If you have updated your environment to hot-fix 5, then you may run into the following error when trying to deploy:
The designer says:
Error 12/5/2012 9:00:43 AM An internal error has occurred within the Deployment Service. This error has been logged by the server. Please contact your System Administrator.
The event viewer shows:
Fatal -> System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Metastorm.Model.Mbo.MboDefinition.<>c__DisplayClass8.b__7(MboParameterValue p)
at System.Linq.Enumerable.WhereEnumerableIterator`1.MoveNext()
at System.Linq.Enumerable.FirstOrDefault[TSource](IEnumerable`1 source)
at Metastorm.Model.Mbo.MboDefinition.FindParameterValue(IMboParameter parameter)
at Metastorm.Model.Mbo.MboDefinition.GetParameterValue(IMboParameter parameter)
at Metastorm.Model.Mbo.MboInstance.GetParameterValue(IMboParameter parameter)
at Metastorm.Deployment.Mbo.DataGenerators.MboDefinitionMemberGenerator`1.GenerateParameterCode(MboParameter parameter, Boolean doOverride)
at Metastorm.Deployment.Mbo.DataGenerators.MboDefinitionMemberGenerator`1.GenerateParametersCode(Boolean doOverride)
at Metastorm.Deployment.Mbo.DataGenerators.MboInstanceMemberGenerator.DoImplementationCode()
at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.CodeGenerator.MemberGenerator`1.Generate()
at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.CodeGenerator.MemberGenerator`1.SetCodeTypeDeclarationWithGeneratedCode(CodeTypeDeclaration classTypeDeclaration)
at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.CodeGenerator.MboContainerGenerator.GenerateMboInstanceCode()
at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.CodeGenerator.MboContainerGenerator.Generate()
at Metastorm.Deployment.Forms.CodeGenerator.BaseFormCodeGenerator`1.GenerateMboInstanceCode()
at Metastorm.Deployment.Forms.FormSegmentCodeGenerator.DoImplementationCode()
at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.CodeGenerator.MemberGenerator`1.Generate()
at Metastorm.Deployment.Projects.BaseProjectMemberGenerator`1.DoImplementationCode()
at Metastorm.Deployment.Projects.ProjectMemberGenerator.DoImplementationCode()
at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.CodeGenerator.MemberGenerator`1.Generate()
at Metastorm.Deployment.ProcessModels.CodeGeneratorFactory.BuildCode(IEntity rootEntity, Boolean includeDebugInformation)
at Metastorm.Deployment.ProcessModels.ProcessModelDeployer.Deploy(IEnumerable`1 entitiesToDeploy, IEntity rootEntity, DeploymentInfo info)
at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.Deployer`1.Deploy(IEnumerable entitiesToDeploy, IEntity rootEntity, DeploymentInfo info)
at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.DeploymentService.DoDeploy(IEntity rootEntity, IEnumerable`1 entities)
at Metastorm.Deployment.Core.DeploymentService.Deploy(IEntity root, IEnumerable`1 entities) -> 12/5/2012 2:00:41 PM
This issue has been resolved in 9.1.2.6!