Cannot Export Microsoft Project XML Files in P6 Professional, Error: "An Exception Occurred While Initializing Module 'CommandLineModule'. The Exception Message Was: The Given Key Was Not Present in the Dictionary." (Doc ID 2169879.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Applies to:

Symptoms

When attempting to Export a Project via Microsoft Project (MSP) XML Project, the following error occurs:

ERROR
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Prism.Modularity.ModuleInitializeException: An exception occurred while initializing module 'CommandLineModule'.
  - The exception message was: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
  - The Assembly that the module was trying to be loaded from was:Primavera.Mercury.CommandLineModule, Version=16.1.0.18077, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
  Check the InnerException property of the exception for more information. If the exception occurred while creating an object in a DI container, you can exception.GetRootException() to help locate the root cause of the problem.
  ---> System.Collections.Generic.KeyNotFoundException: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
  at System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary`2.get_Item(TKey key)
  at Primavera.Domain.Base.Calendar.CreateExceptionDaysFromData(String data)
  at Primavera.Domain.Base.Calendar.get_ExceptionDays()
  at Primavera.Venus.Data.FileStore.ApiXmlCalendarDataExport.ExportCalendarData(Calendar calendar, XmlElement CalNode)
  at Primavera.Venus.Data.FileStore.ApiXmlExtraObjects.HandleExtraObjects(Entity anEntity, XmlElement aNode)
  at Primavera.Venus.Data.FileStore.ApiXmlProjectExporter.ExportOneEntity(Entity anEntity, IEntityMetadata metaData, XmlElement root, WBS rootwbs)
  at Primavera.Venus.Data.FileStore.ApiXmlProjectExporter.DoExport(XmlDocument doc)
  at Primavera.Venus.Data.FileStore.ApiXmlProjectExporter.Export(EntityContext anEntityContext, IApiXmlCommitOptions anExportConfig, String FileName)
  at Primavera.Mercury.CommandLineModule.ExecuteImportExport.DoExport(IMercuryCommandLine commandLine)
  at Prism.Modularity.ModuleInitializer.Initialize(ModuleInfo moduleInfo)
  --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
Failed to load type for module CommandLineModule.
Error was: An exception occurred while initializing module 'CommandLineModule'.
  - The exception message was: The given key was not present in the dictionary.
  - The Assembly that the module was trying to be loaded from was:Primavera.Mercury.CommandLineModule, Version=16.1.0.18077, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
  Check the InnerException property of the exception for more information. If the exception occurred while creating an object in a DI container, you can exception.GetRootException() to help locate the root cause of the problem.
  
STEPS
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The issue can be reproduced at will with the following steps:

1. Log in to P6 SQLite database.
2. Open Project.
3. Select file, Export to MS Project XML format and step through Export wizard.

Cause

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