Cannot build my XNA 4.0 solution with current version of JSIL. about jsil

[kg]

It sounds like it's failing to identify your solution file's outputs. What are the build platforms and configurations it has? The default should be Debug|x86, so make sure building with that configuration works in VS.

Also, try passing it one of your output files instead (mygame\mygame\bin\x86\mygame.exe or whatever). See if that works, to make sure it's the solution builder.

If you're willing to do some debugging, you'll want to set a breakpoint at line 43 or later in SolutionBuilder.cs (in the Compiler) project. Take a look at the results of the build operation and see if you can identify why they don't contain a .exe or .dll.

Also to note, that I was able to build when I used the executable version of mygame as the source. I remember being able to run it on the .sln file. Perhaps things have changed?

JSILc.exe C:\Users\Branch\mygame\mygame\mygame\bin\x86\Debug\mygame.exe

Looks like I commented simultaneously with your post!

For reference, the build platform/configuration is Debug|x86, and this does work in VS.

What could this entail then, about the solution builder? Does it mean my sln could be corrupt?

[kg]

It's probably a bug in my solution bulider. The only way to identify it would be for me to try building your .sln or for you to look at the state of the solution build result object in SolutionBuilder.cs with a breakpoint.

-       result  {Microsoft.Build.Execution.BuildResult} Microsoft.Build.Execution.BuildResult
        CircularDependency  false   bool
        ConfigurationId 1   int
+       Exception   null    System.Exception
        GlobalRequestId 0   int
        NodeRequestId   0   int
        OverallResult   Success Microsoft.Build.Execution.BuildResultCode
        ParentGlobalRequestId   -1  int
+       ResultsByTarget Count = 4   System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<string,Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult> {System.Collections.Concurrent.ConcurrentDictionary<string,Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult>}
[RESULTSBYTARGET MEMBERS]
+       [0] {[ValidateProjects, Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult]}    System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string,Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult>
        Key "ValidateProjects"  string
-       Value   {Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult}    Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult
+       Exception   null    System.Exception
        Items   {Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectItemInstance.TaskItem[0]} Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem[] {Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectItemInstance.TaskItem[]}
        ResultCode  Success Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResultCode

+       [1] {[ValidateToolsVersions, Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult]}   System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string,Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult>
        Key "ValidateToolsVersions" string
-       Value   {Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult}    Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult
+       Exception   null    System.Exception
        Items   {Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectItemInstance.TaskItem[0]} Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem[] {Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectItemInstance.TaskItem[]}
        ResultCode  Success Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResultCode

+       [2] {[ValidateSolutionConfiguration, Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult]}   System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string,Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult>
        Key "ValidateSolutionConfiguration" string
-       Value   {Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult}    Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult
+       Exception   null    System.Exception
        Items   {Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectItemInstance.TaskItem[0]} Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem[] {Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectItemInstance.TaskItem[]}
        ResultCode  Success Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResultCode

+       [3] {[Build, Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult]}   System.Collections.Generic.KeyValuePair<string,Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult>
        Key "Build" string
-       Value   {Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult}    Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResult
+       Exception   null    System.Exception
        Items   {Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectItemInstance.TaskItem[0]} Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem[] {Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectItemInstance.TaskItem[]}
        ResultCode  Success Microsoft.Build.Execution.TargetResultCode

[/RESULTSBYTARGET MEMBERS]
        SubmissionId    0   int
+       Non-Public members      

resultFiles

-       resultFiles Count = 0   System.Collections.Generic.HashSet<string>

Does this help? If not please let me know what else you may need.
Thanks
--spectrum

[kg]

It looks to me like MSBuild simply isn't building your solution file's outputs. I can't imagine why that would be, and MS's documentation for this API is pretty scarce. If you can reproduce this with a stripped down version of your .sln, or you don't mind sharing it with me for debugging purposes, I can do more digging, but that's about it.

Do you need just the sln file? Or the entire solution? If it's just the sln, I could email it to you.

[kg]

I would probably need enough to do a compile of the project, which might be prohibitive since it's XNA. The project shouldn't need to be able to run, though, so you could leave out all of the contents of the content project, I think, and you might be able to get away with removing a bunch of the source code if you're worried, as long as the project settings are the same.

Alright, give me a little bit to go through my solution and get it to build without content. I'll send you an email when I'm done putting that together.

I was looking through the JSIL.sln file, and noticed that you removed the Any CPU references. I looked at my sln and noticed that the Any CPU references were there, even though I would normally use the x86 option. When I get home I will try this out and let you know if this makes a difference at all.

ref:
a80444a#JSIL.sln

Performing this fix to my solution file resolved the issue. I removed all lines that started like this:

Debug|Any CPU ...
Release|Any CPU ...
{GUID}.Release|Any CPU ...
{GUID}.Debug|Any CPU ...

Looks like it was something on my side. Even though my build configuration was set to Debug|x86 in Visual Studio.
I wonder if there's any error checking that can be done for this in JSIL.

I will close this issue, thanks for your rapid feedback.

[kg]

Thanks. I've seen this problem before. I don't know why Visual Studio keeps adding broken solution configurations - I'll try to find a workaround.

Looks like it's this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/207566/prevent-visual-studio-from-automatically-creating-mixed-platforms-solution-con