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Cannot create AssemblyInfo for CodeLanguage="CPP" #233

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@KerstinKeller

I have installed msbuildtasks for Visual Studio 2015 and want to create the AssemblyInfo.cpp file for my C++/CLI project.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <Target Name="Version">
    <AssemblyInfo
        CodeLanguage="CPP"
        OutputFile="..\src\AssemblyInfo.cpp"
        AssemblyTitle="project"
        AssemblyDescription="project"
        AssemblyCompany="project"
        AssemblyProduct="project"
        AssemblyCopyright="Copyright"
        ComVisible="false"
        CLSCompliant="true"
        AssemblyInformationalVersion="v1.0.0"
        AssemblyVersion="1.0.0"
       AssemblyFileVersion="1.0.0" />
  </Target> 
</Project>

However, when running the task I get the output:

1>D:\xxx.targets(4,5): error : The C++/CLI code provider wasn't found. Make sure you have Visual C++ installed.
1>D:\xxx.targets(4,5): error MSB4018: The "AssemblyInfo" task failed unexpectedly.
1>D:\xxx..targets(4,5): error MSB4018: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
1>D:\xxx.targets(4,5): error MSB4018: at MSBuild.Community.Tasks.AssemblyInfo.GenerateFile(TextWriter writer)
1>D:\xxx..targets(4,5): error MSB4018: at MSBuild.Community.Tasks.AssemblyInfo.Execute()
1>D:\xxx..targets(4,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskExecutionHost.Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.ITaskExecutionHost.Execute()
1>D:\xxx..targets(4,5): error MSB4018: at Microsoft.Build.BackEnd.TaskBuilder.d__26.MoveNext()

I have added CppCodeProvider to my projects references, however, that has not helped.
From the sources (https://github.com/loresoft/msbuildtasks/blob/master/Source/MSBuild.Community.Tasks/AssemblyInfo.cs) it seems that AssemblyInfo task is looking for CppCodeProvider '8.0.0.0', however for the project references I can only pick version '10.0.0.0'

What is the proper way to include the CppCodeProvider or is this a bug?

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