear on my development machine (we don't merge until
deployment) they are time-consuming and annoying.
>
i've searched for clues here and elsewhere but haven't found much
definitive yet. in particular, is there a newer version of aspnet_merge
that doesn't (nearly) crash with the unhelpful message:
>
An error occurred when merging assemblies: Der Objektverweis wurde
nicht auf eine Objektinstanz festgelegt.
(the German means roughly null reference exception error)
>
?
>
if we had some clues about what was referencing what, the tool would be
considerably more useful.
>
cheers,
>
Tim Hanson
>
>

[tbh]

Re: apsnet_merge woes

thanks, George,

"George" <noemail@comcas t.netwrote in message
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>I am using with aspnet_merge as well I did not have problems with that.
One thing that concerns me is that you said "we don't merge until
deployment". Not sure what you mean exactly but for me merging is part of
deployment.
>
First I develop a project on my machine then when it's ready I compile it
with aspnet_compiler .exe and then merge it with aspnet_merge.ex e
And then move it to production.

yes, that's what we do too. i could probably save time by "publishing "
locally and then merging, but it still takes several minutes.

so again, any hints about newer, better versions of apsnet_merge would be
hugely appreciated.

Tim

[George]

Re: apsnet_merge woes

Have you checked those links
-------friom original post--------------
Also some good point i read recently is if you have 2 pages with the same
name in different folders merge will fail.
read more here

http://www.cosmocentral.com/post/MSBuild-Aspnet_mergeexe-Exited-With-Code-1.aspx

and here

http://www.dotnet2themax.com/blogs/mbellinaso/CommentView,guid,ac5c95f8-f73e-4ed7-86ad-93dab0f34d4e.aspx

----------------
Is it your case? Other than that i am not sure what else to offer.

Try to completelly remove the folder where you publishing your version. Most
likely some garbage is left there which prevents merging. Publishing only
adds new files but does not remove files...

George


"tbh" <femdev@newsgro ups.nospamwrote in message
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thanks, George,
>
"George" <noemail@comcas t.netwrote in message
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>>I am using with aspnet_merge as well I did not have problems with that.
>One thing that concerns me is that you said "we don't merge until
>deployment". Not sure what you mean exactly but for me merging is part of
>deployment.
>>
>First I develop a project on my machine then when it's ready I compile it
>with aspnet_compiler .exe and then merge it with aspnet_merge.ex e
>And then move it to production.

>
yes, that's what we do too. i could probably save time by "publishing "
locally and then merging, but it still takes several minutes.
>
so again, any hints about newer, better versions of apsnet_merge would be
hugely appreciated.
>
Tim
>