Hi, we're also waiting for .net 4.7.1 support. I tried downloading 3.12.0.4 but there's no support for it yet.

We need .net 4.7.1 so we can share code between the .net framework and .net core 2.0.

And I would very much like to be able to run tests again asap.

Hi Remco, thanks for the fix. Unfortunately I was stupid and gave in to the never ending VS update notifications.

Now I can't get my assemblies to build again in Ncrunch, builds fine in VS. I tried a NCrunch repair without luck.

It seems like it's the same exception as before.

An error occurred while analysing this project after it was built: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Runtime, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. Reference assemblies should not be loaded for execution. They can only be loaded in the Reflection-only loader context. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131058)
File name: 'System.Runtime, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' ---> System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.7.1\Facades\System.Runtime.dll' or one of its dependencies. Reference assemblies should not be loaded for execution. They can only be loaded in the Reflection-only loader context. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131058)
File name: 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.7.1\Facades\System.Runtime.dll' ---> System.BadImageFormatException: Cannot load a reference assembly for execution.

I've been unable to downgrade visual studio(with restore point).

Please help.

Upgraded from 3.12.0.13 to 3.12.0.15 (uninstall, install) and deleted the obj and bin folders from the test project throwing a fit.

It didn't do anything unfortunately...

Hi wow, thanks for getting back to me this fast! I'm not quite sure, but this is the full error message;

An error occurred while analysing this project after it was built: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Runtime, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. Reference assemblies should not be loaded for execution. They can only be loaded in the Reflection-only loader context. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131058)
File name: 'System.Runtime, Version=4.1.2.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' ---> System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.7.1\Facades\System.Runtime.dll' or one of its dependencies. Reference assemblies should not be loaded for execution. They can only be loaded in the Reflection-only loader context. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131058)
File name: 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.7.1\Facades\System.Runtime.dll' ---> System.BadImageFormatException: Cannot load a reference assembly for execution.
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.InternalLoadFrom(String assemblyFile, Evidence securityEvidence, Byte[] hashValue, AssemblyHashAlgorithm hashAlgorithm, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.LoadFrom(String assemblyFile)
at nCrunch.Common.CustomAssemblyResolver.ResolveAssembly(ParsedAssemblyName parsedAssemblyName)
at nCrunch.Common.CustomAssemblyResolver.(Object , ResolveEventArgs )
at System.AppDomain.OnAssemblyResolveEvent(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String assemblyFullName)


at Xunit.Sdk.TestFrameworkProxy.GetTestFrameworkType(IAssemblyInfo testAssembly, IMessageSink diagnosticMessageSink)
at Xunit.Sdk.TestFrameworkProxy..ctor(Object testAssemblyObject, Object sourceInformationProviderObject, Object diagnosticMessageSinkObject) in C:\Dev\xunit\xunit\src\xunit.execution\Sdk\Frameworks\TestFrameworkProxy.cs:line 23$$RethrowMarker$$ at ExceptionExtensions.RethrowWithNoStackTraceLoss(Exception ex)
at Xunit.AppDomainManager_NoAppDomain.CreateObject[TObject](AssemblyName assemblyName, String typeName, Object[] args)
at Xunit.Xunit2Discoverer..ctor(AppDomainSupport appDomainSupport, ISourceInformationProvider sourceInformationProvider, IAssemblyInfo assemblyInfo, String assemblyFileName, String xunitExecutionAssemblyPath, String configFileName, Boolean shadowCopy, String shadowCopyFolder, IMessageSink diagnosticMessageSink, Boolean verifyAssembliesOnDisk)
at nCrunch.Module.XUnit2.Integration.XUnitTestFrameworkContainer.GetDynamicFramework(FilePath assemblyFilePath, DirectoryPath workingDirectory)
at nCrunch.Module.XUnit2.Integration.XUnit2DiscoveryEnvironment.<>c__DisplayClass2_0.<FindFrameworkTestsInAssembly>b__1()
at nCrunch.Common.PerformanceTracking.PerfTracker.TrackActivity(String name, Action activity)
at nCrunch.Common.PerformanceTracking.PerfTracker.TryTrackActivity(String name, Action activity)
at nCrunch.Module.XUnit2.Integration.XUnit2DiscoveryEnvironment.FindFrameworkTestsInAssembly(ReflectedAssembly assembly, FilePath assemblyFilePath, IList`1 referencedAssemblyFilePaths, ComponentUniqueName testComponentUniqueName, PlatformType platformType, DynamicProxy[] dynamicProxies)
at nCrunch.TestExecution.TestFinder..()
at nCrunch.Common.PerformanceTracking.PerfTracker.TrackActivity(String name, Action activity)
at nCrunch.TestExecution.TestFinder..()
at nCrunch.Common.PerformanceTracking.PerfTracker.TrackActivity(String name, Action activity)
at nCrunch.TestExecution.TestFinder.FindTestsForFrameworks(ReflectedAssembly assembly, FilePath assemblyFilePath, IList`1 referencedAssemblyFilePaths, DescribedTestFrameworkDiscoverer[] describedDiscoverers, ComponentUniqueName testComponentUniqueName, PlatformType platformType, DynamicProxy[] dynamicProxies)
at nCrunch.TestExecution.RemoteTaskRunner.AnalyseAssembly(DescribedTestFrameworkDiscoverer[] applicableFrameworks, ComponentUniqueName testComponentUniqueName, PerfTracker perfTracker)

I just submitted a bug report. I can try to make a repro if that doesn't help. Thanks so much for looking into this! ':)

I'm not. Community 15.5.2.

I'll try to get it running on my laptop.

If that doesn't work I guess I'll have to do a clean start...

I'll get back to you!

So I tried the reinstall. Reinstalled the OS, Visual Studio and NCrunch.

Still no luck.

Just FYI I use AutoFixture and AutoNSubstitute for some unit tests. But I also use them in the projects that are building and running just fine.

Another weird thing is that the three test projects with the error are all Integration test projects.

Also don't know if you think the yellow warning icons on the references matter. It builds just fine in VS.
[img=https://gyazo.com/69e56bad854684834f1a188aa56ae216]Vs assembly reference warnings[/img]

Thoughts?

I got to many other seemingly unrelated issues on that branch on my laptop(yes, it's a different computer). Boy are IDE's fragile..

It would surprise me if it was environment specific at this point as I did a fresh install of windows, vs and ncrunch.

Just started uploading a repro solution. It's kinda big, I thought it best to include the nugets just the way they are on my machine, in case that matters. 90MB, I don't know if you have a upload limit. If you do I'll remove the nuget packages and try to reupload.

Thanks!

Doesn't look like it made it :( Including the Nugets is definitely helpful as it reduces the risk of me getting something wrong when calibrating the solution in my own environment. If you have a OneDrive or DropBox link, that would be really great. You can send the link through the contact form (it'll work this time) if you want to keep it private.

Thanks! I now have the test solution and it's producing the problem exactly as you've described.

The trigger for this seems to be the binding redirections in the app.config file. Even though they are targeting different versions of System.Runtime, somehow this seems to change the resolution sequence and cause the problem to surface.

We'll need to take a closer look at this before introducing a code-fix, but there is a workaround that should be able to get around this immediately.

Inside your project file, find the declaration for your App.config file, for example:

<None Include="App.config">
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</None>

Make this condition on NCrunch not being resident, as such:

<None Include="App.config" Condition="'$(NCrunch)' != '1'">
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</None>

This will exclude the config file from the NCrunch environment, allowing the assembly resolution to behave as though the binding redirect doesn't exist.

I'm in New Zealand (~GMT+12), though I don't typically work or sleep normal hours :)

Great to hear! This always was the simplest solution :)




This is a common feature request. The reason it hasn't happened yet is the lack of toolbar space, but we're working on that. I'm fairly certain this is already captured on uservoice if you'd like to add your vote to it.