Custom Task deployment

Hi all,

I'm having a nightmare trying to test my custom task.

I get the following error message when trying to add the task from the toolbox...

Cannot create a task with the name "myTask, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b8e53511af163eb7". Verify that the name is correct.
(Package)

Program Location:

at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Executables.Add(String moniker)
at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.DtsBasePackageDesigner.CreateExecutable(String moniker, IDTSSequence container, String name)

Any ideas?

Cheers.

Is the task registered in the GAC? Also, it has to be copied to your Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\DTS\Tasks folder (sounds like you have already done that).

Have you signed the component? Again, sounds like you have already done this, just covering the bases.

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Hi,

thanks for your response, but yeah it turns up in the toolbox so I had to sign it and GAC it to get to that stage.

I've done everything that is supposed to be required to get it working so I'm just out of ideas now.

Cheers.

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Sorted it now, turns out you have to GAC all assemblies referenced by the task not just the task itself.

Silly me.