Content Builder not correctly handling white space path

TripodalFink · September 12, 2020, 1:50pm

Unsure how this community usually handles issues as I’m new here, but I encountered a problem setting up my environment. Upon launch my build fails with MSB3073, as the path to where the tool is located is incomplete.

I was greeted with

Could not execute because the specified command or file was not found.
Possible reasons for this include:

You misspelled a built-in dotnet command.
You intended to execute a .NET Core program, but dotnet-C:\Users\X does not exist.
You intended to run a global tool, but a dotnet-prefixed executable with this name could not be found on the PATH.

where the user folder is actually “X Y”

Turns the command in RunContentBuilder is
" Command="$(DotnetCommand) $(MGCBPath) $(MonoGameMGCBAdditionalArguments) /@:"%(ContentReference.FullPath)" /platform:$(MonoGamePlatform) /outputDir:"%(ContentReference.ContentOutputDir)" /intermediateDir:"%(ContentReference.ContentIntermediateOutputDir)" /workingDir:"%(ContentReference.FullDir)"""

where placing " around the MGCBPath resolves my issue.

Hopefully this is helpful to anyone else encountering this issue.

rejurime · September 12, 2020, 5:55pm

The fix to this problem comes out in version 3.8.1

Synammon · September 16, 2020, 2:22pm

Is there an estimate on when version 3.8.1 will be available?

MrValentine · September 22, 2020, 5:53am

Are you using a local user account?

Synammon · September 22, 2020, 12:31pm

I’m having the problem with a local user account.

MrValentine · September 22, 2020, 1:16pm

I see, I guessed so… seems to be a recurring issue across the board…

theVilandty · October 8, 2020, 2:47pm

Hey there!

You can solve the issue by yourself if you change one of your files to the updated one:

github.com

bjornenalfa/MonoGame/blob/8bba7dd1eb0c5230c096673387c88794f44461a8/Tools/MonoGame.Content.Builder.Task/MonoGame.Content.Builder.Task.targets

<Project>

  <!-- Add MonoGameContentReference to item type selection in Visual Studio -->
  <ItemGroup>
    <AvailableItemName Include="MonoGameContentReference" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <!-- This disables the IDE feature that skips executing msbuild in some build situations. -->
  <PropertyGroup>
    <DisableFastUpToDateCheck>true</DisableFastUpToDateCheck>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <!--
    Target flow
      1. CollectContentReferences
      2. PrepareContentBuilder
      3. RunContentBuilder
      4. IncludeContent
  -->

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Replace the original file (located at C:\Users"X Y".nuget\packages\monogame.content.builder.task\3.8.0.1641\build) with the linked one, and it should be fine!

afmelin · May 5, 2021, 8:07am

Thank you!

I was new to MonoGame and VS (coming from Python/Golang) and stumbled upon this issue. For any future coders looking at this topic: this solves the problem indeed.