mage.exe, MinVersion, and "The minimum version specified is not valid."

Question

When I run the ClickOnce mage.exe utility, creating a new deployment manifest, using both the -MinVersion and -Install options, I receive an error.

> mage.exe -New Deployment -Install true -Version 1.0.0.0 -MinVersion 1.0.0.0
The minimum version specified is not valid.

How can I avoid this error message?

Answer 1

The options -Install and -MinVersion cannot be used in the same command line. This is a shortcoming, if not a bug, in mage.exe. Consequently, you must apply those options in two separate commands. For example,

> mage.exe -New Deployment -Install true -Version 1.0.0.0
deploy.application successfully created

> mage.exe -Update deploy.application -MinVersion 1.0.0.0
deploy.application successfully updated

HT: http://geekswithblogs.net/rakker/archive/2008/07/16/123828.aspx