Inside a Microsoft Build project, PropertyGroup contains a set of user-defined Item elements.
Inside a Microsoft Build project, PropertyGroup contains a set of user-defined Item elements.
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Nuget/Dotnet package manager - how can I retrieve $()
I have tried to read in Microsoft documentations as well in Nuget and Dotnet and was unable to understand the corresponding behavior.
When working on a C# project along with .csproj I have encountered the following,
Here is an example of what I want…
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How to reevaluate MSBuild property
I can create MSBuild property, which contain unexpanded property reference. Here is example of it:
Text file property.txt contains single line
$(SomeProperty)
It can be processed with msbuild script like this:
Nick
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Assembly name from MSBUILD
I am developing an app that reads a MSBUILD file ( *.csproj ) to pull out various bits of information. A previous question on here revealed that I can get the resource files being used in the following manner
Project project = new…
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Merge Property and ItemGroup that are unrelated into a single Property
I have a Property and an ItemGroup and I need to merge them into a single Property with a 1 to 1 relationship:
SvrA,SvrB,SvrC
<--Get full folder paths-->
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MSBuild: How to Future-Proof Import Project Path?
A similar question was asked a few years ago, but I'm wondering if anything has changed in the interim or if folks have new ideas how to do this.
I've imported MSBuildTasks (MSBuild Community Tasks) as a Nuget package into a project within my…
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Scope and order of evaluation of Items in MsBuild
I wonder why in the following code, MsBuild refuses to set the Suffix Metadata. It does work with a CreateItem task instead of the ItemGroup Declaration (because CreateItem is computed at build time) but I can't do this here because this code is in…
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MSBuild property set in target is not visible in parent target
here is my targets file
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Conditional properties for include paths break IntelliSense editing?
I have a build where some include and library paths must differ based on whether the build is 32-bit or 64-bit, and must be parameterised for easy editing by the user. I'm using property sheets to deal with that requirement.
After learning of…
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FTP Credentials for MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Communication.Ftp
In my AfterBuild script I use the following method to upload the files to the deployment…
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Using MSBuildExtensionPack from a specific location (DLL reference)
I am trying to use MSBuildExtensionPack and read that I have to import the project by using:
$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)..\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks
$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)....\Common\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks
It should not be necessary for…
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how to set property value based on item and use that property as input of property function?
I am trying to set a property value based on Item
But property doesn't seem to notice Item
For example, my code is like
%(temp.Identity)
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MSBuild + Scope of property
I am defining a property in the .csproj file
{3099AE33-98E7-4018-B0C3-4C3A37A6D56E}
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