Solution.metaproj error MSB3202: The project file 'xxx' was not found

Question

I have a TFS Project with two main folders:

Project

--Folder1

----LibraryA

--Folder2

----AppA referencing LibraryA

When I build AppA solution, TFS fails to build, providing the following Error:

C:\Builds\1\Project\AppA\Sources\Folder2..\Folder1\LibraryA\LibraryA.csproj

I think TFS is doing something like $(CurrentBuildDir)$(ProjectReferenceSourceLocation), which just sticks the ..\Folder1\LibraryA part on there.

I know shared assemblies should probably be build in their own solution and then references made to the build copies but this is how it is.

Any ideas how to get TFS to know how to navigate out of the solution folder to find referenced projects?

TIA

Answer 1

A possible pitfall here is that you haven't set the source control path under $/Project1/Folder1/LibraryA as an active Working folder in the Workspace tab of your build definition.

If that's the case, sources won't be downloaded to the build-Agent during Build & naturally the compile is going to fail complaining about missing sources.