I include a .xlsx file as one of my project resources. If i edit this file in the projectName\Resources folder, the updates do not register when I compile the project and it only uses the state of the resource when I first added it.
Normally I would just re-add the resource but this project will eventually be compiled over the command line without the use of the IDE.
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After using TeamCity, my build process is Visual Studio (sln) -> NuGet Pack. Everything builds fine and the artifact is created. But the artifact has every single file, include the .vbproj, .vb files, the classes folder which only holds .vb files.
Is there a way to turn a setting on to create the artifact which doesn't have all the .vb files etc due to them being compiled in the .dll?
For anyone wondering, I just excluded the .vb files in the nuspec
Have you considered using Octopack to package the nuget. It is smart enough to include all the required files into the package and will not require a custom nuspec file that you would need to source control and manage for any future changes.
IMO custom nuspec file should be used only if you have a very specific requirement such as if the target directory is different.
(mark as content and copy always for the files that you want to include)
I converted a VS2010 ASP.Net MVC3 project to VS2013 MVC4. Now when I publish, it is copying the contents of my project to the bin folder.
I can't understand what I did to make it do this..How do I fix it so it doesn't do it?
Your files are incorrectly set to copy to the output folder (\bin) during build. Make sure that the Copy To Output setting on each file is set to Do Not Copy.
Normally, you don't need to copy much of anything to your bin folder. When publishing, all of the content pages (*.aspx, *.html, *.css, etc) will get picked up by publish just by existing in the project. This is determined by the Build Action being set to Content. (Note: you can exclude files by setting the Build Action to None)
For code files, there's 2 ways it could go. in a Web Application project (which MVC is) most code files, such as controllers, models, or code behind files in WebForms, are compiled into your site's DLL already. These have Build Action = Compile, meaning they get compiled up front and don't need to be included in the publish. The exception to this is files in App_Code, which are deployed to your site (Build Action = Content) and compiled at runtime. You can also choose to pre-compile your site in the publish settings (Settings -> File Publish Options -> Precompile during publishing), which will process the App_Code files automatically (i.e. you can leave them as Build Action = Content and VS will compile them and publish the output instead).
I am new to WiX and am trying to get my install project to build certain files to a subdirectory of the build output path. For example, if my build output path is: bin\Debug, I would like certain files to be added to a subfolder here: bin\Debug\Images.
Is this possible please?
It looks like you are using a WiX project template with Visual Studio, MSBuild and/or SharpDevelop. If so, you have several options:
Use XCOPY in the Post Build Event.
flexible
somewhat easy to find in your project (on one of the project designer tabs)
not integrated well with the build system
Add the folder and files to your project folder, include them in your project and set the Copy to Output Directory on each file. Note: you can't set that property on a folder. The copying will preserve the folder structure but you have set the property on each file you want copied.
inflexible
very easy to find in your project (solution explorer and properties window)
Open the project file in a text editor and add MSBuild tasks such as Copy to the AfterBuild or other target. Note: To use VS to edit the project file, right click, select Unload Project, then right click and select Edit.
flexible
hard to find in your project (XML in the project file)
uses the build system
In the last case, I sometimes put a REM comment in the Post Build event to clue people into the fact that the project file has been customized.
I have a project in IAR Embedded Workbench that works fine. In this project there is a source file (webpages.c) that is automatically created by another tool. This tool creates the file webpages.c starting from the files located in the specified folder webpages (so one file is generated starting from a set of files).
I want to configure the project in IAR in such a way, before the building process, the tool is automatically run if a file in the webpages folder is changed since the last build.
I configured a pre-build step and it really works with a Rebuild All. But if I change just a file in the webpages folder and issue a Make command, IDE thinks the project is up-to-date and doesn't start building.
Any solution?
Can't you add them as files to your project under a separate group ?
Then, right-click the options for the group, select custom build, check "override inherited settings" and fill in the commands for the custom build step.
I have a TFS build for sivelright and it copies all the files in the web project to _PublishedWebsites, except the xap file. Error is
Web.csproj error MSB3021: Unable to copy file "Some.xap" to "c:\somewhere\Some.xap" Could not find file "Some.xap".
What it is trying to do, from where it is trying to copy and why it is failing?
Make sure your projects are built in the right order in your TFS Build Definition (Build Definition, Process, Required, Project to Build).