How to build Visual studio Setup project using command-line?

Question

I have a sample WPF project and I created a Setup project to it. Now I want to build the project and Setup project through the command line.

I tried with this

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe

C:\Users\nandh\source\repos\CommendApp\CommendApp\CommendApp.csproj

command for build the project file it is successfully worked.

Then use with

devenv /build Debug 

"C:\Users\nandh\source\repos\CommendApp\CommendApp.sln" /project

"C:\Users\nandh\source\repos\CommendApp\App\App.vdproj" /projectconfig
Debug

for build the setup project it shows error.

------ Starting pre-build validation for project 'App' ------
ERROR: An error occurred while validating.  HRESULT = '8000000A'
------ Pre-build validation for project 'App' completed ------

Regards.

Hi friend, any update for this issue? Please let me know if it solves your issue. And if you have any discovery or solution you can share it as an answer :) — LoLance, Jul 22 '19 at 01:29
@LanceLi-MSFT The below first answer is working for the issue, and my problem was solved with this. — Ismayil S, Jul 22 '19 at 13:25

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '19 at 11:29

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Have reproduced same issue in my machine. And resolve it by workaround from it3xl.

Create a Text Document file in desktop and copy the content from this xx.bat file into it. (for professional editon)
Save and rename the text document from xx.txt to Test.bat
Double click the Test.bat file, then this issue goes away when i rebuild them by devenv command.

Hope it helps.

answered Jul 18 '19 at 11:29

LoLance

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Yeah! it's working fine .msi file was generated successfully, Thanks – Ismayil S Jul 22 '19 at 13:20

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 24 '22 at 09:53

Here is my build.bat script using Visual Studio Installer Projects Extension in Visual Studio 2022. Hope it helps someone.

@echo off
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set "{{=setlocal enableDelayedExpansion&for %%a in (" & set "}}="::end::" ) do if "%%~a" neq "::end::" (set command=!command! %%a) else (call !command! & endlocal)"
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del build.log

%{{%
    "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe"
    XXXX.sln
    /out build.log
    /build Release  
    /project XXX.Setup\XXX.Setup.vdproj
    /projectconfig Release
%}}%

How to build Visual studio Setup project using command-line?

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