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    copied!<blockquote> <p><strong>Possible Duplicate:</strong><br> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2910983/tfs-2010-custom-build-activity-tf215097-error">TFS 2010 Custom Build Activity TF215097 error</a> </p> </blockquote> <p>I'm trying to create a CustomActivity to run after each successful build.</p> <p>I've followed the exact steps of several tutorials</p> <ol> <li><p><a href="http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell/archive/2010/03/08/lessons-learnt-building-a-custom-activity-to-run-typemock-isolator-in-vs2010-team-build.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell/archive/2010/03/08/lessons-learnt-building-a-custom-activity-to-run-typemock-isolator-in-vs2010-team-build.aspx</a></p></li> <li><p><a href="http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2010/04/29/Customize-Team-Build-2010-e28093-Part-4-Create-your-own-activity.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.ewaldhofman.nl/post/2010/04/29/Customize-Team-Build-2010-e28093-Part-4-Create-your-own-activity.aspx</a></p></li> <li><p><a href="http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=522&amp;AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.dotnetcurry.com/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=522&amp;AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1</a></p></li> </ol> <p>And all have lead me to the same result - The build fails after several seconds with this error:</p> <pre><code>TF215097: An error occurred while initializing a build for build definition \MyCompany\Dev - Client: Cannot create unknown type '{clr- namespace:BuildTasks.Activities;assembly=BuildTasks}TFSBuildLocalizer'. </code></pre> <p>I came down to a point where I have removed all custom references I had in the CodeActivity project and commented out all of the code.</p> <p>I have added the output dll to the TFS, and I have the following post build script in the project's properties:</p> <pre><code>"$(DevEnvDir)\TF.exe" checkout "$/MyCompany/Development/Djenne/Dev/Tools/BuildProcess/Output/$(TargetFileName)" copy /Y "$(TargetPath)" "C:\tfs2010\MyCompany\Dev\Tools\BuildProcess\Output\$(TargetFileName)" "$(DevEnvDir)\TF.exe" checkin "$/MyCompany/Development/Djenne/Dev/Tools/BuildProcess/Output/$(TargetFileName)" </code></pre> <p>I've made sure that the namespace in the workflow xaml is correct for the custom CodeActivity.</p> <p>I have no idea what else can I try,</p> <p>Please help!</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p><strong>EDIT: I'm adding more descriptions about what I've already tried:</strong></p> <p>The CodeActivity class already have the attribute:</p> <pre><code>[BuildActivity(HostEnvironmentOption.All)] </code></pre> <p>The CodeActivity class is contained inside an Activity Library project. Here is the ProjectTypeGuids tag inside the csproj file:</p> <pre><code>&lt;ProjectTypeGuids&gt;{32f31d43-81cc-4c15-9de6-3fc5453562b6};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}&lt;/ProjectTypeGuids&gt; </code></pre> <p>In the custom workflow xaml I've added my CodeActivity right after "Get Impacted Tests, Index Sources and Publish Symbols"</p> <p>I currently don'e have any InArgument nor OutArgument in my CodeActivity.</p> <p>These are the references in my CodeActivity project:</p> <ul> <li>Microsoft.CSharp</li> <li>Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client</li> <li>System</li> <li>System.Activities</li> <li>System.Core</li> <li>System.Data</li> <li>System.Data.DataSetExtensions</li> <li>System.Xaml</li> <li>System.Xml</li> <li>System.Xml.Linq</li> <li>WindowsBase</li> </ul> <p>In "Build Controller Properties" I have set the "Version control path to custom assemblies" with the same TFS path as my post build script: $/MyCompany/Development/Djenne/DEV/Tools/BuildProcess/Output</p> <p>In my Build Definition I've set "Build process template" with my custom workflow xaml.</p> <p>Thank you guys for the answers, do you have any more thoughts? Thanks</p>
 

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