Application manifest is not semantically valid.

[reximus-bbs]

Trying to use the ClickOnce Installer and I get an error.

Tested on three machines all with the same error.

Full error log below. Wondering if it's the double slash on line 150:

 `PLATFORM VERSION INFO Windows : 10.0.19042.0 (Win32NT) Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.42000 System.Deployment.dll : 4.8.4270.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C clr.dll : 4.8.4360.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C dfdll.dll : 4.8.4270.0 built by: NET48REL1LAST_C dfshim.dll : 10.0.19041.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800) SOURCES Deployment url : file:///C:/Users/Fake%20Name/XmlNotepad.application Deployment Provider url : https://lovettsoftwarestorage.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/XmlNotepad/XmlNotepad.application Server : Windows-Azure-Blob/1.0 Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0 IDENTITIES Deployment Identity : XmlNotepad.application, Version=2.8.0.35, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=ab3ea86545595e2b, processorArchitecture=msil APPLICATION SUMMARY * Installable application. ERROR SUMMARY Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log. * Activation of C:\Users\Fake Name\XmlNotepad.application resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected: + Exception reading manifest from https://lovettsoftwarestorage.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/XmlNotepad/Application%20Files/XmlNotepad_2_8_0_35/XmlNotepad.exe.manifest: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened. + Application manifest is not semantically valid. + File element runtimes\win-arm64\native\\WebView2Loader.dll must have a relative path. COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY No transaction error was detected. WARNINGS There were no warnings during this operation. OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS * [2021-07-12 2:36:13 PM] : Activation of C:\Users\Fake Name\XmlNotepad.application has started. * [2021-07-12 2:36:13 PM] : Processing of deployment manifest has successfully completed. * [2021-07-12 2:36:13 PM] : Installation of the application has started. ERROR DETAILS Following errors were detected during this operation. * [2021-07-12 2:36:13 PM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse) - Exception reading manifest from https://lovettsoftwarestorage.blob.core.windows.net/downloads/XmlNotepad/Application%20Files/XmlNotepad_2_8_0_35/XmlNotepad.exe.manifest: 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.DownloadApplicationManifest(AssemblyManifest deploymentManifest, String targetDir, Uri deploymentUri, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, Uri& appSourceUri, String& appManifestPath) at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.DownloadApplication(SubscriptionState subState, ActivationDescription actDesc, Int64 transactionId, TempDirectory& downloadTemp) at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.InstallApplication(SubscriptionState& subState, ActivationDescription actDesc) at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl, Uri& deploymentUri) at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl) --- End of stack trace from previous location where exception was thrown --- at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw() at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivationWithRetry(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl) at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state) --- Inner Exception --- System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestSemanticValidation) - Application manifest is not semantically valid. - Source: System.Deployment - Stack trace: at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForApplicationRole() at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri) --- Inner Exception --- System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestComponentSemanticValidation) - File element runtimes\win-arm64\native\\WebView2Loader.dll must have a relative path. - Source: System.Deployment - Stack trace: at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateFile(File f) at System.Deployment.Application.Manifest.AssemblyManifest.ValidateSemanticsForApplicationRole() COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS No transaction information is available. `

[reximus-bbs]

I have no idea what I'm looking for or if I can make a pull request but maybe it's fixed here:

Line 400 of XmlNotepad/src/Application/Application.csproj

[lovettchris]

Thanks for the bug report, it is fixed now.

[reximus-bbs]

Awesome!! Thank you Chris, just updated successfully!