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Thanks for your suggestions.
@vladimp: I do not have a reference into such an assembly in the project. I have not checked namespaces though.

However, I tried removing files from the win32 folder until the error disappeared.
It could be multiple files can cause this, but after I have removed Prism.Wpf.dll (file version 6.1.0.0) the build was successful. If I add it again I get the following (very similar) build error. So it might be that this is not the only file that can cause that error:

Error MSB4018 The "GenerateResource" task failed unexpectedly.
System.InvalidOperationException: Item named 'interactivity/defaultpopupwindows/defaultnotificationwindow.baml' of type 'System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream' cannot be added to the resource file because it is not serializable.
...

Any ideas?

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Hi Guys,

Thanks for your feedback and sorry for your experience.
We didn't abandon you, we are working on creating a detailed guidance for all projects variations so you will have a great experience.
Currently it is not supported in the VS out of the box.

if you are blocked on submitting your app to the store please shoot me an email - vladimp [at] Microsoft.

Thanks for the patience and great holidays!
Vlad

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Hi vlad,

Thanks for the examples. I tried to port our WPF app using the DesktopBridgeToUWP example, however a rather cryptic error happens when building the JavaScript UWP project:

Error	MSB4018	The "GenerateResource" task failed unexpectedly.

System.InvalidOperationException: Item named 'crashdialog.baml' of type 'System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream' cannot be added to the resource file because it is not serializable.
  at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ProcessResourceFiles.WriteResources(ReaderInfo reader, IResourceWriter writer)
  at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ProcessResourceFiles.WriteResources(ReaderInfo reader, String filename)
  at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ProcessResourceFiles.ProcessFile(String inFile, String outFileOrDir)
  at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ProcessResourceFiles.Run(TaskLoggingHelper log, ITaskItem[] assemblyFilesList, List'1 inputs, List'1 satelliteInputs, List'1 outputs, Boolean sourcePath, String language, String namespacename, String resourcesNamespace, String filename, String classname, Boolean publicClass, Boolean extractingResWFiles, String resWOutputDirectory)
   at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ProcessResourceFiles.Run(TaskLoggingHelper log, ITaskItem[] assemblyFilesList, List'1 inputs, List'1 satelliteInputs, List'1 outputs, Boolean sourcePath, String language, String namespacename, String resourcesNamespace, String filename, String classname, Boolean publicClass, Boolean extractingResWFiles, String resWOutputDirectory)
   at Microsoft.Build.Tasks.GenerateResource.Execute()
   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()
   at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.<ExecuteInstantiatedTask>d__26.MoveNext()	myapp.Package	C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets	1194

Any ideas what could cause such an error?

Btw. The example works fine on that machine and I am using VS 2017 RC. Also, if I go the full manual way (using makeappx) it does create an appx file.

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I have some more diagnostics on that now. I enabled more verbose msbuild output:

--snip--
1>Target _GeneratePrisForPortableLibraries:
1>  Using "RemovePayloadDuplicates" task from assembly "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.Build.AppxPackage.dll".
1>  Task "RemovePayloadDuplicates"
1>  Done executing task "RemovePayloadDuplicates".
1>  Using "GenerateResource" task from assembly "Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core, Version=15.1.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a".
1>  Task "GenerateResource"

1>    resgen.exe /useSourcePath /compile "c:\users\thoma\documents\visual studio 2017\Projects\Appx.Packages\MyApp.Package\win32\Prism.Wpf.dll"
1>    Extracting .ResW files from assembly "c:\users\thoma\documents\visual studio 2017\Projects\Appx.Packages\MyApp.Package\win32\Prism.Wpf.dll" into "bld\Debug\".

1>    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1194,5): error MSB4018: The "GenerateResource" task failed unexpectedly.
      C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v15.0\AppxPackage\Microsoft.AppXPackage.Targets(1194,5): error MSB4018: System.InvalidOperationException: Item named 'interactivity/defaultpopupwindows/defaultnotificationwindow.baml' of type 'System.IO.UnmanagedMemoryStream' cannot be added to the resource file because it is not serializable.
--snip--

So the error has something to do with resgen trying to extract resources from the assembly. Is this step necessary or even useful for converted desktop apps?

BTW. Please tell me if I should raise this issue somewhere else than here.

Thanks!

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Hi @tseifried . While we continue investigating this issue to provide a better answer, there is a temp workaround disabling the resource generator step. To do so, just add this property to your jsproj:

  <AppxGeneratePrisForPortableLibrariesEnabled>false</AppxGeneratePrisForPortableLibrariesEnabled>

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Please follow the guidance here - https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/porting/desktop-to-uwp-packaging-dot-net
To publish and debug your desktop bridge application with Visual Studio.

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I also ran into the same problem and I'm looking for a solution. This happens even with the provided AppServiceBridgeSample...

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Hi nikizh,
did you find a solution for the problem? I am still searching...

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@Andi55 No, unfortunately I didn't find a way...

@vladimp Any suggestions?
Thanks

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Thanks for the feedback guys.
We are investigating the issue, please hold tight.

Thanks,
Vlad

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Hi @vladimp,
did you find a solution for the problem? Hit the same error here.

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me too...

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Guys common... you put out a sample that you don't even try to package and then just abandon it! 👎 Job well done...

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Can you try to set your Win32 binaries in a subfolder of the root Appx Layout?
We have updated our Samples and verified package generation in debug and release.

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I think we have 2 scenarios here:

1. Win32 + UWP with app service
2. Win32 packaged

The second options indeed creates packages however still fails to install, the first one fails with generating the package... Either way I don't consider any of them as working samples, not to mention the chosen workaround for the second option.

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Can you provide more details on what's not working? Which are the errors?

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We are talking inside a github issue, what would be the point to copy paste the same error message here. I don't want to be mean, if it was a third party repo I would understand, but 2 months have past and we are still "holding tight" ...

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Hi Arpad,

We published an update few days ago that shows how to package the project in each step along the bridge, please try it out - https://github.com/Microsoft/DesktopBridgeToUWP-Samples/tree/master/Samples/JourneyAcrossTheBridge
As a workaround we are using a JavaScript UWP project to prepare your app for the store.
You can find more details in the README file for the JourneyAcrossTheBridge samples.

We will also publish a step by step document that will walk you through building your own app very soon. if you are still blocked please email me directly to vladimp [at] Microsoft and I will help you.

Thanks!
Vlad

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Which files are in your "win32" folder? I wonder why a .baml file shows up. Are you marking that file intentionally as part of your output? If we could see the solution, that would help.

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Also, a similar issue issue was reported here - https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/0e71a593-5976-4b12-ab46-2949d3cc7baf/windows-phone-81-generateresourse-task-failed-error?forum=wpdevelop
Can you please validate whether you have a reference to - "System.Windows.Controls*" in your project?

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Thanks! That worked for me.

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please let me see your AppxManifest file
thanks a lot

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1>MakeAppx : error : Manifest validation error: Line 36, Column 52, Reason: The file name "MainPage.xaml" declared for element "[local-name()='Applications']/[local-name()='Application']/[local-name()='Extensions']/[local-name()='Extension']" doesn't exist in the package.
1>MakeAppx : error : Package creation failed.
1>MakeAppx : error : 0x80080204 - The specified package format is not valid: The package manifest is not valid.
I don't know why

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