Visual Studio 2017 macros show empty on build but not in macro selector

Question

When I add a post build event to my project and try to use a macro in the Edit Post-Build ... section it shows the value of each macro

However when the build runs the value show blank

the following was generated using echo "The project path is:" $(ProjectPath) "end of path"

any macro value I use seems to come up null

I am using the following csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netstandard1.6</TargetFramework>
    <AssemblyName>Client</AssemblyName>
    <PackageId>Client</PackageId>
    <PackageTags>pkgname</PackageTags>
    <NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>1.6.1</NetStandardImplicitPackageVersion>
    <PackageTargetFallback>$(PackageTargetFallback);dnxcore50</PackageTargetFallback>
    <GenerateAssemblyConfigurationAttribute>false</GenerateAssemblyConfigurationAttribute>
    <GenerateAssemblyCompanyAttribute>false</GenerateAssemblyCompanyAttribute>
    <GenerateAssemblyProductAttribute>false</GenerateAssemblyProductAttribute>
    <GeneratePackageOnBuild>True</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
    <PostBuildEvent>
      echo on
      echo "The project path is:" $(ProjectPath) "end of path"
      dotnet pack $(ProjectPath)
    </PostBuildEvent>
  </PropertyGroup>


  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="NoSQL" Version="1.0.4.3" />
  </ItemGroup>

</Project>

I have tried manually editing the csproj to no avail. a full path to the csproj in the post build event does work.

I have confirmed that this occurs on multiple machines running VS/15.0.0+26228.9

Answer 1

This is an open issue for VS 2017 https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/25206/build-events-window-strips-out-macros-unce-saved.html