Build and Publish (ASP.NET Web Application) using Microsoft.Build.Engine using c#

Question

I want to Build a VS2008 project (ASP.NET Web Application) and then publish using Microsoft.Build.Engine.

I have so far successfully managed to BUild the project.

But i am unable to Publish it to a specified directory.

My build method is:

private void BuildProject()
{
            Engine engine = new Engine();
            FileLogger logger = new FileLogger();
            logger.Parameters = @"logfile=C:\temp\build.log";
            engine.RegisterLogger(logger);

            BuildPropertyGroup bpg = new BuildPropertyGroup();
            bpg.SetProperty("Configuration", "Debug");
            bpg.SetProperty("Platform", "AnyCPU");

            bool success = engine.BuildProjectFile(GetProjectFileName(), null, bpg);

            if (success)
                Console.WriteLine("Success!");
            else
                Console.WriteLine("Build failed - look at c:\temp\build.log for details");

            engine.UnloadAllProjects();
            engine.UnregisterAllLoggers();
}

And my publish method is:

private void PublishProject()
{

           //no idea what goes here ... please help !!!

}

Any ideas ???

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 23 '12 at 19:13

private void PublishProject()
{

Engine engine = new Engine();
            FileLogger logger = new FileLogger();
            logger.Parameters = @"logfile=C:\temp\publish.log";
            engine.RegisterLogger(logger);

            BuildPropertyGroup bpg = new BuildPropertyGroup();
            bpg.SetProperty("OutDir", @"C:\outdir\");
            bpg.SetProperty("Configuration", "Debug");
            bpg.SetProperty("Platform", "AnyCPU");
            bpg.SetProperty("DeployOnBuild", "true");
            bpg.SetProperty("DeployTarget", "Package");
            bpg.SetProperty("PackageLocation", @"$(OutDir)\MSDeploy\Package.zip");
            bpg.SetProperty("_PackageTempDir", @"C:\temp\");


            bool success = engine.BuildProjectFile(GetProjectFileName(), null, bpg);

            if (success)
                Console.WriteLine("Success!");
            else
                Console.WriteLine(@"Build failed - look at c:\temp\publish.log for details");

            engine.UnloadAllProjects();
            engine.UnregisterAllLoggers();

}

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '12 at 20:11

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These are the properties I set to publish a project of mine.

    DeployOnBuild=true;
    DeployTarget=Package;
    _PackageTempDir=$(PackagePath)

answered Aug 22 '12 at 20:11

Chris Martin

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not sure where to set these ... these are not properties of Engine class nor the properties of BuildPropertyGroup ... can you please explain in little detail how to do publish? – M. Ali Iftikhar Aug 23 '12 at 18:26
hi ... i think i got what you meant ... I'll be posting the complete working method below ... :) – M. Ali Iftikhar Aug 23 '12 at 19:11
Sorry for not seeing this earlier. I'm glad you figured it out. Cheers! – Chris Martin Aug 24 '12 at 18:02

Build and Publish (ASP.NET Web Application) using Microsoft.Build.Engine using c#

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