How to use msbuild.exe long cmd line using Nant script.MSBuild command is -->
<target name="publish-project-release-folder">
<exec program="C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\msbuild.exe" verbose="true" >
<arg value="/target:Build;PipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder" />
<arg value="/p:Configuration=Release;_PackageTempDir=C:\cicheckout\outdir\;AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings=false" />
<arg value="C:\a\testteamcity\demo\WebApp\webapp.csproj" />
</exec>
Error : C:\245\hello.build(9,6):
'C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\msbuild.exe' is not a valid value for attribute 'program' of <exec ... />.
Illegal characters in path.
Total time: 0 seconds.
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I've modified a csproj file in VS2017 to create a Nuget package when my .NET 4.5 project is release-built. The next automation step is to add this package to my private feed on a network share. Here are the commands I'm using:
<Exec Command="nuget.exe pack -Properties "Configuration=Release" -Symbols $(ProjectName).csproj" />
<Exec Command="nuget.exe add $(ProjectName).$(ProductVersion).nupkg -source \\MYSERVER\Nuget packages" />
Line 1 works and produces a nupkg file of the form productname.nn.nn.nn.nn.
However line 2 is not returning a value for the ProductVersion token (which was a guess on my part).
I've struggled to find a reference for MSBUILD tokens (that in itself would be useful to know), but what I really need to know is the correct MSBUILD token/variable/property for the the version - and that is the same value as the generated Nuget package.
I explored $(PackageVersion) suggested by Martin Ullrich, but it's not going to work with older projects even with Nuget 4.10 installed. Also I couldn't get Troopers sample to work how I wanted and I ended up with a variation on one of the posts here. I adapted it to give me the assembly version as opposed to the file version.
<UsingTask TaskName="GetVersionParts" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll">
<ParameterGroup>
<AssemblyPath ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
<MajorVersion ParameterType="System.Int32" Output="true" />
<MinorVersion ParameterType="System.Int32" Output="true" />
<BuildVersion ParameterType="System.Int32" Output="true" />
</ParameterGroup>
<Task>
<Using Namespace="System.Reflection" />
<Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs">
<![CDATA[
Version v = AssemblyName.GetAssemblyName(this.AssemblyPath).Version;
this.MajorVersion = v.Major;
this.MinorVersion = v.Minor;
this.BuildVersion = v.Build;
]]>
</Code>
</Task>
</UsingTask>
<Target Name="AfterBuild" Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
<Message Text="**** After-build process starting ****" />
<Exec Command="nuget.exe pack -Properties "Configuration=Release" -Symbols $(ProjectName).csproj" />
<GetVersionParts AssemblyPath="$(OutputPath)$(AssemblyName).dll">
<Output TaskParameter="MajorVersion" PropertyName="MajorVersionNumber" />
<Output TaskParameter="MinorVersion" PropertyName="MinorVersionNumber" />
<Output TaskParameter="BuildVersion" PropertyName="BuildVersionNumber" />
</GetVersionParts>
<Exec Command="nuget.exe add $(MSBuildProjectName).$(MajorVersionNumber).$(MinorVersionNumber).$(BuildVersionNumber).nupkg -source "\\My feed server\Shared location"" />
<Exec Command="move *.symbols.nupkg "\\My feed server\Shared location\Symbols"" />
<Message Text="**** After-build process completed ****" />
</Target>
Although this works, I can't help feeling that it should be easier.
Further reading
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/msbuild-inline-tasks
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/msbuild/common-msbuild-project-properties
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/nuget/tools/nuget-exe-cli-reference#add
You could get the assembly version with this macro. I call it before the postbuild event for example
<!--Macro to get the version -->
<Target Name="PostBuildMacros">
<GetAssemblyIdentity AssemblyFiles="$(TargetPath)">
<Output TaskParameter="Assemblies" ItemName="CurrentAssembly" />
</GetAssemblyIdentity>
<ItemGroup>
<VersionNumber Include="%(CurrentAssembly.Version)" />
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
<!-- override PostBuildEvent to call PostBuildMacros -->
<PropertyGroup>
<PostBuildEventDependsOn>
$(PostBuildEventDependsOn);
PostBuildMacros;
</PostBuildEventDependsOn>
<PostBuildEvent>
...
</PostBuildEvent>
</PropertyGroup>
How can I get the list of project files from a solution when using MSBUILD?
For example getting all the .csproj from a .sln.
I was previously using MSBuild Community Tasks's GetSolutionProjects for this but unfortunately it has a dependency on .NET 3.5.
To accomplish this using a CodeTask (available since .NET 4) do the following:
<UsingTask TaskName="GetProjectsFromSolutionCodeTask" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll" >
<ParameterGroup>
<Solution ParameterType="System.String" Required="true"/>
<Output ParameterType="Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem[]" Output="true"/>
</ParameterGroup>
<Task>
<Reference Include="System.Xml"/>
<Reference Include="Microsoft.Build"/>
<Using Namespace="Microsoft.Build.Construction"/>
<Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs">
<![CDATA[
var _solutionFile = SolutionFile.Parse(Solution);
Output = _solutionFile.ProjectsInOrder
.Where(proj => proj.ProjectType == SolutionProjectType.KnownToBeMSBuildFormat)
.Select(proj => new TaskItem(proj.AbsolutePath))
.ToArray();
]]>
</Code>
</Task>
</UsingTask>
and invoke it like so:
<!-- Gets the projects composing the specified solution -->
<Target Name="GetProjectsFromSolution">
<GetProjectsFromSolutionCodeTask Solution="%(Solution.Fullpath)">
<Output ItemName="ProjectFiles" TaskParameter="Output"/>
</GetProjectsFromSolutionCodeTask >
</Target>
This will populate a ProjectFiles item collection with the absolute path of all the projects within the solution.
Please note: path to CodeTaskFactory varies by MSBuild version. Example here is for MSBuild 14.0.
I define a target to call an exec
<Target Name="BuildInstaller" >
<Exec Command="attrib -R /S /D $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\Environment\Installer\ServicePlatform\*.*" />
<Exec Command="dir *.* /s" />
</Target>
it Works perfectly
but if I add the UseCommandProcessor set to True
<Target Name="BuildInstaller" >
<Exec Command="attrib -R /S /D $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\Environment\Installer\ServicePlatform\*.*" />
<Exec Command="dir *.* /s" UseCommandProcessor="True"/>
</Target>
I got this:
c:\Dev>/Q /C:\Users\MyUser\AppData\Local\Temp\tmp63250fcf10714224b92eeeb09e25b6f5.exec.cmd
'/Q' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
why this happen? What am I doing wrong?
I have a FilesToExclude2.txt file which contains all excludes like this :
*.settings
*#*
*.vbproj*
*.csproj*
*\Errors\*
*\Errors
*\_vti_*\*
*\_vti_*
*\CVS\*
In my tasks file, there is a copy task
<Target Name="CustomModuleCopy">
<ItemGroup>
<ModuleFiles Include="$(SolutionModuleName)\$(ProjectModuleName)\**\*.*" />
<FileToExclude Include="$(BasePath)\$(SolutionModuleName)\FilesToExclude2.txt" />
</ItemGroup>
<ReadLinesFromFile File="#(FileToExclude)">
<Output TaskParameter="Lines" ItemName="FileContents" />
</ReadLinesFromFile>
<Copy SourceFiles="#(ModuleFiles)" DestinationFiles="#(ModuleFiles->'$(DestFolder)\$(ProjectModuleName)\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" Condition="'%(ModuleFiles.Identity)' != #(FileContents)" ContinueOnError="false" />
<!--CallTarget Targets="RemoveCustomModuleConfigFiles" /-->
</Target>
Without the "condition" attribute on the copy task, everything's works fine, but I do not know how to implement the condition with wildcard and if it is possible
Any kind of help would be greatly appreciated :) this is freaking me out for few hours...
Would it not be easier to just use the exclude property instead?
as in
Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<ItemGroup>
<ModuleFiles Include="c:\code\**\*.*"
Exclude="#(FileContents)" />
</ItemGroup>
<!--<Copy SourceFiles="#(ModuleFiles)" DestinationFolder="Some|Destination" Condition="'%(ModuleFiles.Identity)' != #(FileContents)" ContinueOnError="false" />
CallTarget Targets="RemoveCustomModuleConfigFiles" /-->
the following code
<Target Name="CustomModuleCopy">
<ItemGroup>
<FileToExclude Include="$(BasePath)\$(SolutionModuleName)\FilesToExclude.txt" />
</ItemGroup>
<ReadLinesFromFile File="#(FileToExclude)">
<Output TaskParameter="Lines" ItemName="FileContents" />
</ReadLinesFromFile>
<ItemGroup>
<ModuleFiles Include="$(SolutionModuleName)\$(ProjectModuleName)\**\*.*" Exclude="#(FileContents)" />
</ItemGroup>
<Copy SourceFiles="#(ModuleFiles)" DestinationFiles="#(ModuleFiles->'$(DestFolder)\$(ProjectModuleName)\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" ContinueOnError="false" />
<Message Text="Exclude = #(FileContents)" />
<!--CallTarget Targets="RemoveCustomModuleConfigFiles" /-->
</Target>
produce this output in console :
copy /y "CPBMessaging\CPBMessagingWeb_NotificationMessage\Web.Debug.config" "C:\__CPB\CPBSite\CPBMessagingWeb_NotificationMessage\Web.Debug.config"
Copying file from "CPBMessaging\CPBMessagingWeb_NotificationMessage\Web.Release.config" to "C:\__CPB\CPBSite\CPBMessagingWeb_NotificationMessage\Web.Release.config"
copy /y "CPBMessaging\CPBMessagingWeb_NotificationMessage\Web.Release.config" "C:\__CPB\CPBSite\CPBMessagingWeb_NotificationMessage\Web.Release.config"
Exclude = *.cab;*.config;*.vb;*.cs;*.resx;*.xsx;*.bak;*.myapp;*.settings;*#*;
*.vbproj*;*.csproj*;*\Errors\*;*\Errors;*\_vti_*\*;*\_vti_*;*\CVS\*;*\CVS;
This is problematic because any Properties being passed in are lost.
Further Explanation: I pass in a property to the project file. This property is a path to a .props file. It contains tokens and replacement values for the detokenise class. The task apparently reloads the project and the path is not maintained. This doesn't seem to be the case for other task, for example the guid tasks.
In the example I am using a example proj entitled guids.proj
Invoked Using :
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FileSystem.Detokenise TaskAction="Detokenise" TargetFiles="#(FileCollectionToBeDetokenized )"/>
Some command line out put follows :
Task "MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FileSystem.Detokenise" (TaskId:11)
Detokenise Task Execution Started [13:04:35] (TaskId:11)
Loading Project: C:\Users\bstrausser\Desktop\guids.proj (TaskId:11)
Detokenising Collection: 1 files (TaskId:11)
C:\Users\*****\Desktop\guids.proj(37,9): error : Property not found: Asset
Directory
Full project file :
Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Default" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="$(ParentMSBuildProjectDirectory)\Bin\MSBuild\ExtensionPack\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks" Condition="Exists('$(ParentMSBuildProjectDirectory)\Bin\MSBuild\ExtensionPack\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks')"/>
<Import Project="C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks" Condition="!Exists('$(ParentMSBuildProjectDirectory)\Bin\MSBuild\ExtensionPack\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks') AND Exists('C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\ExtensionPack\4.0\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks')"/>
<PropertyGroup>
<TPath>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks</TPath>
<TPath Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\Common\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks')">$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\Common\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks</TPath>
<PROPS>$(DACP)</PROPS>
</PropertyGroup>
<Import Project="$(PROPS)" Condition="'$(DACP)' != ''" />
<Target Name="Default">
<Message text = "$(DACP)" />
<!-- Create a new Guid and get the formatted and unformatted values -->
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.Guid TaskAction="Create">
<Output TaskParameter="FormattedGuidString" PropertyName="FormattedGuidString1" />
<Output TaskParameter="GuidString" PropertyName="GuidStringItem" />
</MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.Guid>
<Message Text="GuidStringItem: $(GuidStringItem)"/>
<Message Text="FormattedGuidString: $(FormattedGuidString1)"/>
<!-- Create a new cryptographically strong Guid and get the formatted and unformatted values -->
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.Guid TaskAction="CreateCrypto">
<Output TaskParameter="FormattedGuidString" PropertyName="FormattedGuidString1" />
<Output TaskParameter="GuidString" PropertyName="GuidStringItem" />
</MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Framework.Guid>
<Message Text="GuidStringItem Crypto: $(GuidStringItem)"/>
<Message Text="FormattedGuidString Crypto: $(FormattedGuidString1)"/>
<ItemGroup>
<FileCollectionToBeDetokenized Include="C:\Code\MSBuildGit\Configuration\TaskExecutorConfigTransforms\App.GREEN.SCRATCH.config"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Message text = "BaseUrl : $(BaseUrl)" />
<Message text = "DetokenizedTransformFile : #(FileCollectionToBeDetokenized)" />
<MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FileSystem.Detokenise TaskAction="Detokenise" TargetFiles="#(FileCollectionToBeDetokenized )"/>
</Target>