Builds Pipeline - Azure DevOps

[waichuen]

I'm having this error during my solution build task in Azure DevOps:

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  [ADV_INST] Adding file "D:\a\1\s\packages\System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.4.0.0\lib\net45\System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation.dll".
##[error]C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\advinst\16.2.0\x86\ProgramFilesFolder\MSBuild\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\AdvInstExtTasks.Targets(203,5): Error : The path is not of a legal form.
C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\advinst\16.2.0\x86\ProgramFilesFolder\MSBuild\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\AdvInstExtTasks.Targets(203,5): error : The path is not of a legal form. [D:\a\1\s\Setup_SRS\Setup_SRS.aiproj]
Done Building Project "D:\a\1\s\Setup_SRS\Setup_SRS.aiproj" (default targets) -- FAILED.
Done Building Project "D:\a\1\s\SRS_MY.sln" (default targets) -- FAILED.

Build FAILED.

Is it because it's installed under the wrong path? "C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\advinst\16.2.0\x86\bin\x86"

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##[section]Starting: Use Advanced Installer 16.2
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Task         : Advanced Installer Tool Installer
Description  : Acquires a specific version of Advanced Installer from internet or the tools cache and adds it to the PATH. Use this task to install Advanced Installer for subsequent tasks
Version      : 1.1.0
Author       : Caphyon
Help         : 
==============================================================================
Checking if a cached copy exists for this version...
Cache does not contains this Advanced Installer version. Will be downloaded and installed.
Downloading Advanced Installer. URL: https://www.advancedinstaller.com/downloads/16.2/advinst.msi
Downloading: https://www.advancedinstaller.com/downloads/16.2/advinst.msi
Extracting Advanced Installer
[command]C:\windows\system32\msiexec.exe /a D:\a\_temp\e8a6ad3c-dbc4-402d-ad37-ec4b6e092ac4 TARGETDIR=D:\a\_temp\AdvancedInstaller\resources /qn /l*v D:\a\_temp\AdvancedInstaller\advinst_install.log
Caching Advanced Installer tool.
Caching tool: advinst 16.2.0 x86
Successfully cached Advanced Installer tool. Version 16.2
Prepending PATH environment variable with directory: C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\advinst\16.2.0\x86\bin\x86
##[section]Finishing: Use Advanced Installer 16.2

[waichuen]

Anyone know how to solve the problem?
##[error]C:\hostedtoolcache\windows\advinst\16.2.0\x86\ProgramFilesFolder\MSBuild\Caphyon\Advanced Installer\AdvInstExtTasks.Targets(203,5): Error : The path is not of a legal form.

[Daniel]

Hello and welcome to our forums,

We apologize for the delayed reply.

I cannot say why this happens. Can you please send us by email at support at advancedinstaller dot com your VS solution (SLN file) and all of the project files it includes (only the project definition files without the source code files) so we can investigate them?

All the best,
Daniel

[waichuen]

Hi, I'd emailed the solution file. Hope to hear from you again

[Daniel]

Hello,

After further investigating on this it seems to be an issue with our Azure DevOps extension. We are already working on a fix and I will let you know as soon as this is available for you.

Thank you for your further patience on this.

All the best,
Daniel

[Catalin]

Hello,

This has been fixed in version 16.5 of Advanced Installer, released on November 13th, 2019.

Best regards,
Catalin

[waichuen]

Thanks. I can get the installer package from Azure DevOps now. Great work there!

[Catalin]

You are always welcome.

I'm glad everything is working as expected.

Best regards,
Catalin