WiX Toolset v4: Dynamically set Target/Ouput Name of installer - wix

After upgrading a WiX installer project (.wixproj) file to v4, the MSBuild step in the project to set the TargetName of the installer file output is no longer working.
I would like to dynamically append the assembly version of the application to be installed to the TargetName of the msi file name i.e. MyApplication.X.X.X.X.msi.
Below is a snippet of the .wixproj file in its current state (I have removed some code for the sake of brevity):
<Project InitialTargets="SetVersion;BeforeBuild;CopyLinkedContentFiles">
<Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk" Version="4.0.0-rc.1" />
[...]
<Target Name="SetVersion">
<GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(SolutionDir)\bin\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\MyApp.exe">
<Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="Assembly" />
</GetAssemblyIdentity>
<CreateProperty Value="$(SolutionName).%(Assembly.Version)">
<Output TaskParameter="Value" PropertyName="TargetName" />
</CreateProperty>
<PropertyGroup>
<DefineConstants>BuildVersion=%(Assembly.Version)</DefineConstants>
</PropertyGroup>
</Target>
<Target Name="CopyLinkedContentFiles" BeforeTargets="Build">
<Copy SourceFiles="%(Content.Identity)" DestinationFiles="%(Content.Link)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" OverwriteReadOnlyFiles="true" Condition="'%(Content.Link)' != ''" />
</Target>
<Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="WixToolset.Sdk" Version="4.0.0-rc.1" />
[...]
</Project>
The .wixproj previous had the following code to adjust the TargetName:
<Target Name="SetVersion">
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x64</Platform>
<SccProjectName>SAK</SccProjectName>
<SccProvider>SAK</SccProvider>
<SccAuxPath>SAK</SccAuxPath>
<SccLocalPath>SAK</SccLocalPath>
<SolutionDir Condition="$(SolutionDir) == '' Or $(SolutionDir) == '*Undefined*'">..\..\OCS.Service\</SolutionDir>
</PropertyGroup>
<GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(SolutionDir)\bin\$(Platform)\$(Configuration)\MyApp.exe">
<Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="AssemblyVersion" />
</GetAssemblyIdentity>
<PropertyGroup>
<DefineConstants>BuildVersion=%(AssemblyVersion.Version)</DefineConstants>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetName>$(SolutionName).%(AssemblyVersion.Version)</TargetName>
</PropertyGroup>
</Target>
The latter solution worked as expected prior to upgrading to v4, however, upon building the project and inspecting the output of the build, the change to the TargetName have not been applied.

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Nuget Catch 22 after migrating VB project

I am migrating a VB project from VS 2010 to VS 2017 and I am getting the following errors:
Error occurred while restoring NuGet packages: System.ArgumentException: '$(NETStandardImplicitPackageVersion)' is not a valid version string.
**StackTrace**
and
'C:\Users\PathToProject\obj\project.assets.json' not found. Run a NuGet package restore to generate this file.
I can get around the first error by turning off nuget restore as mentioned here but then i can't get past the second error, which requires nuget restore, or some other way to generate project.assets.json
Here is my vbproj file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
<ProductVersion>
</ProductVersion>
<SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
<ProjectGuid>{E3DC9794-BE3D-43DC-8198-8843B1A65546}</ProjectGuid>
<OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
<StartupObject>_GLENAIR_EEPROM_CONFIG_GUI.My.MyApplication</StartupObject>
<RootNamespace>_GLENAIR_EEPROM_CONFIG_GUI</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>Glenair EEPROM Config Interface</AssemblyName>
<FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
<MyType>WindowsForms</MyType>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<TargetFrameworkProfile>Client</TargetFrameworkProfile>
<IsWebBootstrapper>false</IsWebBootstrapper>
<PublishUrl>publish\</PublishUrl>
<Install>true</Install>
<InstallFrom>Disk</InstallFrom>
<UpdateEnabled>true</UpdateEnabled>
<UpdateMode>Foreground</UpdateMode>
<UpdateInterval>7</UpdateInterval>
<UpdateIntervalUnits>Days</UpdateIntervalUnits>
<UpdatePeriodically>false</UpdatePeriodically>
<UpdateRequired>false</UpdateRequired>
<MapFileExtensions>true</MapFileExtensions>
<ProductName>Glenair EEPROM Config GUI</ProductName>
<PublisherName>Glenair</PublisherName>
<SuiteName>Glenair EEPROM</SuiteName>
<ApplicationRevision>4</ApplicationRevision>
<ApplicationVersion>2.4.0.4</ApplicationVersion>
<UseApplicationTrust>false</UseApplicationTrust>
<CreateDesktopShortcut>true</CreateDesktopShortcut>
<PublishWizardCompleted>true</PublishWizardCompleted>
<BootstrapperEnabled>true</BootstrapperEnabled>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86' ">
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<DefineDebug>true</DefineDebug>
<DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace>
<OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
<DocumentationFile>Glenair EEPROM Config Interface.xml</DocumentationFile>
<NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn>
<RemoveIntegerChecks>true</RemoveIntegerChecks>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86' ">
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<DefineDebug>false</DefineDebug>
<DefineTrace>true</DefineTrace>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
<DocumentationFile>Glenair EEPROM Config Interface.xml</DocumentationFile>
<NoWarn>42016,41999,42017,42018,42019,42032,42036,42020,42021,42022</NoWarn>
<RemoveIntegerChecks>true</RemoveIntegerChecks>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<OptionExplicit>On</OptionExplicit>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<OptionCompare>Binary</OptionCompare>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<OptionStrict>Off</OptionStrict>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<OptionInfer>On</OptionInfer>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<ManifestCertificateThumbprint>AD3083285EA99B2F1F52BD898477B62BC6D3A802</ManifestCertificateThumbprint>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<ManifestKeyFile>990-05010-X_EEPROM_LOADER_TemporaryKey.pfx</ManifestKeyFile>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<GenerateManifests>true</GenerateManifests>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<SignManifests>false</SignManifests>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<ApplicationManifest>My Project\app.manifest</ApplicationManifest>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<ApplicationIcon>GLENAIR_BERT_GUI.ico</ApplicationIcon>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetZone>LocalIntranet</TargetZone>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<EnableDefaultCompileItems>false</EnableDefaultCompileItems>
<EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems>false</EnableDefaultEmbeddedResourceItems>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="System" />
<Reference Include="System.Data" />
<Reference Include="System.Deployment" />
<Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
<Reference Include="System.Management" />
<Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
<Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms.DataVisualization" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml" />
<Reference Include="System.Core" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
<Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Import Include="Microsoft.VisualBasic" />
<Import Include="System" />
<Import Include="System.Collections" />
<Import Include="System.Collections.Generic" />
<Import Include="System.Data" />
<Import Include="System.Drawing" />
<Import Include="System.Diagnostics" />
<Import Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
<Import Include="System.Linq" />
<Import Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="ApplicationEvents.vb" />
<Compile Include="Form1.vb">
<SubType>Form</SubType>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Form1.Designer.vb">
<DependentUpon>Form1.vb</DependentUpon>
<SubType>Form</SubType>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="My Project\AssemblyInfo.vb" />
<Compile Include="My Project\Application.Designer.vb">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DependentUpon>Application.myapp</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="My Project\Resources.Designer.vb">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
<DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="My Project\Settings.Designer.vb">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
<DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Settings.vb" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Include="Form1.resx">
<DependentUpon>Form1.vb</DependentUpon>
</EmbeddedResource>
<EmbeddedResource Include="My Project\Resources.resx">
<Generator>VbMyResourcesResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput>
<CustomToolNamespace>My.Resources</CustomToolNamespace>
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="My Project\app.manifest">
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</None>
<None Include="My Project\Application.myapp">
<Generator>MyApplicationCodeGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Application.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput>
</None>
<None Include="My Project\Settings.settings">
<Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
<CustomToolNamespace>My</CustomToolNamespace>
<LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput>
</None>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<BootstrapperPackage Include=".NETFramework,Version=v4.0,Profile=Client">
<Visible>False</Visible>
<ProductName>Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile %28x86 and x64%29</ProductName>
<Install>true</Install>
</BootstrapperPackage>
<BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Client.3.5">
<Visible>False</Visible>
<ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Client Profile</ProductName>
<Install>false</Install>
</BootstrapperPackage>
<BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Net.Framework.3.5.SP1">
<Visible>False</Visible>
<ProductName>.NET Framework 3.5 SP1</ProductName>
<Install>false</Install>
</BootstrapperPackage>
<BootstrapperPackage Include="Microsoft.Windows.Installer.3.1">
<Visible>False</Visible>
<ProductName>Windows Installer 3.1</ProductName>
<Install>true</Install>
</BootstrapperPackage>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="GLENAIR_BERT_GUI.ico" />
<Content Include="GLENAIR_BERT_GUI2.ico" />
<None Include="Resources\9_inch_300_dpi_cmyk_logo.jpg" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<PublishFile Include="Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs">
<Visible>False</Visible>
<Group>
</Group>
<TargetPath>
</TargetPath>
<PublishState>Include</PublishState>
<IncludeHash>True</IncludeHash>
<FileType>Assembly</FileType>
</PublishFile>
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.VisualBasic.targets" />
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
</Target>
-->
</Project>
Detailed Build Log: Here (Too long to post here)
Remove the csproj from the solution and add it again. Make sure you have a recent version of VS 2017 (at the time of writing 15.7.2).
This can happen if you migrate to an sdk-style project (<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">) which is loaded using the classic csproj project system instead of the new project system specifically designed for this type of project.
The GUIDs in the solution as well as the ocurrance of a <TargetFramework> property determine which project system is used to load the csproj.

Include attribute unknown in .props file

I'm preparing a project solution because i plan on publishing a couple nuget projects. In order to avoid the future hassle i've considered to share build properties which are equal in all csproj files.
Oddly enough i get a message saying that the include attribute within the content element is unknown.
Am i doing something wrong/unusual here?
project.v400.csproj
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="14.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
<Import Project="..\..\CommonBuildTargets.props"/>
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
<ProjectGuid>{AA7888A1-E7B4-477F-924E-BF97964B17FA}</ProjectGuid>
<OutputType>Library</OutputType>
<AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
<RootNamespace>project</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>project</AssemblyName>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<OutputPath>$(CommonBuildPathDebug)</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE;DEBUG;NET400</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>$(CommonBuildPathRelease)</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="System" />
<Reference Include="System.Core" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
<Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
<Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
<Reference Include="System.Data" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
</Target>
-->
</Project>
CommonBuildTargets.props
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<CommonBuildPathDebug>..\Build\$(AssemblyName)\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\</CommonBuildPathDebug>
<CommonBuildPathRelease>..\Build\$(AssemblyName)\$(Configuration)\$(TargetFrameworkVersion)\</CommonBuildPathRelease>
<CommonRecursionRoot>.\src\project.v460\**\*.cs</CommonRecursionRoot>
<CommonContentExclusion>.\src\project.v460\obj\**</CommonContentExclusion>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<Content Include="$(CommonRecursionRoot)" Exclude="$(CommonContentExclusion)">
<Link>%(RecursiveDir)%(FileName)%(Extension)</Link>
</Content>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>
I've tested the the recursive content inclusion individually, which worked fine. Once i extract it to a shared props file (which loads fine too, tested that as well) it does not work anymore.
Well i'd usually delete this question but since i didn't stumble on other questions like this:
The reason it didn't work was because i put my Content element in a propertygroup instead of an itemgroup

NUnit run failing in MSBuild after Upgrade - System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly nunit.framework

I recently upgraded my solution to Visual Studio 2013 and updated the references to NUnit 2.6.3 in the test libraries from 2.6.2. Everything works fine in Visual Studio but my MSBuild scripts that drive the deployment system are completely borked.
The Build files are in a build directory which contains an MSBuild folder with MSBuild.Community.Targets files which are referenced and an NUnit directory containing nunit-console.exe and various dependent files. I upgraded these to 2.6.3 also.
I just get this error...
' System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly
'nunit.framework, Version=2.6.0.12051, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=96d09a1eb7f44a77' or one of its dependencies. The
located assembly's manifest definition does not match the assembly
reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040) '
I don't get this at all - This worked fine before and all the code was referencing 2.6.2 so I have no idea where 2.6.0 is coming from or how on earth I tell it to look for 2.6.3 (which is right there!!)
Here's my build file (if it helps any)...
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="DeployAndPackage" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<!-- IMPORTS -->
<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
<Import Project="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\MSBuild\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.targets" />
<UsingTask TaskName="TransformXml" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\Web\Microsoft.Web.Publishing.Tasks.dll"/>
<!-- PROPERTIES -->
<PropertyGroup Label="BuildOptions">
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">Any CPU</Platform>
<OutputPath Condition=" '$(OutputPath)' == '' ">bin\</OutputPath>
<ProjectConfiguration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</ProjectConfiguration>
<ProjectConfiguration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Test' ">Debug</ProjectConfiguration>
<ProjectConfiguration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Staging' ">Release</ProjectConfiguration>
<ProjectConfiguration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Live' ">Release</ProjectConfiguration>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Label="DirectoryPaths">
<RootDir>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\</RootDir>
<TestsDir>$(RootDir)Tests\</TestsDir>
<DatabaseDir>$(RootDir)SiansPlan.Database\</DatabaseDir>
<RelativePackageDir>$(RootDir)pkg\</RelativePackageDir>
<Solution>$(RootDir)SiansPlan.sln</Solution>
<SP_Auth>$(RootDir)SiansPlan.Authentication\SiansPlan.Authentication.csproj</SP_Auth>
<SP_Database>$(DatabaseDir)SiansPlan.Database.sqlproj</SP_Database>
<SP_Entities>$(RootDir)SiansPlan.Entities\SiansPlan.Entities.csproj</SP_Entities>
<SP_Domain>$(RootDir)SiansPlan.Domain\SiansPlan.Domain.csproj</SP_Domain>
<SP_Providers>$(RootDir)SiansPlan.Providers\SiansPlan.Providers.csproj</SP_Providers>
<SP_ApiDir>$(RootDir)SiansPlan.Api\</SP_ApiDir>
<SP_Api>$(SP_ApiDir)SiansPlan.Api.csproj</SP_Api>
<SP_Web>$(RootDir)SiansPlan.Web\SiansPlan.Web.csproj</SP_Web>
<SP_SpaDir>$(RootDir)SiansPlan.Spa\</SP_SpaDir>
<SP_Spa>$(SP_SpaDir)SiansPlan.Spa.csproj</SP_Spa>
<SP_Test_Support>$(TestsDir)SiansPlan.TestSupport\SiansPlan.TestSupport.csproj</SP_Test_Support>
<SP_Entities_Tests>$(TestsDir)SiansPlan.Entities.Tests\SiansPlan.Entities.Tests.csproj</SP_Entities_Tests>
<SP_Auth_Tests>$(TestsDir)SiansPlan.Authentication.Tests\SiansPlan.Authentication.Tests.csproj</SP_Auth_Tests>
<SP_Domain_Tests>$(TestsDir)SiansPlan.Domain.Tests\SiansPlan.Domain.Tests.csproj</SP_Domain_Tests>
<SP_Api_Tests>$(TestsDir)SiansPlan.Api.Tests\SiansPlan.Api.Tests.csproj</SP_Api_Tests>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
<ProjectGuid>2ae13924-f2dd-48b1-9acb-755e0ee2b0d1</ProjectGuid>
</PropertyGroup>
<!-- BUILD -->
<Target Name="Compile">
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Auth)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Database)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Entities)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Domain)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Providers)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Api)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Web)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Spa)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Test_Support)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Entities_Tests)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Auth_Tests)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Domain_Tests)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
<MSBuild Projects="$(SP_Api_Tests)" Targets="Rebuild" Properties="Configuration=$(ProjectConfiguration);Platform=$(Platform);OutputPath=bin\" />
</Target>
<!-- TEST -->
<Target Name="RunTests" DependsOnTargets="Compile">
<CreateItem Include="$(RootDir)Tests\*.Tests\bin\*.Tests.dll">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="TestAssemblies" />
</CreateItem>
<NUnit Assemblies="#(TestAssemblies)" ToolPath="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\NUnit" DisableShadowCopy="true" />
</Target>
<!-- TRANSFORM -->
<Target Name="Transform">
<TransformXml Source="$(SP_ApiDir)\Web.config"
Transform="$(SP_ApiDir)\Web.$(Configuration).config"
Destination="$(SP_ApiDir)\Web.transformed.config"
StackTrace="False" />
<TransformXml Source="$(SP_SpaDir)\Web.config"
Transform="$(SP_SpaDir)\Web.$(Configuration).config"
Destination="$(SP_SpaDir)\Web.transformed.config"
StackTrace="False" />
</Target>
<!-- DEPLOY & PACKAGE -->
<Target Name="DeployAndPackage" DependsOnTargets="RunTests">
<CallTarget Targets="Transform"/>
<ItemGroup>
<SqlFiles Include="$(DatabaseDir)Upgrades\*.sql" />
</ItemGroup>
<RemoveDir Directories="$(RelativePackageDir)" />
<MakeDir Directories="$(RelativePackageDir)" />
<MakeDir Directories="$(RelativePackageDir)sql\" />
<Copy SourceFiles="#(SqlFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(RootDir)pkg\sql" />
</Target>
</Project>
The full output of the 'RunTests' part of the build is...
RunTests:
C:\Development\Clients\SiansPlan\source\build\NUnit\nunit-console.exe
/nologo /noshadow
C:\Development\Clients\SiansPlan\source\build..\Tests\SiansPlan.Api.Tests\bin\SiansPlan.Api.Tests.dll
C:\Development\Clients\SiansPlan\source\build..\Tests\SiansPlan.Api.Tests\bin\SiansPlan.Domain.Tests.dll
C:\Development\Clients\SiansPlan\source\build..\Tests\SiansPlan.Authentication.Tests\bin\SiansPlan.Authentication.Tests.dll
C:\Development\Clients\SiansPlan\source\build..\Tests\SiansPlan.Domain.Tests\bin\SiansPlan.Domain.Tests.dll
C:\Development\Clients\SiansPlan\source\build..\Tests\SiansPlan.Entities.Tests\bin\SiansPlan.Entities.Tests.dll
C:\Development\Clients\SiansPlan\source\build..\Tests\SiansPlan.Logging.Tests\bin\SiansPlan.Domain.Tests.dll
C:\Development\Clients\SiansPlan\source\build..\Tests\SiansPlan.Logging.Tests\bin\SiansPlan.Logging.Tests.dll
ProcessModel: Default DomainUsage: Multiple Execution Runtime:
net-4.5 Unhandled Exception: System.IO.FileLoadException: Could
not load file or assembly 'nunit.framework, Version=2.6.0.12051,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=96d09a1eb7f44a77' or one of its
dependencies. The located assembly's manifest definition does not
match the assembly reference. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80131040)
File name: 'nunit.framework, Version=2.6.0.12051, Culture=neutral,
PublicKeyToken=96d09a1eb7f44a77'
Any ideas would be most welcome as I'm at head banging against desk stage. I've asked my desk bear, my rubber duck and Soundwave and none of them have been much use, frankly!
Obscure answer for an obscure problem - It seems I had an old library that was hanging around (Domain.Tests in Logging was a bit of a giveaway) which was causing it to fall over.
cleanfail

MSBuild Expansion Pack: AssemblyInfo - Not behaving as expected

I am trying to get MSBuild to automatically update a project's AssemblyVersion and AssemblyFileVersion.
Specifically, just the build and revision number.
So, if my source file starts out as
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.2.3.4")]
and my build and revision numbers are 13 and 14, I want this to become:
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.2.13.14")]
However, I am not getting the expected outcome. Instead, I am getting something like this - presumably because it is the 28th of November at the time I did the build.
[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.1128.01")]
Relevant info from my .csproj file below.
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath64)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks"/>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath64)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VersionNumber.targets"/>
<PropertyGroup>
<BuildDependsOn>
AssemblyVersion;
$(BuildDependsOn)
</BuildDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<AssemblyVersionFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="AssemblyVersion" Inputs="#(AssemblyVersionFiles)" Outputs="UpdatedAssemblyVersionFiles">
<Message Text="Setting AssemblyVersion..." Importance="High" />
<AssemblyInfo
AssemblyInfoFiles="%(AssemblyVersionFiles.FullPath)"
AssemblyBuildNumber="12"
AssemblyBuildNumberType="NoIncrement"
AssemblyRevision="13"
AssemblyRevisionType="NoIncrement"
/>
</Target>
At this point I'm just about ready to scrap the extensions altogether, split my assembly and file versions out into two separate files, and use powershell to read and overwrite their values. Might be a more desireable solution as it'll only be able to take place on the build machine so I won't have to worry about developers getting odd build results if they don't have the expansion pack installed.
Still, I don't like to be beaten, so I'd love to find out how to make this work.
Any thoughts?
Full .csproj file below:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
<ProductVersion>8.0.30703</ProductVersion>
<SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
<ProjectGuid>{452FDE9A-EAFE-44EF-A7AD-34F287AE1664}</ProjectGuid>
<OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
<AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
<RootNamespace>AssemblyInfoTest</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>AssemblyInfoTest</AssemblyName>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<TargetFrameworkProfile>Client</TargetFrameworkProfile>
<FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86' ">
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86' ">
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="System" />
<Reference Include="System.Core" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
<Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
<Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
<Reference Include="System.Data" />
<Reference Include="System.Deployment" />
<Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
<Reference Include="System.Windows.Forms" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="Form1.cs">
<SubType>Form</SubType>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Form1.Designer.cs">
<DependentUpon>Form1.cs</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Program.cs" />
<Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
<EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
<Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</EmbeddedResource>
<Compile Include="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
<Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
</None>
<Compile Include="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
<DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
</Compile>
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
<!--<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets"/>-->
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath64)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks"/>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath64)\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VersionNumber.targets"/>
<PropertyGroup>
<BuildDependsOn>
AssemblyVersion;
$(BuildDependsOn)
</BuildDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<AssemblyVersionFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="AssemblyVersion" Inputs="#(AssemblyVersionFiles)" Outputs="UpdatedAssemblyVersionFiles">
<Message Text="Setting AssemblyVersion..." Importance="High" />
<AssemblyInfo
SkipVersioning="true"
AssemblyInfoFiles="%(AssemblyVersionFiles.FullPath)"
AssemblyBuildNumber="12"
AssemblyBuildNumberType="NoIncrement"
AssemblyRevision="13"
AssemblyRevisionType="NoIncrement"
/>
</Target>
</Project>
Answer to this questions was: Scrap the extensions, use a powershell script to update the AssemblyInfo file directly before the build as part of CI.
Pity. Would have liked to get this working from the ground up. But the extensions just weren't worth the effort of bashing my head against them to make them work.

How to add content from a target in a csproj file?

I would like to add content to my web application depending on the configuration. I have declared the target in the initials target and the target looks like this :
<Target Name="ApplicationNameDefinition" Outputs="$(MashupName)">
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.TextString TaskAction="StartsWith" String1="$(ConfigurationName)" String2="Config1">
<Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="isConfig1" />
</MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.TextString>
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.TextString TaskAction="StartsWith" String1="$(ConfigurationName)" String2="Config2">
<Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="isConfig2" />
</MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.TextString>
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.TextString TaskAction="StartsWith" String1="$(ConfigurationName)" String2="Config3">
<Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="isConfig3" />
</MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.TextString>
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.TextString TaskAction="StartsWith" String1="$(ConfigurationName)" String2="Config4">
<Output TaskParameter="Result" PropertyName="isConfig4" />
</MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.TextString>
<Error Condition=" !$(isConfig1) And !$(isConfig2) And !$(isConfig3) And !$(isConfig4) " Text="Configuration $(ConfigurationName) Inconnue" />
<PropertyGroup>
<MashupName Condition="$(isConfig1)">App1</MashupName>
<MashupName Condition="$(isConfig2)">App2</MashupName>
<MashupName Condition="$(isConfig3)">App3</MashupName>
<MashupName Condition="$(isConfig4)">App4</MashupName>
</PropertyGroup>
<Error Condition="'$(MashupName)'==''" Text="Configuration $(MashupName) Inconnue" />
<ItemGroup >
<Content Condition=" '$(MashupName)'!='' " Include="App_Themes\$(MashupName)\**" />
</ItemGroup>
However, the content is not added to the project. Any Idea ?
Thanks.
Actually this works in msbuild, but not in Visual Studio which has some cache with csproj files...