I have just started working on a an existing project and wanted to enable NCrunch but I am getting failure when NCrunch tries to build. The solution builds when initiated through the IDE.

The project that is causing the issue is a class library and the only things of note are that its referencing some VSTO stuff and the clickOnce manifest is signed - as per the Signing tab in VS2013.

I can work around the issue by ignoring the component completely in the NCrunch config and using an assembly reference in my test project rather than a project reference, but would ultimately like not to have to do that.

The error that NCrunch reports is:

NCrunch: If you are experiencing problems in getting this project to build, have a look at http://www.ncrunch.net/d...ng_project-build-issues
..\..\..\..\..\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v12.0\OfficeTools\Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.targets (176): The "FindRibbons" task failed unexpectedly.
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'Gas.HourlyVolumes, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'Gas.HourlyVolumes, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'

Server stack trace:
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoadAssemblyName(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, RuntimeAssembly reqAssembly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, IntPtr pPrivHostBinder, Boolean forIntrospection)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString)
at System.UnitySerializationHolder.GetRealObject(StreamingContext context)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.ResolveObjectReference(ObjectHolder holder)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.ObjectManager.DoFixups()
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.ObjectReader.Deserialize(HeaderHandler handler, __BinaryParser serParser, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
at System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter.Deserialize(Stream serializationStream, HeaderHandler handler, Boolean fCheck, Boolean isCrossAppDomain, IMethodCallMessage methodCallMessage)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.CrossAppDomainSerializer.DeserializeObject(MemoryStream stm)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.SmuggledMethodReturnMessage.FixupForNewAppDomain()
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.CrossAppDomainSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage reqMsg)

Exception rethrown at [0]:
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
at Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask.Execute()
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()
at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__20.MoveNext()

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: DisplayName = Gas.HourlyVolumes, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
(Fully-specified)
LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0/Common7/IDE/Extensions/Remco Software/NCrunch for Visual Studio 2013
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = NULL
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===
LOG: This bind starts in default load context.
LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\Extensions\Remco Software\NCrunch for Visual Studio 2013\nCrunch.build.12.0.config
LOG: Using host configuration file:
LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config.
LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0/Common7/IDE/Extensions/Remco Software/NCrunch for Visual Studio 2013/Gas.HourlyVolumes.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0/Common7/IDE/Extensions/Remco Software/NCrunch for Visual Studio 2013/Gas.HourlyVolumes/Gas.HourlyVolumes.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0/Common7/IDE/Extensions/Remco Software/NCrunch for Visual Studio 2013/Gas.HourlyVolumes.EXE.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0/Common7/IDE/Extensions/Remco Software/NCrunch for Visual Studio 2013/Gas.HourlyVolumes/Gas.HourlyVolumes.EXE.

Hi Remco,

Thanks for responding to my post and for your suggestions. Having copied the compatibility settings and found that everything works, albeit with some warnings, I have found that its the 'Copy Referenced Assemblies To Workspace' setting that seems to be causing the problem/solution. When set to the default value i.e. False, the error that I posted initially is again encountered and when set to true everything is fine.

I am a little unclear of what your question regarding the about the assembly that cannot be found is asking. The assembly mentioned in the error, 'Gas.HourlyVolumes', is referenced (via a project reference) by one of the test projects in the solution. It is this assembly that when I now modify the 'Copy Referenced Assemblies To Workspace' setting causes the behaviour to change.

Does this help? Would you suggest simply enabling the 'Copy Referenced Assemblies To Workspace' setting and leaving it at that or should that be unnecessary and is there something weird with this project that could be causing the error?

Thanks again, Steve

Thanks for the assistance Remco. For now, I'll leave the project configured to copy the referenced assemblies and take a look at using a build step in the future.

Thanks again. Steve