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UPK: Publishing Error: Object Reference Not Set to An Instance of an Object Version 12.1.0.1. (Doc ID 2056069.1)

Last updated on MARCH 01, 2017

Applies to:

User Productivity Kit - Version 12.1.0.1 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Customer upgraded to from UPK 11.1.0.2 to version 12.1.0.1.

When publishing existing content, publishing fails with the error:  "Object reference not set to an instance of an object"

Publishing Activity log displays the following error:

<Error Context="">
  <Message>General exception occurred. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.</Message>
  <Exception>Gkn.OnDemand.Publishing.PublishingException: General exception occurred. Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Gkn.OnDemand.Publishing.Task.ExecuteWithErrorLogging() in c:\BuildRoot\Engineering\Branches\HardRock\Core_DotNet\PublishingComponent\Task.cs:line 91 at Gkn.OnDemand.Publishing.TaskElement.Execute() in c:\BuildRoot\Engineering\Branches\HardRock\Core_DotNet\PublishingComponent\TaskElement.cs:line 50 at Gkn.OnDemand.Publishing.Target.Execute() in c:\BuildRoot\Engineering\Branches\HardRock\Core_DotNet\PublishingComponent\Target.cs:line 67 at Gkn.OnDemand.Publishing.Project.Execute() in c:\BuildRoot\Engineering\Branches\HardRock\Core_DotNet\PublishingComponent\Project.cs:line 89 InnerException: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at Gkn.OnDemand.Publishing.Tasks.HemiConfig.Execute() in c:\BuildRoot\Engineering\Branches\HardRock\Core_DotNet\PublishingComponent\Tasks\HemiConfig.cs:line 195 at Gkn.OnDemand.Publishing.Task.ExecuteWithErrorLogging() in c:\BuildRoot\Engineering\Branches\HardRock\Core_DotNet\PublishingComponent\Task.cs:line 67</Exception>
  </Error>

 Note the reference to HemiConfig.cs:line195 

Cause

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