HiIm using VSTO 2005 excel application(using C#).When i deploy the application using publish wizard.It publishes successfully.But when i click on .APPLICATION file,it says Cannot continue.The application is improperly formatted.Contact the application vendor for assitance.-and the details of the error message is as follows:PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 5.1.2600.131072 (Win32NT) Common Language Runtime : 2.0.50727.42 System.Deployment.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) mscorwks.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfdll.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200) dfshim.dll : 2.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
SOURCES Deployment url : file:///D:/xlsws/cuma/ExcelCommandBars.application
ERROR SUMMARY Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log. * Activation of D:\xlsws\cuma\ExcelCommandBars.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected: + Exception reading manifest from file:///D:/xlsws/cuma/ExcelCommandBars.application: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened. + Deployment manifest is not semantically valid. + Application reference identity must be strongly named.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS * [1/17/2007 10:48:18 AM] : Activation of D:\xlsws\cuma\ExcelCommandBars.application has started.
ERROR DETAILS Following errors were detected during this operation. * [1/17/2007 10:48:18 AM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse) - Exception reading manifest from file:///D:/xlsws/cuma/ExcelCommandBars.application: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened. - Source: System.Deployment - Stack trace: at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri) at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation) at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options) at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut) at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state) --- Inner Exception --- System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestSemanticValidation) - Deployment manifest is not semantically valid. - Source: System.Deployment - Stack trace: at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForDeploymentRole() at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemantics(ManifestType manifestType) at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri) --- Inner Exception --- System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestComponentSemanticValidation) - Application reference identity must be strongly named. - Source: System.Deployment - Stack trace: at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateApplicationDependency(DependentAssembly da) at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForDeploymentRole()
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS No transaction information is available.
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