Infralution Support

[lvt]

We are using Visual Build 6 for building. Each time the build script runs I am asked to enter the license key even though the license key has been embeeded in the project and the project builds fine in Visual Studio 2005.

What can I do to register the license when using Visual Build?

[Infralution]

Do you get prompted for license key when you do a rebuild solution from within Visual Studio?

Are you by any chance (re)-installing the Virtual Tree DLL in the GAC as part of your build or setup process?
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Infralution Support

[lvt]

No I do not get prompted when doing a rebuild within Visual Studio 2005 and we are not installing the Virtual Tree DLL in the GAC as part of the build process.

I think the problem arises because all source files are deleted prior to the build and there after fetched from the source control. The license has been entered on another machine than the build machine.

Is the license bound to a single machine?

[Infralution]

No the license is not bound to a single machine. Although you should have a license for each developer

By default the license file is created next to the DLL being used in the compilation. Under VS2003 this was always the publicly referenced DLL (found under Program Files/Infralution/Virtual Tree/bin). In VS2005 Visual Studio actually uses this DLL at design time (ie when you display form editors) but when you compile the DLL used is loaded from the GAC directory. Hence license files get saved in two different places and when you first do a build you get asked for a license even if you had previously entered a license when displaying a form editor.

If you re-register the DLL in the GAC then the GAC directory (including the license file is deleted) hence my question.

Look at the references to the Virtual Tree DLL's in the Solution Explorer window and check that the CopyLocal property is set to false. If this is set to true then Visual Studio will make a local copy of the DLL and the license file may well get created in the local Obj or bin directory (which is being obliterated by your Visual Build).
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