ms build dynamic resource naming

Question

I want to add some files to embedded resourses at compile time with special naming. For this I wrote in .csproj

<Target Name="BeforeBuild" >
    <ItemGroup>
        <EmbeddedResource Include="..\Bin\$(Configuration)\*.*">
        </EmbeddedResource>
    </ItemGroup>
</Target>

But it always set <LogicalName> to default. How can I do this?

Are you sure that the path is correct. Where is your project located? I think you don't need `..\` — Sergii Zhevzhyk, Dec 10 '15 at 10:03
yes, I'm sure. It's special "bin" folder with dll's from another project. — Arheus, Dec 10 '15 at 10:53
Does it work if you specify only one file without wildcards: `..\Bin\$(Configuration)\SomeFile.ext`? — Sergii Zhevzhyk, Dec 10 '15 at 11:35

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 10 '15 at 11:58

I found solution. This renaming works:

<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
    <ItemGroup>
      <Frameworks Include="..\Bin\$(Configuration)\Frameworks\*.*" />
      <Steps Include="..\Bin\$(Configuration)\Steps\*.*" />
    </ItemGroup>
    <ItemGroup>
      <EmbeddedResource Include="@(Frameworks)">
        <LogicalName>Frameworks.%(Filename)%(Extension)</LogicalName>
      </EmbeddedResource>
      <EmbeddedResource Include="@(Steps)">
        <LogicalName>Steps.%(Filename)%(Extension)</LogicalName>
      </EmbeddedResource>
    </ItemGroup>
    <Message Text="EmbeddedResource - @(EmbeddedResource)" />
  </Target>

ms build dynamic resource naming

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