Satellite assemblies could not be built because the main project output is missing

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mjs@community.nospam - 26 Jun 2006 13:28 GMT

I'm sorry if this has already been asked before but I have a problem that
has only just started to happen.

When I first open a particular project it compiles and runs as expected.
However when I return to the IDE and try to F5(Debug), rebuild again I get
the following message

------ Build started: Project: App01, Configuration: Debug .NET ------

Preparing resources...
Updating references...
Performing main compilation...
Building satellite assemblies...
Satellite assemblies could not be built because the main project output is
missing.

---------------------- Done ----------------------

Build: 0 succeeded, 1 failed, 0 skipped

Any ideas?

Mark

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"Gary Chang[MSFT]" - 27 Jun 2006 07:20 GMT

Hi Mark,

Thank you posting!

Does this problem occur when you build a Visual C# solution in Visual
Studio .NET 2003?

If so, I am afraid this is known product issue in VS2003. Currently there
is a supported hotfix available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to
correct the problem that is described in this article.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support
Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product
Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs,
visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Please refer to the following MSDN KB article for the detailed information:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=867770

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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mjs@community.nospam - 27 Jun 2006 09:59 GMT

Gary

Thanks for the reply.

I should have made my issue clear at the beginning, but here goes:

I'm using VS2003

The project is VB.NET and not C# etc

I have been working in the project for a few months now so the project now
has approximately:

14 Forms
20 Dialogs
29 Datasets
35 Crystal Reports
15 Classes/modules

I don't know if that amount of items is considered large for a single
project, but the behaviour that I have described has only just stared to
happen (last 4-5 days)

I have tried rolling back to a previous version of the project that was
saved last week. It behaves correctly. I will examine the differences
between the two versions and bring the saved version in to line with the
current one. Hopefully the behaviour won't happen this time, or at least I
will figure out which addition causes the problem.

However, any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated

B.T.W. Will the C# hotfix work for VB projects?

Many thanks

Mark

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"Gary Chang[MSFT]" - 28 Jun 2006 04:22 GMT

Hi Mark,

>I have tried rolling back to a previous version of the
>project that was saved last week. It behaves correctly.
> I will examine the differences between the two versions
>and bring the saved version in to line with the current one.
>Hopefully the behaviour won't happen this time, or at least
>I will figure out which addition causes the problem.

yes, there may be some modification caused this issue. I wish you can find
the root cause.

By the way, for the issue about that hotfix, I suggest you can try the
command line build ("This problem does not occur if you use the Devenv
/build command-line command to build the solution") to your VB.NET project.
If this problem is caused by that KB specific bug, your project would be
built successfully with command line.

Thanks!

Best regards,

Gary Chang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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