Invalid filechck.dll

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Hi everyone 
 
 I am currently developing a simple WPF program using the ProjectAutomation API. However, when running unit tests, I run into the following exception on calling the "FileBasedProject" constructor: 
 
 Sdl.ProjectAutomation.FileBased.LicensingException was unhandled by user code Message=License check failed, with exception: System.ArgumentException: Invalid filechck.dll bei Sdl.Core.FileCheck.AbstractFileCheck..ctor(String fileCheckDll) bei Sdl.Core.FileCheck.NodeLockFileCheck..ctor(String fileCheckDll) bei Sdl.DesktopLicensing.Core.CoreLicenseManager.CreateProduct() bei Sdl.DesktopLicensing.Core.CoreLicenseManager.get_CurrentProduct() bei Sdl.DesktopLicensing.Core.CoreLicenseManager.GetLicense(Boolean checkOutLicense) bei Sdl.DesktopLicensing.Core.CoreLicenseManager.GetLicenseWithoutConsumingSeatsOrUsages() bei Sdl.ProjectApi.Licensing.LicenseCheckWithoutUsingNetworkSeat.get_License() bei Sdl.ProjectApi.Licensing.LicenseCheckWithoutUsingNetworkSeat.get_IsProfessional() bei Sdl.ProjectAutomation.FileBased.FileBasedProject.CheckLicense() Source=Sdl.ProjectAutomation.FileBased StackTrace: bei Sdl.ProjectAutomation.FileBased.FileBasedProject.CheckLicense() bei Sdl.ProjectAutomation.FileBased.FileBasedProject..ctor(ProjectInfo projectInfo, ProjectTemplateReference templateReference) bei Sdl.ProjectAutomation.FileBased.FileBasedProject..ctor(ProjectInfo projectInfo) bei ch.diction.projectcreator.factory.SdlTradosStudioProjectFactory.createProject(ProjectSettings projectSettings) in C:\Users\pkesseli\Software\C#\project-creator\project-creator\src\ch\diction\projectcreator\factory\SdlTradosStudioProjectFactory.cs:Zeile 54. bei ch.diction.projectcreator.test.factory.SdlTradosStudioProjectFactoryTest.testCreateSingleSourceLanguageSingleTranslationTask() in C:\Users\pkesseli\Software\C#\project-creator\project-creator-test\src\ch\diction\projectcreator	est\factory\SdlTradosStudioProjectFactoryTest.cs:Zeile 31. InnerException: System.ArgumentException Message=Invalid filechck.dll Source=Sdl.Core.FileCheck StackTrace: bei Sdl.Core.FileCheck.AbstractFileCheck..ctor(String fileCheckDll) bei Sdl.Core.FileCheck.NodeLockFileCheck..ctor(String fileCheckDll) bei Sdl.DesktopLicensing.Core.CoreLicenseManager.CreateProduct() bei Sdl.DesktopLicensing.Core.CoreLicenseManager.get_CurrentProduct() bei Sdl.DesktopLicensing.Core.CoreLicenseManager.GetLicense(Boolean checkOutLicense) bei Sdl.DesktopLicensing.Core.CoreLicenseManager.GetLicenseWithoutConsumingSeatsOrUsages() bei Sdl.ProjectApi.Licensing.LicenseCheckWithoutUsingNetworkSeat.get_License() bei Sdl.ProjectApi.Licensing.LicenseCheckWithoutUsingNetworkSeat.get_IsProfessional() bei Sdl.ProjectAutomation.FileBased.FileBasedProject.CheckLicense() InnerException: 
 
 The innermost exception seems to be an ArgumentException proclaiming "Invalid filechck.dll". Since I've connected my machine to our license server and Studio starts without issues, I am unsure where this error might result from. There is only one "filechck.dll" in the Studio program folder, and copying it to the program location has no effect. 
 
 Thanks for any suggestions and best regards 
 Pascal

Xingzeng Liu · Accepted Answer

Hi all, 
 I tried to investigate this issue by running project automation API with Studio 2011 professional license (both the case to use license server or independent) and I could not reproduce any license problem reported in this thread if I follow a certain rules. Here is the steps I tried: 
 1) Prepare a folder to store the reference files and the output of Visual Studio build. In my case I use the folder d:\dev\bin\debug. And I run the following batch file to make the folder and copy all the possible required files (Here I am using Windows 7 and Studio is installed to the default folder. Basically this is to create a new folder, and copy everything from Studio installation folder): 
 ::::::: the batch file content ::::::::::::::::::::: 
 @echo off 
 :: setup the folders 
 SET DEV_FOLDER=D:\dev 
 SET STUDIO_FOLDER="C:\Program Files (x86)\SDL\SDL Trados Studio\Studio2" 
 SET DEV_BIN=%DEV_FOLDER%\bin\debug 
 :: copy all studio files to dev folder so that project reference and output will go to this folder 
 IF EXIST %DEV_BIN% GOTO copy_file 
 mkdir %DEV_BIN% 
 :copy_file 
 xcopy /s %STUDIO_FOLDER% %DEV_BIN% 
 2) Create a project in Visual Studio. Make sure all the project reference files are from the folder in the first step -- that is d:\dev\bin\debug for my case. And also make sure the project output path is set to the same folder, just as shown in the following screenshot: 
 
 3) Now I wrote the code with project automation api, then I run either from debug or outside Visual Studio, everything works fine. 
 4) To further investigate this issue I also created a unit test project. In the first test I forgot setting project output path as I did in step 2, therefore my test failed with "Invalid filechck" error. I then start fussion log tool (FUSLOGVW.exe -- from Microsoft SDK) to check all the DLL loading. I saw it is the DLL loading issue. Therefore I changed the project output path to the same folder as in Step 2, now it works fine again. 
 5) With the setting in step 2 for all the projects, all my coded DLLs and Exes are in the folder d:\dev\bin\Debug. After finishing my work, I just copy my own DLLs and Exes to SDL Studio installation folder for production usage. 
 Could you all try the same steps as I did to see if you still have problem? If you still problems, you might post your detailed steps and I will look further the issue. 
 Thanks, 
 Xingzeng

pkesseli · Answer

Anyhow, this is now an issue present only in the unit tests. Running my application from the Studio2 folder works. I'll mock the Project creation in the unit tests and be done with it :-) . 
 Thanks again for your elaborate support!

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