msgmerge parameters on PostBuild.exe breaks PostBuild.exe

[javizcaino]

Sorry, but I can't make it work... whenever I add a "msgmerge:-N" parameter to PostBuild.exe, even using directly from command line, it allways gives me the same error, which I paste:

This is the command I run:

C:\Users\javizcaino>"C:\Documents\Projects\MVC4Bootstrap\MVC4Bootstrap\bin\i18n.PostBuild.exe" "C:\Documents\Projects\MVC4Bootstrap\MVC4Bootstrap\" "msgmerge:-N"

And this is the exception thrown:

Unhandled Exception: System.ArgumentException: Illegal characters in path.
   at System.IO.Path.CheckInvalidPathChars(String path, Boolean checkAdditional)
   at System.IO.Path.NormalizePath(String path, Boolean fullCheck, Int32 maxPathLength)
   at System.IO.Path.GetFullPathInternal(String path)
   at System.IO.FileSystemEnumerableIterator`1..ctor(String path, String originalUserPath, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption, SearchResultHandler`1 resultHandler, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.Directory.GetFiles(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
   at i18n.PostBuildTask.BuildProjectFileManifest(String path) in c:\Users\Daniel\Desktop\Src\i18n\src\i18n\PostBuildTask.cs:line 84
   at i18n.PostBuildTask.Execute(String path, String gettext, String msgmerge) in c:\Users\Daniel\Desktop\Src\i18n\src\i18n\PostBuildTask.cs:line 22
   at i18n.PostBuild.Program.Main(String[] args) in c:\Users\Daniel\Desktop\Src\i18n\src\i18n.PostBuild\Program.cs:line 30

This happens with every project I have tried.
If I remove the "msgmerge-N" it all runs flawless

What I'm doing wrong?

[javizcaino]

Ok, I have found what I might have been doing wrong...

I have found that the postbuild event to build the POT that is demonstrated in the readme file is not working correctly when using msgmerge parameters or gettext parameters. I copy it here for documentation purposes:

"$(TargetDir)i18n.PostBuild.exe" "$(ProjectDir)"
    //using all available parameter:
    // msgmerge: optional parameter for msgmerge
    // gettext: optional parameter for gettext
    // inputpaths: comma delimited input paths. Useful if the project is split in several sub projects. i.e. "inputpaths:C:\temp\Project1,C:\temp\Project2"
    "$(TargetDir)i18n.PostBuild.exe" "$(ProjectDir)" "msgmerge:(optional params for msgmerge)" "gettext:(optional params for gettext)" "inputpaths:(comma delimited input paths)"

But if you use this:

"$(TargetDir)i18n.PostBuild.exe" "$(ProjectDir)\"
    //using all available parameter:
    // msgmerge: optional parameter for msgmerge
    // gettext: optional parameter for gettext
    // inputpaths: comma delimited input paths. Useful if the project is split in several sub projects. i.e. "inputpaths:C:\temp\Project1,C:\temp\Project2"
    "$(TargetDir)i18n.PostBuild.exe" "$(ProjectDir)\" "msgmerge:(optional params for msgmerge)" "gettext:(optional params for gettext)" "inputpaths:(comma delimited input paths)"

Please, note the backslash after $(ProjectDir)... without it, this was what caused the problem.