INFO: Could not load file or assembly Aurigma.GraphicsMill problem

Since Graphics Mill for .NET 5.0 was released, we have received a number of emails from our customers who get the following error whenever run an application which uses Graphics Mill for .NET 5.0.



Eliminating this problem on the development computer

To eliminate this problem you should install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package on your development computer before using Graphics Mill for .NET 5.0. You can download this package from Microsoft site:

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)

Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64)

Eliminating this problem on the target computer

If you are going to distribute your application which uses Graphics Mill for .NET 5.0 to computers where it is not guaranteed that Visual C++ 2005 is installed, you should redistribute Visual C++ DLLs along with your application. There are three ways to redistribute Visual C++ DLLs with your application:

1. Use Visual C++ Redistributable Merge Modules to install a particular Visual C++ library as shared side-by-side assemblies into the native assembly cache (WinSxS folder). This is the primary recommended way for redistributing Visual C++ libraries. Access to this folder requires that the installer application be run by a user with administrative rights.
2. Use Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package to install all Visual C++ libraries as shared side-by-side assemblies into the native assembly cache (WinSxS folder). This package can be downloaded from the Microsoft download site using links above. To deploy Visual C++ libraries by using Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package, perform the following steps:
   
   - a. Create a folder structure on the development computer that matches the folder structure to be used on the target computer.
   
   - b. Copy this folder to the target computer.
   
   - c. Copy Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package to the target computer.
   
   - d. Run VCRedist_x86.exe (or VCRedist_x64.exe) on the target computer.
   
3. Install a particular Visual C++ DLLs as a private assemblies for the application using files provided in the c:\Windows\WinSxS directory. This way is recommended to enable installation of applications by users who do not have administrative rights or when it should be possible to run an application from a share. To deploy Visual C++ DLLs as private assemblies, perform the following steps:
   
   - a. Create a folder structure on the development computer that matches the folder structure to be used on the target computer.
   
   - b. On your development machine open c:\Windows\WinSxS folder and copy the following folders to the folder containing binary assemblies in your application:
   x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_[…][/i];
   x86_Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_[…][/i].
   
   - c. Rename folders copied in the previous step:
   x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_[…] to Microsoft.VC80.CRT;
   x86_Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_[…] to Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP.
   
   - d. Open c:\Windows\WinSxS\Manifests folder on your development machine, take the following files:
   x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_[…].manifest
   x86_Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_[…].manifest,
   and copy them to Microsoft.VC80.CRT and Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP folders, accordingly.
   
   - e. Rename the files copied in the previous step:
   x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_[…].manifest file to Microsoft.VC80.CRT.manifest
   x86_Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_[…].manifest file to Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP.manifest.
   
   - f. After that make installation package included the files and folders prepared above and redistribute it.

Note:

• Make sure that you copy folders with dlls and manifests of .762 version (this version should be in the name of folders and manifest files).
• If you use x64 system you should copy the same folders and manifests with the difference that their names are started with x64_[...]
• You can use the third way for Windows Applications only. For Web Applications you need to use Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package as described in the second way.

See the Choosing a Deployment Method topic for details.

*** Update for the Graphics Mill for .NET v5.5:

Due to security vulnerability found in ATL (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-035) Graphics Mill for .NET v5.5 and higher requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package ATL Security Update to be installed instead of Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package mentioned above.

Also, if you are adding runtime libraries as private assemblies - note that Graphics Mill for .NET v5.5 now references to version 8.0.50727.4053 of VC80.CRT & VC80.OpenMP libraries instead of 8.0.50727.762.

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Best regards,
Tatyana Bertyakova

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Have Sp1 installed and also latest update for Sp1 and still get this message. Using a spanish Visual Studio 2005 edition and service packs.
Can run the compiled demos as distributed by you but not the sample projects from Visual Studio IDE.
Thanks in advance.

Solved now, thanks. Really outstanding support even on evaluation.

Hello,



Yes, you need to install it.

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Sincerely yours,
Dmitry Sevostyanov.

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Hello,

It seems something wrong with redistributable package. As you have 64 bit version of Windows we need to check the following:

• If you use 32 bit version of Graphics Mill in your application you need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86)
• If you use 64 bit version of Graphics Mill you need to install Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64).

Please, take into account that redistributable packages should be downloaded from the certain links listed above.

To check whether redistributable package is installed correctly, go to C:\Windows\winsxs folder. You should find the following folders there:

For Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86):

• x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_[...]_8.0.50727.762_[…];
• x86_Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP_[...]_8.0.50727.762_[…].

For Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package (x64):

• amd64_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_[...]_8.0.50727.762_[…];
• amd64_Microsoft.VC80.OpenMP_[...]_8.0.50727.762_[…].

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Sincerely yours,
Dmitry Sevostyanov.

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Hello,

You get this error message for Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Codecs.AviProcessor.dll just because this assembly was loaded first.

Actually Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable is not part of Visual Studio, it is set of assemblies and dlls required by applications compiled with VC++ 2005 (I have no idea why Microsoft does not redistribute them within updates). You can be sure that installing Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable does not mean that you install VS2005 or some of its parts.

Unfortunately VS2008 does not help you to solve this issue. You need to install the exact files listed in this forum thread.

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Sincerely yours,
Dmitry Sevostyanov.

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Hello,

Thanks for the report. I will check it and post results here.

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Sincerely yours,
Dmitry Sevostyanov.

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Thank you Dmitry for your very detailed information.

This seems to be exactly what I was looking for.

After using Visual Studio 2008 for several months, I removed the Visual Studio 2005 installation from my computer.

I suppose that the VC++ 2005 Runtime bootstrapper package was also removed when I uninstalled Visual Studio 2005?

So for GraphicsMill V5, will I need to have prerequisites set for both the 2005 AND the 2008 vesions of the VC++ runtimes, or just the 2005 version?

Michael

Hi,

I was trying to use GraphicsMill but unable to do so. I did install the C++ 2005 runtime x64. I'm trying to run this on IIS 7. I also checked the winsxs folder ;

amd64_microsoft.vc80.openmp_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_none_338673a60d08dbcc
amd64_microsoft.vc80.crt_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_none_c905be8887838ff2

Have I missed something?

here is the stack trace generated;

Could not load file or assembly 'Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Codecs.AdvancedPsd' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.

=== Pre-bind state information ===
LOG: User = IIS APPPOOL\DefaultAppPool
LOG: DisplayName = Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Codecs.AdvancedPsd
(Partial)
LOG: Appbase = file:///C:/Users/Richard/Documents/Visual Studio 2008/Projects/PASTA/WebApplication1/
LOG: Initial PrivatePath = C:\Users\Richard\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\PASTA\WebApplication1\bin
Calling assembly : (Unknown).
===
LOG: This bind starts in default load context.
LOG: Using application configuration file: C:\Users\Richard\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\PASTA\WebApplication1\web.config
LOG: Using host configuration file: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\Aspnet.config
LOG: Using machine configuration file from C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v2.0.50727\config\machine.config.
LOG: Policy not being applied to reference at this time (private, custom, partial, or location-based assembly bind).
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/Temporary ASP.NET Files/webapplication1/8581d8c9/6c14da19/Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Codecs.AdvancedPsd.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/Temporary ASP.NET Files/webapplication1/8581d8c9/6c14da19/Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Codecs.AdvancedPsd/Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Codecs.AdvancedPsd.DLL.
LOG: Attempting download of new URL file:///C:/Users/Richard/Documents/Visual Studio 2008/Projects/PASTA/WebApplication1/bin/Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Codecs.AdvancedPsd.DLL.
ERR: Failed to complete setup of assembly (hr = 0x8007000b). Probing terminated.



Stack Trace:


[BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Codecs.AdvancedPsd' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.]
System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection) +0
System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection) +416
System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection) +166
System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString) +35
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssemblyHelper(String assemblyName, Boolean starDirective) +190

[ConfigurationErrorsException: Could not load file or assembly 'Aurigma.GraphicsMill.Codecs.AdvancedPsd' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.]
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssemblyHelper(String assemblyName, Boolean starDirective) +11207304
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAllAssembliesFromAppDomainBinDirectory() +388
System.Web.Configuration.CompilationSection.LoadAssembly(AssemblyInfo ai) +232
System.Web.Configuration.AssemblyInfo.get_AssemblyInternal() +48
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetReferencedAssemblies(CompilationSection compConfig) +210
System.Web.Compilation.WebDirectoryBatchCompiler..ctor(VirtualDirectory vdir) +191
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.BatchCompileWebDirectoryInternal(VirtualDirectory vdir, Boolean ignoreErrors) +54
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CompileWebFile(VirtualPath virtualPath) +295
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultInternal(VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile) +476
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVPathBuildResultWithNoAssert(HttpContext context, VirtualPath virtualPath, Boolean noBuild, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean allowBuildInPrecompile) +116
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetVirtualPathObjectFactory(VirtualPath virtualPath, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean noAssert) +175
System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.CreateInstanceFromVirtualPath(VirtualPath virtualPath, Type requiredBaseType, HttpContext context, Boolean allowCrossApp, Boolean noAssert) +52
System.Web.UI.PageHandlerFactory.GetHandlerHelper(HttpContext context, String requestType, VirtualPath virtualPath, String physicalPath) +50
System.Web.MaterializeHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +425
System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +263




Dev. Enviroment:
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Installed Visual C++ 2005 with SP1 x64

*** Update for the upcoming Graphics Mill for .NET v5.5

Due to security vulnerability found in ATL (Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-035) Graphics Mill for .NET v5.5 and higher requires Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Service Pack 1 Redistributable Package ATL Security Update to be installed instead of Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 SP1 Redistributable Package mentioned above.

Also, if you are adding runtime libraries as private assemblies - note that Graphics Mill for .NET v5.5 now references to version 8.0.50727.4053 of VC80.CRT & VC80.OpenMP libraries instead of 8.0.50727.762.

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Best wishes, Alex.

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