Enterprise lib 5.0 not detecting app.config - enterprise-library

I have a Solution which contains a Web project and a Class Library project. The Class library project contains Enterprise library 5.0 and app.config. When I try to perform a Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.Logger.Write, I get the following exception:
Resolution of the dependency failed,
type =
"Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.LogWriter",
name = "(none)". Exception occurred
while: while resolving. Exception is:
InvalidOperationException - The type
LogWriter cannot be constructed. You
must configure the container to supply
this value.
----------------------------------------------- At the time of the exception, the
container was: Resolving
Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Logging.LogWriter,(none)
If I move all the class files to the web project and have the Enterprise library configuration in the Web.config, everything works fine. I guess the issue is that the Enterprise library is not detecting the app.config which contains all the configuration.
Kindly help me with this regard.
Thanks in advance.

.NET dlls don't have config files. AppDomains do. You cannot put any configuration in a dll's "app.config" file and expect it to get automatically picked up. This is the way .NET config files work; it's not that "entlib is not automatically detecting" it, it's doing what the .NET framework defines the behavior of config files to be.
The answer is to leave the code in the library, but put the configuration in the web app's web.config file. Then everything will just work.
There are more advanced things you can do like manually loading the config file, but they're fairly advanced and, particularly with logging, can cause admin headaches later.

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Ecore EMF PackageNotFoundException

I have to work with a project I didn't wrote myself. It uses Ecore EMF (I have no experience with this) and I can't figure out how to solve this error:
At some point the program loads a .xmi file with this function: org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.impl.XMLHandler.getPackageForURI()
And this results in this error:
org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xmi.PackageNotFoundException: Package with uri 'platform:/plugin/Animals/model/Animals.ecore' not found. (file:/C:/Users/model917.xmi, 2, 193)
It seems like the file model917.xmi exists and is not the origin of this error. I think the problem is caused because the Animals.ecore file is not found. In the model917.xmi file I found this statement:
xmlns: Animals ="platform:/plugin/Animals/model/Animals.ecore
So I think the model in file model917.xmi uses another model defined in Animals.ecore which can't be found and causes the error.
I have access to the Animals.ecore file and found out that EMF/ecore uses something like a registry to find such files. So it seems like I have to add the Animals.ecore file to this registry and I found some answers online which didn't work and I run out of ideas what to try next. Can someone give me an easy way to register this file so it will be found? I am using Eclipse if this is relevant/maybe there is an easy way to do it with Eclipse.
Usually, EMF-based softwares should rely on the so-called "namespace URI" (nsURI) of EPackages, which are usually of the form "http://foo/bar/Animals".
"http://foo/bar/Animals" should be registered in the EMF Registry and dispatch depending on your actual runtime situation to a URI that looks like "platform:/plugin/bar.foo/Animals.ecore" (when file Animals.ecore is deployed in an Eclipse plugin for an Eclipse-based application), or "platform:/resource/bar.foo/Animals.ecore" (when file Animals.ecore is deployed in the workspace of the running Eclipse-based application) or even "file:///path/to/Animals.ecore" (anywhere on the filesystem).
Technically you can use any of those URI forms as long as they are correctly resolved at runtime, but you must understand that not all URIs make sense in all contexts, for instance "platform:/" URIs only make sense in Eclipse-based context. nsURIs are supposed to be resolveable in all contexts (thanks to the registry!)
Is your code meant to be running in the context of an Eclipse-based application ? Then the project containing Animals.ecore should be deployed as a plugin, and I am guessing it is currently not.
Is your code meant to be standalone? Then the reference in your xmi file, to the ecore file, should not be of the form "platform:/..." but rather of the form "http://foo/bar/Animals" (the nsURI of the EPackage that is the root element of Animals.ecore)

Using Soap in Shared Mono Library for WP 7 and Android

I'm currently working on an shared library based on mono, where I want to put as much business logic of my app as possible.
I used this helpful tutorial.
I managed putting the whole logic for rest-requests in this shared library, but now I'm stuck with soap.
I used the wsdl command of mono to generate Client Stubcode from my wsdl (as described here http://www.mono-project.com/Web_Services).
When I put the generated class to my C# library, which is the root project of my shared library, there is a warning that the Reference to System.Web.Services cannot be found.
So I included the System.Web.Services.dll manually.
For the Android Library Project I added a Reference to ...\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\MonoAndroid\v1.0\System.Web.Services.dll. It compiles without warnings.
But now it comes to the Windows Phone Library Project.
There is no System.Web.Services.dll for WP 7.5, right? I tried with the Mono-Touch dll but it gives me a lot compilation Errors.
Someone knows how I can get out of this?
I actually had some issues with the generated WSDL myself. Turns out that the classes that were generated through the "Create Web Reference" piece of Visual Studio inside of a Mono for Android project ended up causing some big issues when connected to a WCF Web Service. Not sure where I ran into this information, but this is what I ended up doing.
What you need to do is manually create a Service Reference using the SILVERLIGHT SVCUtil.
On my development system it was located here:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Silverlight\v3.0\Tools
I called it with the below command line:
slsvcutil.exe http://localhost/<path to WCF service endpoint>/service.svc /directory:"<temp directory to store generated cs file>" /noConfig /namespace:"*,<Full namespace of the generated class>"
That will actually generate a CS file that is saved into the path specified by the /directory tag above. Copy that generated cs file to your project directory and then include it in the project.
The problem that I was having that forced me to look for another option was that I was able to pull the data properly using the WSDL generated through the "Add Web Reference" option in Visual Studio, but as soon as I tried to pass the data back up the wire to the web service, everything blew up. Using the Service Reference generated by the Silverlight Service Util actually generated all the code properly for Async operations and after learning how to properly manage those Async operations everything works like a dream.
Since you are generating this new WSDL using the Silverlight Utility, it should work just fine through Windows Phone 7. I believe that the DLL to reference for all of this is the System.ServiceModel dll.
I wish I could remember where I ran across this information, as I would like to give the original author credit, but unfortunately, I don't recall that.
Hope that helps out!
Chaitanya Marvici

Webconfig error with the site online

I'm trying to publish a web site.
The publication works perfectly, but when I try to access the address it returns me the following error:
Parser Error Message: Could not load
file or assembly
'Microsoft.Web.Helpers' or one of its
dependencies. This assembly is built
by a runtime newer than the currently
loaded runtime and cannot be loaded.
Source Error:
Line 293:
Line 294:
Line 295: Line 296:
Line
297:
Source File:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Config\web.config
Line: 295
Assembly Load Trace: The following
information can be helpful to
determine why the assembly
'Microsoft.Web.Helpers' could not be
loaded.
WRN: Assembly binding logging is
turned OFF. To enable assembly bind
failure logging, set the registry
value
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog]
(DWORD) to 1. Note: There is some
performance penalty associated with
assembly bind failure logging. To turn
this feature off, remove the registry
value
[HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].
This does not happen when I'm running on the local site.
The application was developed and Sql Server WebMatrix Compac 4
If you read the error message it says "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Web.Helpers' or one of its dependencies. This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded." If you then look at the version of the ASP.NET that this site is attempting to run under, it is ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.4209.
Web Pages and the Web Helpers library need Version 4.0. Make sure the site targets the correct version of ASP.NET.
For missing assemblies a simple solution is to just bundle them with your project.
Go to your project -> references -> find this microsoft web helpers ref -> open the properties panel and set Copy Local to True
Edit: Also try setting assembly binding logging.
I suspect that your web.config is fine and that there is an assembly missing from your deployment.
You probably have to include microsoft.web.helpers in your deployment package or simply copy it to the bin folder.
You might find that there are other assemblies missing but you should be able to pick them off one by one.
There is a previous question Hosting WebMatrix Page
that lists all of the dlls you have to deploy and also suggests using Webdeploy

Visual Studio 2010 Publish Web feature not including all DLLs

I have an ASP.NET MVC 2 application.
Web project contains a reference to SomeProject
SomeProject contains references to ExternalAssembly1 and ExternalAssembly2.
SomeProject explicitly calls into ExternalAssembly1, but NOT ExternalAssembly2.
ExternalAssembly1 calls into ExternalAssembly2
When I perform a local build everything is cool. All DLLs are included in the bin\debug folder. The problem is that when I use the Publish Web command in Visual Studio 2010, it deploys everything except ExternalAssembly2.
It appears to ignore assemblies that aren't directly used (remember, ExternalAssembly2 is only used by ExternalAssembly1).
Is there any way I can tell Visual Studio 2010 to include ExternalAssembly2?
I can write a dummy method that calls into ExternalAssembly2. This does work, but I really don't want to have dummy code for the sole purpose of causing VS2010 to publish the DLL.
None of these answers are sufficient in my mind. This does seem to be a genuine bug. I will update this response if I ever find a non-hack solution, or Microsoft fixes the bug.
Update:
Doesn't seem promising.
https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/731303/publish-web-feature-not-including-all-dlls
I am having this same problem (different assemblies though). If I reference the assemblies in my web project, then they will get included in the publish output, but they should be included anyway because they are indirect dependencies:
Web Project ---> Assembly A ---> Assembly B
On build, assemblies A and B are outputed to the \bin folder. On publish, only assembly A is outputed to the publish folder.
I have tried changing the publish settings to include all files in the web project, but then I have files in my publish output that shouldn't be deployed.
This seems like a bug to me.
I had the same problem with VS2010 and a WCF Service Application.
It turns out that if your (directly or indirectly) referenced DLL's are deployed to GAC, the VS publishing feature excludes them. Once I removed the assemblies from GAC, publishing feature started working as expected.
I guess VS is assuming that if your assemblies can be located in GAC on the machine you build, they will be located in GAC on the target machine as well. At least in my case this assumption is false.
My tests show that the external assemblies get published when I have a reference on them in the web project. I do not have to write any dummy code to make it work. This seems acceptable to me.
I agree with Nicholas that this seems to be a bug in visual studio. At least it escapes me what the reason for the behavior could be.
I have created this issue as a bug on Microsoft Connect. If anyone experiencing it could vote it up https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/637071/publish-web-feature-not-including-all-dlls then hopefully we'll get something done about it.
If you go into the ExternalAssembly2 reference property list and change the "Copy Local" to "True" i think that might solve your issue.
I don't know if you are watching this still but I found the solution (I had the exact same issue) via this MSDN article. Under "build action" for the file choose "Content" that should include it in the list of files publish brings over.
I have created a new Connect bug here https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/731303/publish-web-feature-not-including-all-dlls
I've also attached a solution and detailed steps to reproduce this issue. Lets hope this time they won't close it as Can't Reproduce.
Vote for this connect issue if you experience the missing dll problem.
Copy local did the trick. I had an issue that the Newtonsoft.Json assembly get included in the deploymeny package. Copy local was set to false.
I am experiencing the same type of issue with a web project. I have a web project that references assembly A which references assembly B. It worked fine for some time but today it was broken. I did a rebuild of the solution and this time it deployed everything correctly.
I had this same problem today. I published my web project and realized that not all of the reference DLL's were there. In particular, the indirect DLL references.
It turns out that the directory in which I was publishing to was out of disk space (network share). I had just enough space to publish all the files except for few indirect reference DLL's. The sad part is that VS08 didn't throw any errors. It just published the files are usual. I cleared out some HDD space and everything worked fine.
I didn't find the HDD space issue until I tried to manually move the DLL's over.
in my case it is quite tricky.
Reference to ExternalAssembly2 is not required to Build the project but vital for run-time since we use reflection to configure Unity container.
So, I delete the reference - build the project successfully, but get run-time error.
If I preserve the reference I can Build and Run the application but I cannot Publish it with ExternalAssembly2 - get run-time exception as well.
This is happen because of internal VS2010 assemblies optimization.
So, what we can do here?
1. Put some unrequired peice of code to use any ExternalAssembly2's class.
2. escape from reflection and use static assemblies linking.
Hope this helps to smbd.
I got the same problem and this is a VS2010 bug if there's a reference link like:
Web Project --> custom project --> assembly1 -->(indirectly) assembly2.
For now I find if I reference the Assembly1 in the web project, then assembly2 is included in the bin folder.
So I had to add an additional reference link like:
Web project --> assembly1 -->(indirectly) assembly2.
Then VS can recognize assembly2 and include its dll file in publish action.

Is there any class similar to ProvidersHelper but not for web?

Is there any class similar to ProvidersHelper but not for web?
I want to instantiate a collection of providers. Actually I'm using CodeSmith & Nettiers, and the db provider is Oracle. It generated a provider section to be added at app.config, and i dont know why it uses System.Web.Configuration classes or why at this section it says SQLClient instead of OracleClient.
The error that I'm getting is:
"An unhandled exception of type 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException' occurred in System.Web.dll
Additional information: Could not load file or assembly 'LLPA.Data.OracleClient' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified."
Any idea or solution is appreciated.
It is probably a bug if it refers to SQL Server and you are using Oracle. I'd recommend logging a bug on the .netTiers issue tracker. I'd recommend taking a look at all of the LLPA.Data.OracleClient project references are being built and ensure that they are in your bin directory of your compiled application.
Check the DLL LLPA.Data.OracleClient is in the bin folder or the GAC. If that doesn't work look into using Fuslogvw.exe.
I hadn't had added the reference of LLPA.Data.OracleClient to my application, that's why it couldn't find it.