Hi,

I am trying to publish a windows forms via Click Once but am getting an error of Application Cannot be Started. I tried removing the older program and ran the setup. It worked and now I am getting this error again. Any suggestions?

PLATFORM VERSION INFO
 Windows    : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT)
 Common Language Runtime  : 2.0.50727.3053
 System.Deployment.dll   : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
 mscorwks.dll    : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
 dfdll.dll    : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)
 dfshim.dll    : 2.0.50727.3053 (netfxsp.050727-3000)

SOURCES
 Deployment url   : file://zchifp2/CHI%20Dept/CHI%20Competitive%20Insights/Published%20Applications/TimeTracker/TimeTracker21.application
 Application url   : file://zchifp2/CHI%20Dept/CHI%20Competitive%20Insights/Published%20Applications/TimeTracker/Application%20Files/TimeTracker21_1_0_0_3/TimeTracker21.exe.manifest

IDENTITIES
 Deployment Identity  : TimeTracker21.application, Version=1.0.0.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=263cd68c39ee6419, processorArchitecture=msil
 Application Identity  : TimeTracker21.exe, Version=1.0.0.3, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=263cd68c39ee6419, processorArchitecture=msil, type=win32

APPLICATION SUMMARY
 * Online only application.

ERROR SUMMARY
 Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
 * Activation of \\zchifp2\CHI Dept\CHI Competitive Insights\Published Applications\TimeTracker\TimeTracker21.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
  + Value does not fall within the expected range.

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
 No transaction error was detected.

WARNINGS
 * The file named com.ci.services.dll does not have a hash specified in the manifest. Hash validation will be ignored.
 * The file named com.ci.services.security.dll does not have a hash specified in the manifest. Hash validation will be ignored.
 * The file named office.dll does not have a hash specified in the manifest. Hash validation will be ignored.
 * The file named Microsoft.Vbe.Interop.dll does not have a hash specified in the manifest. Hash validation will be ignored.
 * The file named log4net.dll does not have a hash specified in the manifest. Hash validation will be ignored.
 * The file named TimeTracker21.exe does not have a hash specified in the manifest. Hash validation will be ignored.
 * The file named Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll does not have a hash specified in the manifest. Hash validation will be ignored.
 * The file named com.ci.util.db.connector.dll does not have a hash specified in the manifest. Hash validation will be ignored.
 * The file named com.ci.util.db.dll does not have a hash specified in the manifest. Hash validation will be ignored.

OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
 * [10/7/2009 2:53:35 PM] : Activation of \\zchifp2\CHI Dept\CHI Competitive Insights\Published Applications\TimeTracker\TimeTracker21.application has started.
 * [10/7/2009 2:53:35 PM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed.
 * [10/7/2009 2:53:35 PM] : Installation of the application has started.
 * [10/7/2009 2:53:35 PM] : Processing of application manifest has successfully completed.
 * [10/7/2009 2:53:36 PM] : Request of trust and detection of platform is complete.

ERROR DETAILS
 Following errors were detected during this operation.
 * [10/7/2009 2:53:36 PM] System.ArgumentException
  - Value does not fall within the expected range.
  - Source: System.Deployment
  - Stack trace:
   at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.IStore.LockApplicationPath(UInt32 Flags, IDefinitionAppId ApId, IntPtr& Cookie)
   at System.Deployment.Internal.Isolation.Store.LockApplicationPath(IDefinitionAppId app)
   at System.Deployment.Application.ComponentStore.LockApplicationPath(DefinitionAppId definitionAppId)
   at System.Deployment.Application.SubscriptionStore.LockApplicationPath(DefinitionAppId definitionAppId)
   at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.PatchFiles(SubscriptionState subState)
   at System.Deployment.Application.FileDownloader.Download(SubscriptionState subState)
   at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDependencies(SubscriptionState subState, AssemblyManifest deployManifest, AssemblyManifest appManifest, Uri sourceUriBase, String targetDirectory, String group, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
   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)

COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
 No transaction information is available.

 

It sounds like you're adding files to the manifest after doing the deployment, and not re-signing the files. So are you mucking with the deployment after creating it with Visual Studio? Or are you using Mage/MageUI to create the deployment package?

Also, you should not be deploying the office and office interop assembly dll's with your application. Those must be installed in the GAC. You need to deploy the Office Primary Interop Assemblies as a prerequisite, and if your users don't have Office, those parts of your application won't work. You can't make something that uses Office work by just including a dll.

RobinDotNet

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Hi,

Try re-generate the manifest using Mage; and clear the downloaded application cache by Mage -cc.

And I couldn't agree more with Robin that you should not redistribute Office PIA like this. Office PIAs must be included as a prerequisite. This is not only just technical but also legal - AFAIK, Office PIA redist has its own EULA so you must use the package provided by Microsoft rather than just copy some single DLLs.

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Jie
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