build-server

Cannot start TFS Build service: Error 1227

When I try to start the TFS 2008 Build service on the port 9191 I get the following error message: Windows could not start the Visual Studio Team Foundation Build service on Local Computer. Error 1227: The network transport endpoint already has an address associated with it. If I use another port it works, but I need i...

Build server polling vs. event-driven builds

Why do build servers poll for changes instead of SVN firing off an event (or a post-commit step) that tells the build server to start a build? It seems terribly inefficient to poll for changes, especially when the number of projects increases and the polling period is set to a very low value (for example, 30 seconds). ...

How to run .NET 4 code analysis on build server

On a Windows Server 2003 R2 with .NET 4 SDK but without Visual Studio 2010, I have tried building a Visual Studio 2010 solution with msbuild MySolution.sln /p:RunCodeAnalysis=true but that fails. What is required to run code analysis on such an environment? I get this error message: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\Visual...

Free build servers for .NET

Hello, I've got the question... Are there any free build servers for .NET applications? We are starting project as remotely working team and right now we are searching for such solution. As far as it's an academic project we do not have funds to buy server and run CC.net on it.. Are there any charge free solutions? Or at least cheap ones...

Suggestions for software to ease setting up a build server

I'm currently setting up a new build server and I'm interested in any suggestions the community may have about software such as Hudson or CruiseControl.NET that may simplify and add additional value to the build process. Previously I had a build server set up using custom batch files which would run msbuild and other such tools and thes...

Building a .NET assembly which uses Crystal Reports on a build server

I'm trying to Build a .NET assembly which uses Crystal Reports on a build server without installing Visual Studio or the Crystal Reports Runtime. The version of Crystal Reports we are targeting in our code is the one that came along with Visual Studio 2008 and we are using MSBuild to build this project. I've copied what seems to be all...

Microsoft.WebApplication.targets was not found, on the build server. What's your solution?

Trying to build my project on the build server gives me the following error: Microsoft (R) Build Engine Version 4.0.30319.1 error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\TeamData\Microsoft.Data.Schema.SqlTasks.targets" was not found. Confirm that the path in the <Import> declaration is ...