I have read the prior postings, read the blog links, scoured the forums, and cannot find a solution. I too am experiencing HTTP 404/500 errors while attempting to create a workpool. The twist? For me, it is occuring on a local install on VM Workstation. Many of the prior posts discuss resolution methods for resolving using vSphere, however there is little information available for workstation.
I am using Thinapp Factory, VMWare Workstation 9.0.1 and TAF 0.3.2. I deployed using the EXE. I did NOT use domain\username format, I used just username. I re-deployed several times trying different variations. I enabled VM sharing via the default ports.
The popup errors with: "Cannot continue. The application is improperly formatted. Contact the applicaiton vendor for assistance." The associated error log reads:
PLATFORM VERSION INFO
Windows : 6.1.7601.65536 (Win32NT)
Common Language Runtime : 4.0.30319.296
System.Deployment.dll : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
clr.dll : 4.0.30319.296 (RTMGDR.030319-2900)
dfdll.dll : 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
dfshim.dll : 4.0.31106.0 (Main.031106-0000)
SOURCES
Deployment url : http://157.145.13.152/workpools/create
ERROR SUMMARY
Below is a summary of the errors, details of these errors are listed later in the log.
* Activation of http://157.145.13.152/workpools/create resulted in exception. Following failure messages were detected:
+ Exception reading manifest from http://157.145.13.152/auth/login;jsessionid=20D24B07D134952B183B0950351234AE: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
+ '--' is an unexpected token. The expected token is '>'. Line 81, position 5.
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION FAILURE SUMMARY
No transaction error was detected.
WARNINGS
There were no warnings during this operation.
OPERATION PROGRESS STATUS
* [12/18/2012 1:17:42 PM] : Activation of http://157.145.13.152/workpools/create has started.
ERROR DETAILS
Following errors were detected during this operation.
* [12/18/2012 1:18:11 PM] System.Deployment.Application.InvalidDeploymentException (ManifestParse)
- Exception reading manifest from http://157.145.13.152/auth/login;jsessionid=20D24B07D134952B183B0950351234AE: the manifest may not be valid or the file could not be opened.
- Source: System.Deployment
- Stack trace:
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestDirectBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options, ServerInformation& serverInformation)
at System.Deployment.Application.DownloadManager.DownloadDeploymentManifestBypass(SubscriptionStore subStore, Uri& sourceUri, TempFile& tempFile, SubscriptionState& subState, IDownloadNotification notification, DownloadOptions options)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.PerformDeploymentActivation(Uri activationUri, Boolean isShortcut, String textualSubId, String deploymentProviderUrlFromExtension, BrowserSettings browserSettings, String& errorPageUrl)
at System.Deployment.Application.ApplicationActivator.ActivateDeploymentWorker(Object state)
--- Inner Exception ---
System.Xml.XmlException
- '--' is an unexpected token. The expected token is '>'. Line 81, position 5.
- Source: System.Xml
- Stack trace:
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.DtdParserProxy.System.Xml.IDtdParserAdapter.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.DtdParser.ScanClosingTag()
at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseEntityDecl()
at System.Xml.DtdParser.ParseSubset()
at System.Xml.DtdParser.Parse(Boolean saveInternalSubset)
at System.Xml.DtdParser.System.Xml.IDtdParser.ParseInternalDtd(IDtdParserAdapter adapter, Boolean saveInternalSubset)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDtd()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDoctypeDecl()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestValidatingReader.XmlFilteredReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlCharCheckingReader.Read()
at System.Xml.XsdValidatingReader.Read()
at System.Deployment.Application.ManifestReader.FromDocument(String localPath, ManifestType manifestType, Uri sourceUri)
COMPONENT STORE TRANSACTION DETAILS
No transaction information is available.