C:\sandbox\c-wundram\msbuild\TalTrade.Importer\TestImporterTask\TestImporterTas
k.csproj(58,5): error MSB4062: The “Importer” task could not be loaded from the
assembly C:\sandbox\c-wundram\msbuild\TalTrade.Importer\TalTrade.Importer\bin\
debug\TalTrade.Importer.dll. Confirm that the declaration is corre
ct, that the assembly and all its dependencies are available, and that the task
contains a public class that implements Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask.

However the path is correct, and the class which subclasses Task is public. I tried checking the binding using fuslogvw, and it doesn’t appear to even attempt to load my assembly. Does anyone have any ideas of what might be going wrong? The only depenendencies my assembly has is on the framework, and on the TFS 2010 APIs.
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Rajesh Kumar
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boris replied the topic: Re:Help with MSbuild 4 and custom tasks
Hiho,

As far as I understand, you are *not* talking about Rational BuildForge (or there may be several buildforge names).

If you want to get some answers, you should repost in a more appropriate forum (e.g. MS Build).

Cheers,

—
boris

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Symptom
The administrator is not able to delete a user in the console. When attempting to do so, the Delete button is always grayed out and cannot be selected.

Cause
The user to be removed owns a schedule. When a user owns a schedule, then Build Forge prevents the deletion of that user by disabling the Delete function.

Resolving the problem
To delete the user you must first change the owner of the schedule to be someone else, then it can be removed.
Regards,
Rajesh Kumar
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A valid Access Group Identifier must be specified.

Please help?

rajeshkumar replied the topic: A valid Access Group Identifier must be specified in buildforge
Solution there in IBM site too…as below;

Cause

The pass/fail notify access groups are set to blank when you did not import the access groups.

Resolving the problem

You need to set the pass/fail notify access groups to valid access groups or set them to “None”.

After that you will be able to copy the library.
Regards,
Rajesh Kumar
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rajeshkumar replied the topic: Missing expected character “[” at byte 0 – found “”
You may export the troublesome project by using bfexport command then re-import the project from GUI.

Note given by Ed Munoz – I also noticed that the access groups get reset. The product, at the particular time, can not import the access groups. So, watch out, you must login as root to be able to see all objects and reset the access groups back to what they were originally.
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Rajesh Kumar
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rajeshkumar replied the topic: Missing expected character “[” at byte 0 – found “”
One found on www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21427225

Cause

The root cause is from a PHP parsing error. When a user logs-in or select a page from within the Build Forge UI the following applies to from the page (these may effect how the page is formed).

Group Access
Language setting
License
User preferences
UI filters

Diagnosing the problem

When diagnosing this problem, check and rule out each possible cause one by one.

Resolving the problem

1. Group Access
Does the user or users have the correct access to the page they are receiving the error from?
Are the users or user in a group that is unique or different from the rest?
If they have the correct access and they are not in a unique group, you may be able to rule this out as a possible cause.

2. Language setting
Is this user language setting unique or different from working users?

3. License
Is the user getting a license?

4. User Preferences
You can look to see if the there is any unusual in the users preferences by queering the database:
If you do not know the user’s ID you can run the following to get that information
select * from bf_users where bf_login=’‘;
Once you have user ID you can run the following to view the User Preferences
select * from bf_preferences where bf_user_id=’‘;
If you are unsure if there is something unusual you can compare them to a user that is not having this issue.
This table is transitive and can be rebuilt on the fly. So if we suspect this to be cause we can delete the users preferences by:

delete from bf_preferences where bf_user_id=’‘;
commit;

5. UI filters
Does the user have any unusual filters to the page or pages getting the error?
We can view the user’s filters by using the following query:
select * from bf_uifilters where bf_user_id=’‘;
Again this table is transitive and will be rebuilt on the fly. If we suspect that this could be the issue we can delete the user’s UI filters by using the following query:

delete from bf_uifilters where bf_user_id=’‘;
commit;
Regards,
Rajesh Kumar
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Question
What are the types of licenses in IBM® Rational® Build Forge® and are the seats always purged when a user logs off?

Cause

In some Build Forge configurations, the license seat is not always purged when the user logs off, but in others the license seat is always released for use by another user.

Answer

There are two types of licenses in Build Forge: Floating and Authorized.

You can only have one type of license available in your environment since, during startup, the engine picks up a single increment of user licenses, which is either Floating or Authorized.

A Floating license seat is purged automatically during user log off, but an Authorized is not. You can manually purge an Authorized license seat by using Purge Seat within the Administration > Users menu.

Note: Using Purge Seat on a Floating license seat has the same effect as logging off the user since either action will simply release the license seat.

A brief summary of each license type:

Floating: These license seats are best thought of as a first come, first served pool of seats that anyone can use. This allows an oversubscribed model of users to access the server on the assumption that not everyone will be working at the same time.

Authorized: These license seats represent a fixed number of specific users that can access the system. This model explicitly does not allow the oversubscription model and, as a result, cost less on a per-seat basis. This is similar to an assigned seat logon scheme.
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Rajesh Kumar
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Solution – it may be due to corrupt entry of user entry in database. User should be cleaned up from db and recreated.
Regards,
Rajesh Kumar
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Solution –

IBM confirmed that this issues appears to related to an existing defect:
– PM54363 Error Missing expected character encountered under
environment page
This defect has been resolved in the 7.1.3.3 release which is expected to be available sometime in Q2 2012.

WORKAROUND:
– You will either need to remove an environment or add an environment
via the Build Forge API to get the list count to update.
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Rajesh Kumar
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rajeshkumar replied the topic: Can’t spawn “cmd.exe”: No such file or directory at BFexport.pl line 4
in script, PATH variable should be set along with C:\Windows\system32
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Rajesh Kumar
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What’s new in Rational Build Forge?

What if your software development organization could vastly accelerate the build and release process?

• Enabling you to manage your development system from virtually anywhere.
• Freeing your developers from the most repetitive, mundane tasks.

What if you could do all this while leveraging your existing investments? That’s where IBM Rational Build Forge software can help.

IBM Rational Automation Framework is a customizable framework that provides automation of environment build-outs, configuration management and application deployments on heterogeneous middleware platforms. Rational Automation Framework helps cut operational costs, improves productivity, and enables you to gain control over complex middleware environments.

• Podcast: All new Rational Automation Framework and Rational Build ForgeThe newest releases of Build Forge and Rational Automation Framework are now available. This podcast provides an overview of the new features and improved functionality of these products. Hear the details from the developers who built them.

Getting started with Rational Build Forge

Rational Build Forge is multifaceted software with many uses, from basic build capabilities to advanced integrations with other IBM and open source software.

With basic-use tutorials, you can begin by creating and running a simple Hello World project, and move on to address more complex features such as environments, dot commands and adaptors. Each of the following tutorials will take about 30 minutes to complete. You can walk through the step-by-step instructions in the tutorial documents while watching the narrated videos.

1. Creating and scheduling a project in Build Forge (Hello World)

• Video
• Tutorial (65KB)

2. Libraries and pass/fail chains

• Video
• Tutorial (113KB)

3. Administration (controlling user access)

• Video
• Tutorial (176KB)

4. Log Filters (with Apache Ant)

• Video
• Tutorial (208KB)

5. Environment Variables

• Video
• Tutorial (414KB)

6. Dot Commands

• Video
• Tutorial (798KB)

7. Agent Update

• Video
• Tutorial (92KB)

Integrating Rational Build Forge across the application life-cycle

Learn how to make Rational Build Forge even more powerful by combining its capabilities with those of other IBM Rational software. With the following resources, you can quickly gain an understanding of the benefits of integration and begin implementing these integrations within your organization.

• Demo: Rational Team Concert/Build ForgeThis demo shows how integration between IBM Rational Build Forge and IBM Rational Team Concert bridges the gap between collaborative lifecycle management and enterprise release engineering. You will learn to:

• Create a Rational Build Forge environment that stores Rational Team Concert connection information.
• Write a Rational Build Forge project that uses the JazzJBE adaptor to integrate with Rational Team Concert source control, and leverages the Rational Team Concert build toolkit Ant tasks to publish rich build results from Rational Build Forge into Rational Team Concert.
• Set up a Rational Build Forge engine and build definition in Rational Team Concert
• Run the Rational Build Forge project from Rational Team Concert.

• Webcast: Build and deploy automation powered by JazzThis webcast provides an overview of the new integration capabilities with IBM Rational Build Forge 7.1.3, IBM Rational Team Concert and IBM Rational Asset Manager. See how these tools work together seamlessly to manage enterprise assets using lifecycle management technologies. The IBM Rational deployment planning and automation solution enables you to execute reliable and repeatable deployments driven by deployment plans. Watch this replay to see the solution in action.
• Article: Integrating Rational Build Forge with Rational ClearCase and Rational ClearQuestThis article explains how to set up and configure these IBM Rational products to work together. It lists the adaptor template samples and identifies the environment variables that need to be added before running the adaptor.
• White paper: Adaptors (291KB)In Rational Build Forge, an adaptor helps with much more than just complex execution flow and decision making. It can also support emailing multiline variables to users, dynamic notification groups, custom BOM additions and project execution control. This white paper details the flexibility and power of adaptors and how to use them effectively.

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