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We are using Mage.exe to generate our application's manifests as part of our build process. Upon upgrading to .NET 4 we now find it generates an invalid manifest.
The reason is there isn't a compatibleFrameworks attribute being set in the application manifest which we generate every build.
Is there a way we can make Mage.exe add this element or should we only ever update existing manifests?
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The Manifest Generation and Editing Tool (Mage.exe) is a command-line tool that supports the creation and editing of application and deployment manifests. As a command-line tool, Mage.exe can be run from both batch scripts and other Windows-based applications, including ASP.NET applications.
To run the tool, use Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt or Visual Studio Developer PowerShell. Two versions of Mage.exe and MageUI.exe are included as a component of Visual Studio. To see version information, run MageUI.exe, select Help, and select About. This documentation describes version 4.0.
Add this to your GenerateDeploymentManifest MSBuild task
TargetFrameworkMoniker=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0"
and that should fix it
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There is a separate copy of mage.exe built for .NET 4.0. Try using this copy from C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v7.0A\Bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools (or ...\v7.1\Bin\NETFX 4.0 Tools depending on which SDK version you have installed).
I was actually having this same problem and using the mage.exe from NETFX 4.0 Tools fixed it for me.
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