Comments on: How to publish a web site with MSBuild

By: Ajeeth

Ajeeth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:00:43 +0000

Output

By: Ajeeth

Ajeeth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:11:18 +0000

I am not able to post the XML script. I can mail you if needed.

By: Ajeeth

Ajeeth — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 06:10:31 +0000

I have used the script for my application and I could see that the referenced dlls are getting duplicated into D:\ drive which is annoying. Can you please let me know where I am making the mistake Please find the xml file Output

By: codingcockerel

codingcockerel — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:11:51 +0000

Hi Luke,

Difficult to say, but most likely it is security and permissions related. Make sure that your account has write access to that share.

Ross

By: Luke Correa

Luke Correa — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:36:31 +0000

I get the following error…

C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v9.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets(45,3): error MSB3191: Unable to create directory “\\TestShare\Web\DEV\bin”. Could not find file ‘\\TestShare\Web\DEV\bin’.

Is this a rights issue?

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:59:07 +0000

If you’re having problems with referenced dll’s not being included, you might need to add the property BuildingProject=true to the MsBuild command.

This is a known bug, see http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=383199

By: Nicolay

Nicolay — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:43:48 +0000

I cannot upload an XML file, so I can send it via email.

By: Nicolay

Nicolay — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:40:34 +0000

I changed the Build.xml to publish web services using MSBuild 2005. Output C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\WebService1Test WebService1Test C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\WebService1Live WebService1Live

By: Nicolay

Nicolay — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:54:25 +0000

One more comment, the name of the article is not correct, should be: How to publish a web application with MSBuild, because this approuch works only for web applications, not sites.

By: Nicolay

Nicolay — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:52:39 +0000

I succedded to run Build.xml, but had some problems:
1. Directory C:\Program Files\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v9.0\WebApplicationswas not exists on my development machine, I copied it from another machine manually.

2. MSBuild.Community.Tasks should be downloaded and installed.

3. This script works only for Visual Studio 2008. How ca I create similar script for Visual Studio 2005?