CruiseControl.Net CCNetWorkingDirectory parameter problem - cruisecontrol.net

I'm working with the latest CruiseControl.Net 1.5.7256.1.
I'm trying to use one of the system parameters, CCNetWorkingDirectory under sourcecontrol block and the project failed to recognize this parameter.
<sourcecontrol type="svn">
<trunkUrl>https://padev/svn/physical/Source</trunkUrl>
<workingDirectory>$[CCNetWorkingDirectory]\SVN\Source</workingDirectory>
<username>ccnet</username>
<password>hidden</password>
</sourcecontrol>
I also tried it as $CCNetWorkingDirectory, $(CCNetWorkingDirectory), Non of these option worked.
Thank you

You got trapped. I think almost anybody who starts with CCNET tries to access CCNetWorkingDirectory inside CCNET configuration. This is not possible. Find my answer on a similar question here.

I don't know in which version things changed but as of version 1.8 you can use what they call: System Paremeters as documented here:
http://confluence.public.thoughtworks.org/display/CCNET/Dynamic+Parameters
and it works for me as in this sample configuration:
<project name="ProjectName" queue="myqueue" queuePriority="1">
<workingDirectory>path</workingDirectory>
...
<sourcecontrol type="svn">
<workingDirectory>$[$CCNetWorkingDirectory]</workingDirectory>
...
</sourcecontrol>

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My CCTray says build is broken and on the server(http://172.25.165.10/ccnet/)
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Add your projects below! -->
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description="demoproject showing a small config" queue="Q1">
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-->
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<trunkUrl>https://citdevbox.arcade.local:8443/svn/cardwellR/trunk/winapp</trunkUrl>
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<username>***</username>
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<state type="state" directory="C:\CCNet\State" />
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<timeout>900</timeout>
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<triggers>
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<intervalTrigger
name="continuous"
seconds="300"
buildCondition="IfModificationExists"
initialSeconds="5"/>
</triggers>
<publishers>
<xmllogger />
<artifactcleanup cleanUpMethod="KeepLastXBuilds"
cleanUpValue="50" />
</publishers>
</project>
</cruisecontrol>
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.
Parser Error Message: The root element must match the name of the section referencing the file, 'appSettings'
Source Error:
Line 1: cruisecontrol xmlns:cb="urn:ccnet.config.builder"
Source File: C:\Program Files (x86)\CruiseControl.NET\server\ccnet.config Line: 1
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.5456; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.5456
You didn't post the content of your ccnet.config file which the error you are getting is complaining about. Lets start with the obvious. I would look to see if there is a typo in there, for example maybe a missing quote or something in the appSettings section. If you have the unmodified version revert back to that and see if your issue goes away and compare the unmodified with the modified.
There is an app called CCValidator which will tell you where the error is in your ccnet.config file. I suspect that is not where the problem is. It sounds like the error is in the ccservice.exe.config. Perhaps someone accidentally copied ccnet.config to ccservice.exe.config. The error may also be in your web dashboard's configuration.
I solved the issue by removing the build args tag.
</noconsolelogger /t:CTSx86;BuildZip /v:d>
My processor was 64 bit and I was using noconsolelogger /t:CTSx86 which is for a 32 bit processor. Anyway these were optional so I removed it worked fine.

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I am trying to configure Cruisecontrol.net for UCM Clearcase for the first time. Following is the sourceControl tag in the ccnet.config file:
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<viewName>admin_123_CRUISE</viewName>
<viewPath>$(ViewDirectory)</viewPath>
<useLabel>false</useLabel>
<useBaseline>false</useBaseline>
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I constantly receive the following error:
ThoughtWorks.CruiseControl.Core.CruiseControlException: Source control
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How should I make Cruisecontrol.net run cleartool.exe from the $(ViewDirectory)?
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Any help would be appreciated.
EDIT 1:
As a workaround I have done the following:
<exec>
<executable>cleartool.exe</executable>
<baseDirectory>d:\Workspace\123_India_Release\VOB</baseDirectory>
<buildArgs>update -force</buildArgs>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>6000</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</exec>
I have added this to the tasks tag. I have configured an hourly trigger which does the following:
1) Update snapshot view
2) Build the VS 2010 solutions mentioned in the tasks tag.
The limitations are:
1) The trigger is hourly. I want it to be a commit based trigger.
2) This is a workaround
EDIT 2:
Further experimentation revealed that the ccnet.exe works fine. It does all that is needed. The issue is caused by the service ccservice.
I have stopped ccservice for now and started ccnet.exe. I plan to leave it running.
The View directory isn't enough: you must specify a vob.
See for instance:
"clearfsimport: Error: Not an object in a vob: "\"." (as an illustratio of that error message)
this thread (or this one): "You have to specify explicitly the VOB(s) to check for modification set"
The path should looks like:
<viewPath>Drive:\path\to\view\vobname</viewPath>
If your $(ViewDirectory) already references Drive:\path\to\view, then you could use:
<viewPath>$(ViewDirectory)\vobname</viewPath>

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Example repo
trunk/
foo/
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ignoreme/
index.html
bar/
branches/
tags/
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<pattern>/ignoreme/**</pattern>
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Thank you.
Found the working pattern:
/trunk/ignoreme/**/*.*
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HTH

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Currently I have this sourcecontrol config block.
<sourcecontrol type="svn">
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<workingDirectory>c:\MyProject</workingDirectory>
<username>admin</username>
<password>mypassword</password>
</sourcecontrol>
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<sourcecontrol type="svn">
...
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<project name="Assembly.Web.project">
<triggers>
<intervalTrigger seconds="3600" />
</triggers>
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<executable>C:\Program Files (x86)\SVN 1.5 bin\svn.exe</executable>
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I use a NAnt task for all publishing, deploying, cleaning and so on.
Take a look at MSDEPLOY or Web Deployment Projects. There is a question that will provide more detail here
You have to use NAnt for those kind of stuff.
Here is the Task Reference of Nant..
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