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vdproj is the build file extension for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET applications. The plaintext file stores build settings and file references.

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I have a error building a .vdproj on msbuild with nant

I'm getting used to using nant for build releases. But I have started to use asp.net MVC, and i choice make the setup for installation with a .vdproj . But, when I call the: < exec program="${dotnet.dir}/msbuild.exe" commandline='"./Wum.sln"…
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Replacing VDPROJ Setup files with InstallShield/WIX

Our product currently installs via 4-5 MSI's which are created from .vdproj files which consist are created from the output from vs 2010 projects and additional information in merge modules. I have been looking at InstallShield and WIX as a possible…
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Can we instruct Visual Studio Setup to keep existing files for re-install?

I have a Windows Forms application with an installer (.msi) already created with Visual Studio. I am now creating a new installer for version 2.0 with the property RemovePreviousVersions set to true. Now, when I install 2.0 over 1.0 it removes 1.0…
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How come the exclude property of the assemblies under 'detected dependencies' in vdproj doesn't persist?

I have a simple problem. I want to exclude some of the dll dependencies (in the detected dependencies folder) in my setup project so they don't get copied into the users install folder. I solved it by setting the 'exclude' property to true on the…
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How can I prevent a .vdproj compile from updating the PackageCode on every compile?

I have a Visual Studio 2010 solution for a Web Application that contains all of the projects that make up the Web Application, plus the .vdproj file that builds the installer. All of the files are under configuration management. Whenever I compile…
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Writing to AppData from a Setup & Deployment Project

I am updating an existing application that is installed via a Setup and Deployment Project. The old application copied a config and a database file into the application's folder in Program Files during installation. This worked fine on Win 2000 and…
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Deployment projects not supported by msbuild: what are my options?

I'm using TeamCity to automatically build my solution with msbuild and it seems that .vdproj are not supported. What are my options to build an msi/installer ? Install Visual Studio on the build server Use another installer (WiX, nullsoft,…
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Trouble with visual studio file extensions (.vdproj)

I'm trying to open an open source project and I'm getting an error when trying to open a certain component of the project. I'm using Visual Studio C# 2008 Express Edition and I'm opening a .sln file. That part of the file opens fine, but when I…
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Build merge module without Devenv from .vdproj

I read quit a few Stackoverflow Questions about building mergemodules via commandline but all of them were accepted when either somebody suggested to use devenv for compilation or use Dark to create wix-files from existing msi files. Considering the…
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How to convert 100+ Visual Studio Installer Project (vdproj) to Wix Installers?

We have some 100+ Visual Studio C# / .net solutions, which contain an Visual Studio Installer Project (vdproj) for deployment. These are build in Visual Studio 2010. In order to upgrade to Visual Studio 2012, we need to migrate these .vdproj…
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Build installer using GitHub Actions

Is it possible to automate building the installer using GitHub Actions? This is a VSTO add-in solution containing several .NET projects and one "Visual Studio Installer Project" (a.k.a. vdproj). I need to build the installer project upon commit to a…
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using MSBuild.ExtensionPack.FileSystem.File Replace on vdproj

Im trying to replace the ProductName held inside a Visual Studio setup project by performing a regex on the file in my msbuild script. To do the regEx replacement Im trying to use msbuild extension pack and in particular its File task. The target…
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Visual Studio Installer Project Custom Action based on Build Configuration

Is it possible in an Installer Project to conditionally run a Custom Action based on the project build configuration (e.g. Debug, Release, etc.)? Also to include/exclude files based on the Build Configuration? Can I do any of these in Visual Studio…
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Wix and msbuild not producing newline character in some environments

We have an installer from a Windows application. This is failing to build due to an XSLT issue. The installer was originally a Visual Studio installer but when Microsoft removed this feature we converted it to Wix using VDProj to WIX Converter. This…
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Visual Studio 2013 Installer Project can't save .vdproj file

I just downloaded and installed the Installer Projects extension for VS 2013 and tried to make a new .vdproj project. I created new "Hello World" console application project, then added a new Visual Studio Installer project to the solution, added…
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