FAQ's for Developers
Compiling
Compiler Errors
Q: I get 'File name xyz is too long or invalid' message
[solution] Building 'Ict.Petra.Client.MReporting.Gui.MConference' [Debug] ... [solution] CSC: Error CS2021: File name '..\..\..\..\_bin\ObjCode\Ict.Petra.Client.MReporting.Gui.MConference.TFrmAttendanceSummaryReport.resources' is too long or invalid [solution] Project 'Ict.Petra.Client.MReporting.Gui.MConference' failed! [solution] Continuing build with non-dependent projects. [solution] Building 'Ict.Petra.Client.MFinance.Gui.Gift' [Debug] ... [solution] Building 'Ict.Petra.Client.MPartner.Gui' [Debug] ... [solution] Building 'Ict.Petra.Client.MReporting.Gui.MPersonnel' [Debug] ... File name '..\..\..\..\_bin\ObjCode\Ict.Petra.Client.MReporting.Gui.MConference.TFrmAttendanceSummaryReport.resources' is too long or invalid [solution] CSC: Error CS2021: File name '..\..\..\..\_bin\ObjCode\Ict.Petra.Client.MReporting.Gui.MPersonnel.TFrmEmergencyContactReportStaff.resources' is too long or invalid [solution] Project 'Ict.Petra.Client.MReporting.Gui.MPersonnel' failed!
Solution: my working path had too many characters "C:\Documents and Settings\timotheusp\My Documents\openpetra\bzr\dev_0000159_exportimportgiftbatch". I renamed the branch part, and compilation works fine again!
Unit Testing
NUnit
Q: I get 'Assembly Not Loaded: System.BadImageFormatException' Exception
When starting NUnit on 64-bit Windows, you might get this error:
Assembly Not Loaded System.BadImageFormatException : Could not load file or assembly 'Tests.Common, Version=0.0.9.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. You may be attempting to load an assembly built with a later version of the CLR than the version under which NUnit is currently running (2.0.50727) or trying to load a 64-bit assembly into a 32-bit process.
Solution: run the nunit-x86.exe instead of the nunit.exe from your directory C:\Program Files (x86)\NUnit 2.5.8\bin\net-2.0 or similar.
Q: How can I include the sources of NUnit-Forms in my test software developement?
The standard unit tests of openpetra are handled by NUnit extended by NUnit-Forms. NUnit-Forms seems to be a project which has terminated some years ago and so it may be necessary to develop some own little extensions. In the very first level you can create a “development tool” combined by the NUnit-Forms-Sources and NUnit.
Actually the NUnit-Forms-dll is delivered inside the source tree and stored in the path \csharp\ThirdParty\NUnit.
Furthermore there exists a zip file which contains the our internal status of the NUnit-Forms sources. The zip-file can be unzipped anywhere else on the pc. Inside of the nunitforms\source-folder you’ll find the solution file NUnitForms.sln. Inside of this file you find the relevant project NUnitForms.
- Select this project, select “properties” and
- then select the tab “Compiling”
- then let the output path point to \csharp\ThirdParty\NUnit
- start a dll-build by using F8 (Sharp-Develop)
Then in case of an error not only the test routines are shown in NUnit but the other NUnitForms-Routines too. Of course, it is a something simple development suite because you cannot single step debug or something else. You only can use this static viewer and in the TextOutput-Tab you can place some messages using System.Console.Writeln.
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