How to solve NuGet.targets(124,5): error : Value cannot be > null. (Parameter 'folderName') error?

2
votes

On building the project I am getting this error.

Error NETSDK1004 Assets file 'J:\Test\core\fx-core\obj\project.assets.json' not found. Run a NuGet package restore to generate this file. FxCore C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.201\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\targets\Microsoft.PackageDependencyResolution.targets 234

So to solve this I am running the command dotnet restore in package manager console. But on running I'm getting the below error.

PM> dotnet restore J:\Test\core\fx-core\FxCore.csproj(3,3): warning MSB4011: "C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.201\Current\Microsoft.Common.props" cannot be imported again. It was already imported at "C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.201\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\Sdk\Sdk.props (40,3)". This is most likely a build authoring error. This subsequent import will be ignored. C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.201\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\Sdk\Sdk.targets(37,3): warning MSB4011: "C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.201\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" cannot be imported again. It was already imported at "J:\Test\core\fx-core\FxCore.csproj (118,3)". This is most likely a build authoring error. This subsequent import will be ignored. C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\3.1.201\NuGet.targets(124,5): error : Value cannot be null. (Parameter 'folderName') [J:\Test\core\fx-core\FxCore.sln] PM>

How to solve this issue?

.Net Target framework: 4.6.1

Visual Studio: 2019 (16.5.2)

Project Type : Class library

Update:

Adding csproj file based on @Lennart request

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="15.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProjectGuid>{459BF9F7-69C7-4BBD-B566-CEFB992F88D5}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
    <RootNamespace>FX.Core</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>FxCore</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.6.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
    <TargetFrameworkProfile />
    <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
    <Version>1.0.2.9</Version>
    <Company>INTL FCStone</Company>
    <Authors>INTL FCStone</Authors>
    <Description>FxCore Assembly</Description>
    <Copyright>Copyright 2018</Copyright>
    <PackageReleaseNotes>version 1.0.2</PackageReleaseNotes>
    <TargetFrameworkIdentifier>.NETFramework</TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Remove="packages\**" />
    <Compile Remove="_CreateNewNuGetPackage\**" />
    <EmbeddedResource Remove="packages\**" />
    <EmbeddedResource Remove="_CreateNewNuGetPackage\**" />
    <None Remove="packages\**" />
    <None Remove="_CreateNewNuGetPackage\**" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="Dapper, Version=1.50.2.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\Dapper.1.50.2\lib\net45\Dapper.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="EasyNetQ, Version=0.63.6.463, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\EasyNetQ.0.63.6.463\lib\net45\EasyNetQ.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="FXEntity, Version=1.0.1.12, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\FXEntity.1.0.2.12\lib\net45\FXEntity.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="log4net, Version=2.0.8.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=669e0ddf0bb1aa2a, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\log4net.2.0.8\lib\net45-full\log4net.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation, Version=1.3.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\CommonServiceLocator.1.3\lib\portable-net4+sl5+netcore45+wpa81+wp8\Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Practices.Unity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6d32ff45e0ccc69f, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\Unity.4.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Practices.Unity.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6d32ff45e0ccc69f, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\Unity.4.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Configuration.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Practices.Unity.RegistrationByConvention, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6d32ff45e0ccc69f, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\Unity.4.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Practices.Unity.RegistrationByConvention.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Ninject, Version=3.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=c7192dc5380945e7, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\Ninject.3.2.2.0\lib\net45-full\Ninject.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="RabbitMQ.Client, Version=3.6.6.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89e7d7c5feba84ce, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\RabbitMQ.Client.3.6.6\lib\net45\RabbitMQ.Client.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.configuration" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Folder Include="Properties\" />
    <Compile Remove="Configuration\UspHostLoginValidateResult.cs" />
    <Compile Remove="Configuration\UspHostUserRoleMenuListResult.cs" />
    <Compile Remove="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
    <Folder Include="DataAccess\" />
    <Folder Include="DataAccess\Components" />
    <Folder Include="Diagnostics\" />
    <Folder Include="Diagnostics\Components" />
    <Folder Include="NetworkProtocols\" />
    <Folder Include="Unity\" />   
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <None Include="app.config">
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
    </None>
    <None Include="packages.config" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Connect.SSO" Version="3.5.6.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc" Version="5.2.6" />
    <PackageReference Include="Dapper" Version="1.50.2.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="EasyNetQ" Version="0.63.6.463" />
    <PackageReference Include="log4net" Version="2.0.8.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation" Version="1.3.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Ninject" Version="3.2.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="3.6.6.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
  <!--<Target Name="PreBuild" BeforeTargets="PreBuildEvent">
    <Exec Command="&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;" />
  </Target>-->
</Project>
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ultimately, this is something to do with whoever setup up the build files for this project/projects... in many non-standard cases, there is a "build" file somewhere that does the things, or some notes on building it – Marc Gravell♦
@MarcGravell thank you for your comment. how can I go ahead and fix it? please explain a bit – vivek nuna
that's like saying "there's a problem in my code; how do I fix it?" - we can't answer that without doing a lot of looking; if I recall, you cloned this from somewhere - I'd start by looking there: is there a "how to build" file? is there a CI build you can look at? can you ask the authors? – Marc Gravell♦
here's the thing: a normal/standard build will just work - dotnet restore and dotnet build, and you're done; so whatever this is: it isn't a normal/standard build; they could be doing literally anything in there. Getting to the bottom of it may be hard, and frankly it might be easier to throw away the csproj (just the csproj, not the actual code) and put a new one together from scratch. But there is no pithy "here's how you do that" answer to this, because it depends on a lot of details – Marc Gravell♦
oh, and any .targets, .props, etc files could all be contributing the oddness – Marc Gravell♦

1 Answers

3
votes

In the csproj, a few things leap out:

  • there's two <Import> that look unnecessary - remove/comment them
  • there's no target framework(s) - try <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework> or similar in the first <PropertyGroup>
  • the root element is overly complex; can be just <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  • you don't need <Reference> elements for things that also have <PackageReference> - you can probably remove the <Reference> for things like "Dapper" and "Ninject"
    • it would be preferable to use package-references exclusively, if possible

but: with those changes, it should work. My guess is that this was a pre-SDK project file that has been manually hacked and tweaked into something close to a working SDK project file.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
  <TargetFramework>net461</TargetFramework>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <ProjectGuid>{459BF9F7-69C7-4BBD-B566-CEFB992F88D5}</ProjectGuid>
    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
    <RootNamespace>FX.Core</RootNamespace>
    <AssemblyName>FxCore</AssemblyName>
    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.6.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
    <TargetFrameworkProfile />
    <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
    <Version>1.0.2.9</Version>
    <Company>INTL FCStone</Company>
    <Authors>INTL FCStone</Authors>
    <Description>FxCore Assembly</Description>
    <Copyright>Copyright 2018</Copyright>
    <PackageReleaseNotes>version 1.0.2</PackageReleaseNotes>
    <TargetFrameworkIdentifier>.NETFramework</TargetFrameworkIdentifier>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Remove="packages\**" />
    <Compile Remove="_CreateNewNuGetPackage\**" />
    <EmbeddedResource Remove="packages\**" />
    <EmbeddedResource Remove="_CreateNewNuGetPackage\**" />
    <None Remove="packages\**" />
    <None Remove="_CreateNewNuGetPackage\**" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="FXEntity, Version=1.0.1.12, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\FXEntity.1.0.2.12\lib\net45\FXEntity.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Practices.Unity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6d32ff45e0ccc69f, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\Unity.4.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Practices.Unity.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Configuration, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6d32ff45e0ccc69f, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\Unity.4.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Practices.Unity.Configuration.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.Practices.Unity.RegistrationByConvention, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6d32ff45e0ccc69f, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <HintPath>packages\Unity.4.0.1\lib\net45\Microsoft.Practices.Unity.RegistrationByConvention.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="System" />
    <Reference Include="System.configuration" />
    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
    <Reference Include="System.Web" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
    <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
    <Reference Include="System.Net.Http" />
    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Folder Include="Properties\" />
    <Compile Remove="Configuration\UspHostLoginValidateResult.cs" />
    <Compile Remove="Configuration\UspHostUserRoleMenuListResult.cs" />
    <Compile Remove="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
    <Folder Include="DataAccess\" />
    <Folder Include="DataAccess\Components" />
    <Folder Include="Diagnostics\" />
    <Folder Include="Diagnostics\Components" />
    <Folder Include="NetworkProtocols\" />
    <Folder Include="Unity\" />   
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <None Include="app.config">
      <SubType>Designer</SubType>
    </None>
    <None Include="packages.config" />
  </ItemGroup> 
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Connect.SSO" Version="3.5.6.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc" Version="5.2.6" />
    <PackageReference Include="Dapper" Version="1.50.2.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="EasyNetQ" Version="0.63.6.463" />
    <PackageReference Include="log4net" Version="2.0.8.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Practices.ServiceLocation" Version="1.3.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Ninject" Version="3.2.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="RabbitMQ.Client" Version="3.6.6.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>