I am successfully able to build and run tests in Vs2017 Preview. I am using Ncrunch 3.10.0.20. But when I try to use the Ncrunch Tool I get the following error. Seems like it is trying to use the wrong msbuild version. I have tried passing in /vs 2017 but get the same error.


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[17:26:07.5682-?-1] Initialising UI Services
[17:26:07.6153-?-1] NCrunch Services Initialised
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[17:26:34.5707-InitialisationQueueTask-12] Auto restoring NuGet packages for 'c:\dev\checkbee\src\DMI.CheckBee.Business\DMI.CheckBee.Business.csproj'
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[17:26:37.9256-InitialisationQueueTask-9] Auto restoring NuGet packages for 'c:\dev\checkbee\src\DMI.CheckBee.Messaging\DMI.CheckBee.Messaging.csproj'
[17:26:38.9396-InitialisationQueueTask-9] Loading project: c:\dev\checkbee\src\DMI.CheckBee.Messaging\DMI.CheckBee.Messaging.csproj
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[17:26:39.8906-LocalBuildTask-14] Building new workspace C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\1 for component DMI.CheckBee.Core in context of grid client (local)
[17:26:39.8956-Core-7] Queuing 129 tests for passive execution
[17:26:40.0026-LocalBuildTask-14] Now building DMI.CheckBee.Core
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[17:26:44.5634-LocalBuildTask-14] Build was successful for C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\1\DMI.CheckBee.Core\bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.0\DMI.CheckBee.Core.dll
[17:26:44.6053-LocalBuildTask-25] Building new workspace C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\2 for component DMI.CheckBee.Data in context of grid client (local)
[17:26:44.7443-LocalBuildTask-25] Now building DMI.CheckBee.Data
[17:26:46.2239-LocalBuildTask-25] Build was successful for C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\2\DMI.CheckBee.Data\bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.0\DMI.CheckBee.Data.dll
[17:26:46.2319-LocalBuildTask-14] Building new workspace C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\3 for component DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests in context of grid client (local)
[17:26:46.267-LocalBuildTask-14] Now building DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests
[17:26:54.1303-LocalBuildTask-14] Build was successful for C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\3\DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests\bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.0\DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests.dll
[17:26:54.1383-LocalBuildTask-10] Building new workspace C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\4 for component DMI.CheckBee.Business in context of grid client (local)
[17:26:54.2569-LocalBuildTask-10] Now building DMI.CheckBee.Business
[17:27:01.8645-LocalBuildTask-10] Build was successful for C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\4\DMI.CheckBee.Business\bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.0\DMI.CheckBee.Business.dll
[17:27:01.8705-LocalBuildTask-22] Building new workspace C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\5 for component DMI.Messages in context of grid client (local)
[17:27:01.8895-LocalBuildTask-22] Now building DMI.Messages
[17:27:02.8982-LocalBuildTask-22] Build was successful for C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\5\DMI.Messages\bin\Debug\netstandard1.6\DMI.Messages.dll
[17:27:02.9062-LocalBuildTask-11] Building new workspace C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\6 for component DMI.CheckBee.Messaging in context of grid client (local)
[17:27:03.0107-LocalBuildTask-11] Now building DMI.CheckBee.Messaging
[17:27:04.0407-LocalBuildTask-11] Build was successful for C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\6\DMI.CheckBee.Messaging\bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.0\DMI.CheckBee.Messaging.dll
[17:27:04.0447-LocalBuildTask-20] Building new workspace C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\7 for component DMI.CheckBee in context of grid client (local)
[17:27:04.2226-LocalBuildTask-20] Now building DMI.CheckBee
[17:27:05.6666-LocalBuildTask-20] ERROR (Build): DMI.CheckBee: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\TypeScript\Microsoft.TypeScript.targets (87): The "TypeScript.Tasks.VsTsc" task could not be loaded from the assembly C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Preview\Professional\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\TypeScript\TypeScript.tasks.dll. Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Preview\Professional\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\TypeScript\TypeScript.tasks.dll' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified. Confirm that the <UsingTask> declaration is correct, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task contains a public class that implements Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask.

[17:27:06.2856-LocalAnalysisTask-11] Calling into task runner to analyse target assembly: C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\3\DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests\bin\Debug\netcoreapp2.0\DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests.dll
[17:27:06.5007-LocalTestExecutionTask-12] Calling into task runner to run 5 tests:
DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests.Repositories.TransactionRepositoryTests+GetTransactionAsyncMethod.Should_fetch_the_transaction_when_the_cardholder_program_is_in_the_specified_program_ids_Async
DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests.Repositories.TransactionRepositoryTests+GetTransactionAsyncMethod.Should_return_null_when_no_program_ids_are_specified_Async
DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests.Repositories.TransactionRepositoryTests+GetTransactionAsyncMethod.Should_return_null_when_specified_program_ids_is_null_Async
DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests.Repositories.TransactionRepositoryTests+GetTransactionAsyncMethod.Should_return_null_when_the_cardholder_program_is_not_in_the_specified_program_ids_Async
DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests.Repositories.TransactionRepositoryTests+GetTransactionAsyncMethod.Should_return_null_when_the_specified_transaction_id_is_not_found_Async
[17:27:07.2966-Core-10] Successfully completed execution of 5 tests on local machine
[17:27:07.3626-LocalTestExecutionTask-23] Calling into task runner to run 1 tests:
DMI.CheckBee.Data.Tests.Authorization.AuthorizationTests.Find_user_permission
[17:27:07.6577-Core-15] Successfully completed execution of 1 tests on local machine
[17:27:09.5402-?-1] Reporting engine execution results
[17:27:09.8552-?-1] Shutting down engine
[17:27:09.9402-Core-37] Cleaning up workspace: C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\7
[17:27:09.9652-Core-37] Cleaning up workspace: C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\4
[17:27:09.9892-Core-37] Cleaning up workspace: C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\5
[17:27:09.9982-Core-37] Cleaning up workspace: C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\6
[17:27:10.0142-Core-37] Cleaning up workspace: C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\3
[17:27:10.0302-Core-37] Cleaning up workspace: C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\1
[17:27:10.0482-Core-37] Cleaning up workspace: C:\Users\sbhujle\AppData\Local\NCrunch\15128\2
[17:27:12.2079-?-1] Returning result: BuildFailure

Yes. The solution works fine running in VS2017. Here are my VS2017 details

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2017 Preview (2)
Version 15.3.0 Preview 7.0
VisualStudio.15.Preview/15.3.0-pre.7.0+26730.0
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.6.01586

Sorry, I need to confirm your answer here as it's a very important question to help with troubleshooting this. You've shown that the tool fails for this solution when it's run using the NCrunch console tool. Does it work when you run it using NCrunch inside VS? Can the NCrunch engine build these projects when it's hosted inside VS?

But does the solution build when using NCrunch inside VS? If you have NCrunch installed in your VS system, and you enable it, do you see build errors in the NCrunch Tests Window?

No problem. Thanks for confirming. I agree this is possibly NCrunch not using the correct version of VS. The only reason I could think of why it might do this is if it were having trouble finding your installed instance of VS2017 preview. Which versions of VS do you have installed on your system, and what are their install paths?

The NCrunch console tool doesn't differentiate between VS2017 and VS2017 preview - it considers VS2017 to be VS2017 and is probably just using the first version of VS2017 that it can locate. This might be the reason for the inconsistency.

There is a way to override this. Prior to running the console tool, you can use the "NCrunchVSInstallPath.2017" environment variable to specify the path of the VS instance you want the tool to use. For example:

set NCrunchVSInstallPath.2017=C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise