Unhandled exception on Vault Repository wizard page

David James · Post by **David James** » Tue Apr 27, 2004 10:01 pm

Hi,

I'm getting the following unhandled exception during the VSS Import:

System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at VSSImport.WizardForm.j()
at VSSImport.WizardForm.o(Object A_0, EventArgs A_1)
at ActiproSoftware.Wizard.Wizard.ᐁ(EventArgs )
at ActiproSoftware.Wizard.Wizard.set_SelectedIndex(Int32 value)
at ActiproSoftware.Wizard.Wizard.ᐃ(WizardPageCancelEventArgs )
at ActiproSoftware.Wizard.Wizard.ᐍ(Object , EventArgs )
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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VSSImport
Assembly Version: 2.0.2.2163
Win32 Version: 2.0.2.2163
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/SourceGear/SourceSafe%20Import%20Tool/VSSImport.exe
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.windows.forms/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.windows.forms.dll
----------------------------------------
System
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
----------------------------------------
VaultClientOperationsLib
Assembly Version: 2.0.2.2163
Win32 Version: 2.0.2.2163
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/SourceGear/SourceSafe%20Import%20Tool/VaultClientOperationsLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.drawing/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
ActiproSoftware.Wizard
Assembly Version: 1.4.60.0
Win32 Version: 1.4.60.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/SourceGear/SourceSafe%20Import%20Tool/ActiproSoftware.Wizard.DLL
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VaultClientNetLib
Assembly Version: 2.0.2.2163
Win32 Version: 2.0.2.2163
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/SourceGear/SourceSafe%20Import%20Tool/VaultClientNetLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
VaultLib
Assembly Version: 2.0.2.2163
Win32 Version: 2.0.2.2163
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/SourceGear/SourceSafe%20Import%20Tool/VaultLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
System.Web.Services
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.web.services/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.web.services.dll
----------------------------------------
Interop.SourceSafeTypeLib
Assembly Version: 5.1.0.0
Win32 Version: 5.1.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files/SourceGear/SourceSafe%20Import%20Tool/Interop.SourceSafeTypeLib.DLL
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System.Xml
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.xml/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.xml.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Web
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.web/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.web.dll
----------------------------------------
rthwxhua
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
----------------------------------------
toyosoj3
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
----------------------------------------
rh59ijiu
Assembly Version: 0.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system/1.0.5000.0__b77a5c561934e089/system.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Management
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/system.management/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/system.management.dll
----------------------------------------
CustomMarshalers
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.573
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/assembly/gac/custommarshalers/1.0.5000.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/custommarshalers.dll
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This happens as soon as the "Vault Repository" page of the wizard (see attached screenshot) is displayed.

Vault version 2.0.2.

Server machine:
Windows 2003 Server Standard, running as a domain controller
MSSQL 2000 SP3

Import machine:
Windows 2003 Server Standard, running as a domain controller (same domain as server)
VSS 6.0c + IVSSItem::get_Versions hotfix

The server is a fresh install with no repositories or users (other than admin). The install crashed the first time because of an incorrect IIS/MSSQL security setting, but it worked the second time. The only thing I did after installing was run the admin tool to put a demo license key in.

I am choosing all the default options in the wizard up to this point.

If I click Continue in the exception dialog, the import appears to succeed.

Post by **jeremy_sg** » Wed Apr 28, 2004 11:18 am

Have you deleted all of the repositories on the server? It's possible that the import tool is trying to select a repository in the dropdown control, but not finding one. As long as you can sucessfully create a repository on that page, and the import succeeds, there's no reason to worry. I've made a note to investigate this further.