visual studio publish build generated files

Question

During the build process, some files are generated by the system (concatenated, minified and versionned assets).

As these files are created on the fly, they're not added to the project, so when I publish, visual studio don't copy them.

Is there a way to tell VS to copy all files inside a folder?

you should go to publish tab on project properties page - then go to application files list - and tell VS to include necessary files into publishing — sqladmin, Jul 04 '13 at 15:34
or maybe you can find answer in this topic http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2364644/visual-studio-2010-publish-minified-javascript-files-instead-of-the-original-on?rq=1 — sqladmin, Jul 04 '13 at 15:40
@sqladmin I can't find the option ("application file list" or similar wording) you talk about (I'm on VS 2010). — Simon Boudrias, Jul 04 '13 at 15:49
i got russian VS2010 so maybe i gave you wrong translation )) - it is first button in the group of four buttons at right side of the 'publish' tab in project properties — sqladmin, Jul 04 '13 at 16:11
if project is web application - properties page is different from page for winforms application project - just look for option 'include all files from project folder' or something like that — sqladmin, Jul 04 '13 at 16:23

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 04 '13 at 19:03

Been able to resolve the issue by manually editing the .csproj file and adding those lines:

<PropertyGroup>
    <CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
    CustomCollectFiles;
    $(CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn);
  </CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
    <CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeployDependsOn>
    CustomCollectFiles;
    $(CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn);
  </CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeployDependsOn>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <Target Name="CustomCollectFiles">
    <ItemGroup>
      <_CustomFiles Include="public\form\dist\*.js" />
      <FilesForPackagingFromProject Include="%(_CustomFiles.Identity)">
        <DestinationRelativePath>public\form\dist\%(Filename)%(Extension)</DestinationRelativePath>
      </FilesForPackagingFromProject>
    </ItemGroup>
  </Target>
</PropertyGroup>

but where do i put it? there are more than one in my project... fml — Michael Crook, Jun 21 '16 at 22:53

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