I try to compile my web project with aspnet_compiler.
aspnet_compiler -f -fixednames -u -v / -p C:\test\testproj\testproj c:\test\output -c
The testproj is a web site that has a dependency to a class library called MyLib.
The problem is that aspnet_compiler only compiles the web site and not the class library MyLib.
So whenever I make changes to the class library I have to either manually build the MyLib using msbuild and copy the .dll. Or rebuild the solution in visual studio.
How can I make aspnet_compiler rebuild all referenced projects?
Unfortunately the aspnet_compiler cannot build any of the project dependencies of your web site. To do this, there are a couple of options available to you:
If you are using Visual Studio 2005 or 2008, create a Web Deployment project (first you'll need to download and install these from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=0AA30AE8-C73B-4BDD-BB1B-FE697256C459) and then use MSBUILD.EXE to compile your web site and all of its dependencies:
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\MSBUILD C:\test\testproj\testproj.wdproj /target:Clean;Rebuild
If you are using Visual Studio 2010, you can migrate your web site to an ASP.NET Web Application project which uses a .csproj file that can be compiled with MSBUILD (no additional downloads required):
C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\MSBUILD C:\test\testproj\testproj.csproj /target:Rebuild;Package
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Our .net core 2.1 solution compiles fine on our local development machines with .net core sdk 2.1.301. Appveyor used to compile the solution in its CI pipeline when there was no database projects defined. Once such a project added, Appveyor started failing in building the solution with the error message below. Any clues how to address this issue?
C:\projects\comingsoon\ComsingSoonDatabase\ComsingSoonDatabase.sqlproj(57,3):
error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program
Files\dotnet\sdk\2.1.300\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v11.0\SSDT\Microsoft.Data.Tools.Schema.SqlTasks.targets"
was not found. Confirm that the path in the declaration is
correct, and that the file exists on disk.
The database project can only be built using the full framework MSBuild tools included in visual studio.
Depending on how you set up appveyor, you need to change your definition to use msbuild.exe instead of dotnet commands.
I have a .net core class library I am attempting to build into a nugget package. however, on my build server (running team city), I am getting the following error:
C:\TeamCity\buildAgent\work\3c6531587491c25e\MySolution\MyProject.csproj
error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft
Visual
Studio\2017\BuildTools\MSBuild\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk\Sdk\Sdk.props"
was not found. Confirm that the path in the declaration is
correct, and that the file exists on disk.
When I look in this directory, I ma missing the "Microsoft.NET.Sdk" folder from my build server. where do I get these tools without having to install visual studio?
Thanks!
See the tracking issue on GitHub: https://github.com/Microsoft/msbuild/issues/1697
If you don't want to touch your build tools installation (by copying SDK files), you can also set the MSBuildSDKsPath environment variable to the location of the SDKs carried in the .net CLI (usually C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\1.0.0\Sdks\)
I've updated my app from DNX, ASP.NET 5 RC1 to ASP.NET Core 1.0 RC2.
Locally it builds and runs fine.
On the build server, I don't have Visual Studio installed, and the build fails with:
error MSB4019: The imported project "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\DotNet\Microsoft.DotNet.Props" was not found. Confirm that the path in the declaration is correct, and that the file exists on disk.
I did install the: .NET Core SDK for Windows.
Trying to install the VS 2015 tooling preview fails with:
What would be the correct setup to build .NET Core 1.0 RC2 app on the build server without having to install Visual Studio 2015?
Note: The build box (TeamCity 9) builds/runs tests fine for .NET 4.5 and DNX.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/core/windows-prerequisites#issues
Issues
You may be blocked from installing the .NET Core Tooling Preview 2 for Visual Studio 2015 installer due to a temporary bug. To workaround it, run the installer from the commandline with the SKIP_VSU_CHECK=1 argument, as you see in the example below.
DotNetCore.1.0.0-VS2015Tools.Preview2.exe SKIP_VSU_CHECK=1
I'm able to build the solution now. Still can't publish though.
I just copied all the new MSBuild stuff to the build server. I copied:
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v14.0\
From my local computer to the build server. That includes the new DotNet sub-folder, which contains:
Microsoft.DotNet.Common.targets
Microsoft.DotNet.Extensions.targets
Microsoft.DotNet.props
Microsoft.DotNet.Publishing.targets
Microsoft.DotNet.targets
Microsoft.DotNet.Tasks.dll
Microsoft.VisualStudio.ProjectSystem.DotNet.Runtime.dll
Newtonsoft.Json.dll
I can build the Solution (without the publish arguments) it fails when I try:
MSBuild.exe Solution.sln /p:DeployOnBuild=true /p:publishprofile=local
You can build and test you project via the command line - so there is no need to have Visual Studio installed. By using build steps of type "Command Line" you can run: dotnet restore, dotnet build, dotnet test
Here you can find some description how to run that as a build on TFS. It is written for the hosted TFS but works on-premise as well (and is not only meant for azure as the name of the document might imply):
https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/docs/build/apps/aspnet/aspnetcore-to-azure
For the pubsishing I have used msdeploy with RC1 but have not yet migrated my deployment build. I might document it here when this is done within the next days.
So without Visual Studio or Web Deploy, my TeamCity build is comprised of 4 builds steps:
dotnet restore
dotnet build
dotnet test
dotnet publish -c Release
I run dotnet test on all projects with a basic for loop.
I am pretty new to msbuild and aspnet_compiler.
I am using aspnet_compiler to compile web application project. Now I just saw the MSBuild.exe and noticed that its builds my website into the /mywebsite/precompiledWeb folder. Now why do I need to use MSBuild.exe? Can't I directly use the aspnet_compiler to see if my website can be built properly?
(Not sure if I explained it very well).
msbuild.exe is usually used to build projects and its dependencies. When you have a web application project with a project file, vs can use this to build not only your web project but all the dependencies involved. This would only build your source code files, not the markup files (.aspx,.ascx,.etc).
aspnet_compiler is meant to build a web site project that doesn't have a project file. This said, you can also use it to make sure your markup files are also built for your web application project.
You are correct you can manually invoke the aspnet_compiler.exe tool. But better would be to use Web Deployment Projects to help you do this.
I have a website project in Visual Studio 2008. I would like to build this website using MSBuild. I use the following command to build the solution:
msbuild.exe mysolution.sln /t:Rebuild /v:q
After I ran the command, it creates a new folder called precompiled, creates a copy of my project, removes all code files and places 1000 dll files in the bin folder.
Now when I do a "rebuild" from Visual studio, it doesn't do that.
Is there a way to rebuild the project without having it to create the precompiled folder?
Thanks
I think I found it. I should be using devenv.exe instead? How to build a .NET website using Nant