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abhisinghal
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Apr 12, 2020

Pre Build Action in Windows Application Project

Hi   Trying to copy files to target folder in a pre build action with this command xcopy /y "$(SolutionDir)..\common\lib\AnyCPU\*.*" "$(TargetDir)"   Getting error as follows: Severity Code Des...
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abhisinghal
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Apr 17, 2020

scoban Thanks - will try this.

 

The scenario I am trying to enable is this.

 

Project has a reference to LibraryA.dll , which is AnyCPU.

This LibraryA uses some platform specific dlls which are dynamically loaded using assembly resolver.

On the pre-build action, we copy files for both platforms to the output folder under sub folders x64 and x86, and then load depending on the platform on which app is running.

 

Do I need to do anything else to package above ?

 

Thanks

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abhisinghal
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Apr 21, 2020

scoban Getting this error

 

Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error PRI175: 0x8007000b - Processing Resources failed with error: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. AppSystem.Wap GENERATEPROJECTPRIFILE 1

 

Package format selected is neutral.

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    scoban
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    Apr 22, 2020

    abhisinghal Thats not enough to go off of, do you have a sample project I can look at? Try building for x86/x64 instead?

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        scoban
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        Apr 23, 2020

        abhisinghal I was able to successfully package that app with a more recent version of Visual Studio and even tried with a slightly older version.  Try deleting your bin/obj folders (Clean the project).

         

        Did you see the error with the sample project as well?

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