EPiServer 7 Preview – API changes

Just installed the EPiServer 7 application files. Under the installation it removed all shared services and only reinstalled the scheduler service. This will be a problem when running CMS 6 sites on the same machine which I do.

Is this by design?

In a way, yes. See http://world.episerver.com/Documentation/Items/Installation-Instructions/EPiServer-CMS/Version-7/Installation-Instructions---EPiServer-7-Preview---CMS/#RunCMS6R2

Oh, that explains it. Better read the instructions next time, although click next click is more fun ;). Next up, upgrade.

Upgraded a site. Compile went well after some ambiguous namespace fixes.
Running it was another thing. Ran into this:

2012-06-29 12:01:42,002 WARN [20] EPiServer.Initialization.SearchInitialization.IndexAllOnce - Error during full search indexing of content and files.
EPiServer.Core.EPiServerException: LicenseException: Current version 7.0.449.1 is newer than required version 6.1.9999.
at EPiServer.Core.Licensing.ThrowLicenseError(String msg)
at EPiServer.Core.Licensing.Test()
at EPiServer.Core.ContentProvider.CheckLicense()
at EPiServer.Core.ContentProvider.LoadContentFromCacheOrRepository(ContentReference contentreference, ILanguageSelector selector)
at EPiServer.Core.ContentProvider.GetLanguageBranches(ContentReference contentLink)
at EPiServer.DataFactory.GetLanguageBranches[T](ContentReference contentLink)
at EPiServer.Core.SlimContentReader.Next()
at EPiServer.Core.ContentSearchHandler.IndexPublishedContent()
at EPiServer.Initialization.SearchInitialization.IndexAllOnce(ContentSearchHandler contentSearchHandler, VersioningFileSystemSearchHandler unifiedFileSearchHandler)
2012-06-29 12:01:42,059 ERROR [10] EPiServer.PlugIn.PlugInRuntime.Start - PlugInRuntime.Start failed on the Assembly EPiServer.PlugIn.PropertyDefinitionTypePlugInAttribute, EPiServer, Version=7.0.449.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7 and the method PropertyDefinitionTypePlugInAttribute
2012-06-29 12:01:42,064 ERROR [10] EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationEngine.InitializeModules - Initialize action failed for Initialize on class EPiServer.Initialization.PlugInInitialization, EPiServer, Version=7.0.449.1, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.Reflection.AmbiguousMatchException: Multiple custom attributes of the same type found.
at System.Attribute.GetCustomAttribute(MemberInfo element, Type attributeType, Boolean inherit)
at EPiServer.PlugIn.AssemblyTypeInfo.ListPlugInDescriptorsForSort(PlugInAttribute matchAttribute, ArrayList list)
at EPiServer.PlugIn.PlugInLocator.Search(PlugInAttribute matchAttribute)
at EPiServer.PlugIn.PropertyDefinitionTypePlugInAttribute.Start()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle._InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object[] arguments, SignatureStruct& sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner)
at System.RuntimeMethodHandle.InvokeMethodFast(IRuntimeMethodInfo method, Object target, Object[] arguments, Signature sig, MethodAttributes methodAttributes, RuntimeType typeOwner)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks)
at System.Reflection.RuntimeMethodInfo.Invoke(Object obj, BindingFlags invokeAttr, Binder binder, Object[] parameters, CultureInfo culture)
at System.RuntimeType.InvokeMember(String name, BindingFlags bindingFlags, Binder binder, Object target, Object[] providedArgs, ParameterModifier[] modifiers, CultureInfo culture, String[] namedParams)
at EPiServer.PlugIn.PlugInRuntime.Start(Boolean reset)
at EPiServer.Initialization.PlugInInitialization.Initialize(InitializationEngine context)
at EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.ModuleNode.Execute(Action a, String key)
at EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationEngine.InitializeModules()

It looks like you need a EPiServer 7 CMS license to get past that exception.

The license error was just a warning. The other errors was fixed when I recompiled and replaced obsolete attributes on all custom properties in an external library.

Now I am stuck with another error:
[MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Boolean EPiServer.DataAbstraction.PageType.op_Equality(EPiServer.DataAbstraction.PageType, EPiServer.DataAbstraction.PageType)'.]
PageTypeBuilder.Abstractions.PageTypeRepository.Load(Guid guid) +0
PageTypeBuilder.Synchronization.PageTypeLocator.GetExistingPageType(PageTypeDefinition definition) +286
PageTypeBuilder.Synchronization.PageTypeSynchronizer.b__0(PageTypeDefinition definition) +24
System.Linq.WhereListIterator`1.MoveNext() +165
PageTypeBuilder.Synchronization.PageTypeSynchronizer.CreateNonExistingPageTypes(IEnumerable`1 pageTypeDefinitions) +140
PageTypeBuilder.Synchronization.PageTypeSynchronizer.SynchronizePageTypes() +134
PageTypeBuilder.Initializer.Initialize(InitializationEngine context) +164
EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.ModuleNode.Execute(Action a, String key) +64
EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationEngine.InitializeModules() +751
EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationEngine.Initialize(HostType hostType) +162
EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationModule.Initialize(HostType hostType) +308
EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationModule.FrameworkInitialization(HostType hostType) +75
EPiServer.Global..ctor() +103

Edit: Above problem fixed with a small rewrite of PTB. All working good now.

@Oskar: Could you give some more details on your last comment about "small rewrite of PTB"?

I have recently done a upgrade from Episerver CMS 6 R2 to Episerver CMS 7. When I tried to run the page first time after compilation I got an error on Episerver.WebDav saying that it was the wrong assembly version - 6.1.379.0. I checked the bin catalog and found that all episerver assemblies was from previous version meaning that assembiles was not copied into the bin folder in the upgrade.
I copied the files from Episerver folder in Program Files and tried to load the page again. Then I got the following error:

Unable to load one or more of the requested types. The following information may be a subset of the Type/LoaderException information present - inspect with debugger for complete view.
Check assemblies [EPiServer.Legacy4, Version=6.1.379.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7] and/or types [EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.AutoCorrectionPageDefinitionEventArgs,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.AutoCorrectionPropertyEventArgs,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.DataImporter,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.DynamicPropertyValueTransfer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PageTransfer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PageTypeTransfer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyCategoryTransform,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyLongStringTransform,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyPageReferenceTransform,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyStringTransformer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyUriTransform,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyXFormTransformer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.SetUp,
EPiServer.PageTreeLoader,
EPiServer.PageTreeReader,
EPiServer.PageTreeXml,
EPiServer.SpecializedProperties.PropertyStringReadOnly,
EPiServer.SystemControls.ValidationSummary,
EPiServer.WebControls.CategoryTemplateContainer,
EPiServer.WebControls.CategoryTree]. Information from LoaderExceptions property [Method 'get_TransferContext' in type 'EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.NativeFileTransferEPi4' from assembly 'EPiServer.Legacy4, Version=6.1.379.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7' does not have an implementation.,
Method 'OpenWrite' in type 'EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.NativeFileTransferObject' from assembly 'EPiServer.Legacy4, Version=6.1.379.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7' does not have an implementation.].

Stack:

Exception Details: System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. The following information may be a subset of the Type/LoaderException information present - inspect with debugger for complete view.
Check assemblies [EPiServer.Legacy4, Version=6.1.379.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7] and/or types [EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.AutoCorrectionPageDefinitionEventArgs,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.AutoCorrectionPropertyEventArgs,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.DataImporter,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.DynamicPropertyValueTransfer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PageTransfer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PageTypeTransfer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyCategoryTransform,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyLongStringTransform,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyPageReferenceTransform,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyStringTransformer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyUriTransform,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.PropertyXFormTransformer,
EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.SetUp,
EPiServer.PageTreeLoader,
EPiServer.PageTreeReader,
EPiServer.PageTreeXml,
EPiServer.SpecializedProperties.PropertyStringReadOnly,
EPiServer.SystemControls.ValidationSummary,
EPiServer.WebControls.CategoryTemplateContainer,
EPiServer.WebControls.CategoryTree]. Information from LoaderExceptions property [Method 'get_TransferContext' in type 'EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.NativeFileTransferEPi4' from assembly 'EPiServer.Legacy4, Version=6.1.379.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7' does not have an implementation.,
Method 'OpenWrite' in type 'EPiServer.Enterprise.Transfer.EPi4.NativeFileTransferObject' from assembly 'EPiServer.Legacy4, Version=6.1.379.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=8fe83dea738b45b7' does not have an implementation.].

I notice that Episerver.Legacy4 in my bin folder has both file and Product version 6.1.379.0. Chaning the version in web.config doesn't work eigther. I get the error that Episerver Legacy4 version 6.1.379.1 is missing.

@Jon Haakon Ariansen

I'm getting the same issue. Did you manage to resolve this?

@Jon Haakon Ariansen

I'm also getting the same issue. Did you manage to resolve this one?

I'm also getting the same issue. Did you manage to resolve this? Or does anyone else know what to do?

I am still getting the Episerver.Legacy4. Did anyone manage to resolve it?

Just remove the Episerver.Legacy4 dll from bin . Then it should work.