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“Plug-in assembly does not contain the required types or assembly content cannot be updated”- CRM 2011

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Hi,

    You may get this exception when you try to update the plug-in assembly using Plug-In registration tool.

Reasons:-

  • When you change a class name inside the plugin assembly and try to update the plug-in assembly using Plug-in registration
  • Here is another interesting scenario that could lead to the this exception
    • Assume  User 1 & User 2 are working on the same Plug-In assembly using Source Control
    • User 1 updated the assembly and registered the Plug-In but forgot to check in
    • Next day, User 2 would like to develop a plugin. He checks out latest source code(but User 1 plugin missing because User 1 did not check in the code)
    • When User 2 tries to update the plugin assembly in CRM 2011, he gets “Plug-in assembly does not contain the required types or assembly”, because of assembly version mismatch.

Fix:-

  • Try unregistering the assembly all together and re-registering the assembly after creating your new class; yes this means you will need to recreate your steps and images
 Hope it helps 🙂
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3 responses to ““Plug-in assembly does not contain the required types or assembly content cannot be updated”- CRM 2011”

  1. Raghu Nandan Avatar
    Raghu Nandan

    Hi Rajeev,

    I am Raghu Nandan. I am getting the same issue when I merged the dlls and try to register (not update) the plug-in. I have unregistered the old plugin and tried to register again. But still I am getting the same issue. Any idea on this ?

    Thanks in advance.

    Reply
    1. Rajeev Pentyala Avatar
      Rajeev Pentyala

      Hi Raghu,

      One of the reason could be .dll version issue. Please refer below useful posts that depicts your scenario

      http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/crm/thread/cf7bff66-5705-44e9-b584-4caac163056f
      http://crmdm.blogspot.com/2011/06/plug-in-assembly-does-not-contain.html

      Thanks,
      Rajeev

      Reply
  2. wangzhen Avatar
    wangzhen

    I encounter the same error when I import the solution into the CRM 2011.
    My Solution is:
    1. Go to “Settings”,select “Customizations” under the Customizations
    2. click”Customize the System” at the right side
    3. In the pop-up form,Select “Plug-in Assemblies”, and delete the items in the right side
    4. Try again

    May this can help you.

    Reply

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