Questions tagged [msbuild]
Microsoft Build Engine, also known as MSBuild, is a build platform for managed code and was part of .NET Framework.
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Packing multiple projects into singular NuGet package
I would like to pack a Roslyn source generator and another project that contains the attributes the source generator acts upon together into one NuGet package. To do this, I've decided that using a ...
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Problem building Windows Service project using CLI (C#)
I want to build a Windows Service project using CLI (dotnet or msbuild) to be able to make continuous delivery of a new project.
No problem to build a Windows Application, but, if I use dotnet build ...
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Build vcxproj with msbuild and warnings disabled [duplicate]
I have an Visual Studio example project with the purpose to generate compiler warnings. Warnings are enabled in the project settings. I want to build the project on the command line with msbuild and ...
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dotnet build "Could not resolve this reference. Could not locate the assembly" error but only occurs on CI?
I have a simple CI that builds my solution on GitLab. The project consist of a .NET Core project and a WCF project. I am encountering an error after installing the latest version of Newtonsoft JSON ...
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Exclude projects in nested folders while using dotnet build of solution file
Folder strucure of our project is below. While building the solution, we need to exclude some projects present. Please let me know if there is a way to exclude some projects while building a solution ...
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Build a single project respecting solution-level configuration mappings
I have a solution (My.sln) with two projects
App.csproj - application
Lib.csproj - class library
The App project references the Lib project via the <ProjectReference/>
I have configuration ...
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MSBuild detect if signed driver is same as previous built non-signed driver (prevent re-signing via caching)
My organization has a driver that now needs to be signed by both our organization and by Microsoft.
We have a build process that runs on windows as a batch file, it runs msbuild for all of the ...
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Directory.Build.props only respected when building .sln file
When I build my projects with the MyConfig target, I want the code to be optimized, and I don't want any .pdb files.
To achieve this, I have created a Directory.Build.props file like this in the root ...
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How do I run npm build as part of dotnet publish
I have an ASP.NET Core 8 web project, where the client source code lives in a client folder.
I also have an npm run build that will compile those client files, and copy the output to the wwwroot ...
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Getting exact cl.exe call when building a visual studio project or solution
When building a visual studio project or solution, how can I get the actual call to cl.exe that is executed? For instance, I would like to see something like
cl.exe /c /I"C:\Path\to\Include" ...
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Can I build a project targeting .NET 8 using msbuild from older version of Visual Studio?
I have an older version of Visual Studio 2022 that came out with .NET 7. Due to system requirements reasons I cannot upgrade the Visual Studio 2022 to the most recent version that supports .NET 8.
I ...
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Build csproj on Visual Studio without building references
Lets say you have a solution with projects A and B. A needs to B be build at least once so in order to be built with MSBuild i need it to be some kind of reference to setup the order of build.
But ...
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MAUI .NET 8 on Android - throwing an exception
I have created a new MAUI .NET 8 project and migrated the Xamarin forms project code. When I tried to run the project with the Android device with Visual Studio Windows, which threw the exception ...
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Issue with Nuget restore for .Net core application using dotnetbuild
We have our application developed in .Net 6.
While using dotnet build/msbuild nuget restore is getting error with letter 'v' we are using along with version number.
Please let me know if there is away ...
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Parsing .targets file with ElementTree does not find specified tag
I am trying to use ElementTree to parse information out of a .targets file from a NuGet package.
What I am trying to find is the tag <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>. I am using the following ...
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Is it possible to attach Visual Studio Code debugger using System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch()?
The context involves trying to debug a Fody addin (MsBuild task).
Using System.Diagnostics.Debugger.Launch(); only prompts me with Visual Studio debuggers.
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.Net 8 Project Reference Specify .net Version of Multi-Targeted Transitive Project Dependency
I have a .net6 sdk project that I need to upgrade to .net8 for some new functionality. It has some shared project libraries with other projects that are still .net6.
Project A includes Project B which ...
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heat.exe harvesting adding the old v3 namespace to the harvested file
I ran into this problem when upgrading from WiX v3 to v4 and want to provide an answer that worked for me, as i did not find any here.
The Problem:
In my case i was trying to automate the proccess for ...
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Building wix bundle overwrites package
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I am making an installer for a web app build on asp.net 8. I started with just doing an msi installer (Package) with a custom UI. I then wanted to also include the installers for the dotnet ...
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Facing issue using Msbuild for building .NET Core project on Windows 2012 server
Our application is developed on .NET 6 framework and when we tried to use this command in a .bat file and ran on the local system, we are able to build solution and everything is working fine.
When we ...
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Change default path of bin and obj folders in VS 2022
I would like to change the directory of the bin and obj folders created from build by Visual Studio 2022.
For example, a project in this path :
C:\Users\MyUserName\source\repos\SolutionName\...
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VS2022 C++ Custom Build Step for "custom compiler"
In my C++ project I have a (large) number of .foo files that get transformed into .bar files using a custom build step that runs foo2bar on the .foo file.
The resultant .bar output file is not further ...
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Unwanted characters after version in assembly properties sheet
Something, possibly MSBuild, is appending a long string of numbers and characters to the Product version in my assembly's property sheet:
2024.6.22.6+9f3a8da557d9ed6941ee2dd3751916eb3ff1cece
It ...
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Deployment Report using MSBuild in SQL Server Database Project
When I publish the SQL Server Database Project in Visual Studio, it generates a DeploymentReport.txt file which includes a preview of the changes to apply.
When I publish using MSBuild the file is not ...
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What setting in MSBuild prints the ProjectGuid?
When creating a simple web project it contains the 'ProjectGuid' as a comment at the bottom of the web.config file. Where is it set that this comment is added (presumably something in MSBuild)? Is it ...
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Can't get a "before build" target to work with MSBuild
I have a simple hello world console app with top level statements as follows:
Console.WriteLine("Hello world");
I would like to experiment with automatically executing targets before the ...
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MSBuild conditions: detect whether project file is built as project reference or standalone executable
I'm dealing with the NETSDK1152: Found multiple publish output files with the same relative path error while building a rather complex project. My project A depends on some classes in project B, both ...
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How can I launch PowerShell as a post-build step in MSBuild?
Currently, you cannot easily debug a binary PowerShell module in Visual Studio 2022 (not Code!).
Instead of being required to manually open a PowerShell session, change the location to my project, ...
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How To Get Nested TaskItem Metadata Values in MSBuild File?
I have an MSBuild TaskItem that contains metadata gathered from a JSON configuration. An example of a single piece of metadata would be
%(Configuration.Object:Name)
and in the case of arrays would be
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Visual Studio MSBuild Error MSB8066: Custom build
I have a Visual Studio solution with a project that generate a cpp and a hpp file.
An other project have to compile these generated files, so I add the cpp file as a "Custom Build" target ...
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