I have Windows application in csproj in my solution, and I want generate Publish using command line (bat, cmd).
My script is (I put \r\n
for better reading):
SET MSBUILD="%SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe"
SET CARWIN="..\..\Security.CarWin.csproj"
rem msbuild para publish
%MSBUILD% /target:rebuild;publish %CARWIN%
/p:ApplicationVersion="1.0.0.0"
/p:Configuration=release
/p:PublishUrl="C:\ClickOnce\CarWin.WebInstall\Publicacion\"
/p:InstallUrl="http://desserver/carwinclickonce/Publicacion/"
/p:PublishDir="C:\ClickOnce\CarWin.WebInstall\Publicacion\"
note: I'll try too using /target:publish
But in path PublishDir or PublishUrl (C:\ClickOnce\CarWin.WebInstall\Publicacion) not generates any files.
I have seen many posts in this site and google but I not found any solution.
Use MSBuild at a command prompt To run MSBuild at a command prompt, pass a project file to MSBuild.exe, together with the appropriate command-line options. Command-line options let you set properties, execute specific targets, and set other options that control the build process.
Command to build a solution using MsBuild.exe In the above command we build the whole solution now to publish specific web project we have to use "PublishProfile" parameter, to use publish profile parameter you have to create publish profile first then pass the profile name in this parameter.
Publishing with ClickOnce. In Solution Explorer, right-click the project and choose Publish (or use the Build > Publish menu item).
Use PublishDir instead of PublishUrl when running from command line.
msbuild /target:publish /p:Configuration=Release;PublishDir=c:\playground\
You can also change version, like ApplicationRevision=666;MinimumRequiredVersion=1.1
Take a look at this Stack Overflow question. Basically the PublishUrl
property is ignored when running ClickOnce from the command line. But you can easily add the behaviour with an additional MSBuild-task.
I've created an additional MSBuild-File, for example a build.csproj
. This contains a publish-task
. This task first invokes the regular MS-Build of the target-project. Afterwards it copies the result to the publish-directory. Now I invoke the 'build.csproj' instead of the reguar project-file from the command-line:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="3.5" DefaultTargets="Publish" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<!-- project name-->
<ProjectName>MyExampleProject</ProjectName>
<!--properties for the project-build-->
<DefaultBuildProperties>Configuration=Release</DefaultBuildProperties>
<!-- location of the click-once stuff, relative to the project -->
<ProjectPublishLocation>.\bin\Release\app.publish</ProjectPublishLocation>
<!-- Location you want to copy the click-once-deployment. Here an windows-share-->
<ProjectClickOnceFolder>\\TargetServer\deployments</ProjectClickOnceFolder>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="Publish" DependsOnTargets="Clean">
<Message Text="Publish-Build started for build no $(ApplicationRevision)" />
<!-- run the original build of the project -->
<MSBuild Projects="./$(ProjectName).csproj"
Properties="$(DefaultBuildProperties)"
Targets="Publish"/>
<!-- define the files required for click-once-->
<ItemGroup>
<SetupFiles Include="$(ProjectPublishLocation)\*.*"/>
<UpdateFiles Include="$(ProjectPublishLocation)\Application Files\**\*.*"/>
</ItemGroup>
<!-- and copy them -->
<Copy
SourceFiles="@(SetupFiles)"
DestinationFolder="$(ProjectClickOnceFolder)\"/>
<Copy
SourceFiles="@(UpdateFiles)"
DestinationFolder="$(ProjectClickOnceFolder)\Application Files\%(RecursiveDir)"/>
</Target>
<Target Name="Clean">
<Message Text="Clean project" />
<MSBuild Projects="./$(ProjectName).csproj"
Properties="$(DefaultBuildProperties)"
Targets="Clean"/>
</Target>
</Project>
I don't know if this is a problem, but I noticed that you pass the /target parameter twice?
you could you use a semi-colon delimited example:
/target:rebuild;publish
MSDN Documentation on command line parameters and MSBuild
If that also does not work you could perhaps try to debug it by passing
/verbosity:diag
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