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The MSBuild Extension Pack is an open source collection of tasks that can be plugged into the Microsoft build automation system.

The MSBuild Extension Pack (available from http://msbuildextensionpack.codeplex.com/) is a collection of over four hundred tasks that can be added to MSBuild files to add extra functionality to TFS automated builds.

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MSBuild Extension Pack vs MSBuild Community Tasks

I am just starting to make custom MSBuild scripts for the first time. I see that there are two standard options for extending the features: MSBuild Extension Pack and MSBuild Community Tasks. I am looking for some guidance about what the…
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MSBuild ItemGroup with condition

I don't know if ItemGroup is the right type to use. I will get 4 different booleans that will be true or false depending on choice. I would like to fill up an ItemGroup with this "strings" depending on the true or false. Is that possible or what…
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tf.exe on tfspreview

I need to get the ChangeSetId in tfspreview for our continuous integration. I just need this single number nothing else. I tried all possible MSBuild tasks that I could find, but there is always another smaller issue stopping me. For…
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Do the MSBuild Community Tasks or Extension Pack work with Mono's xbuild?

Has anyone got the MSBuild Community Tasks or MSBuild Extension Pack working with Mono's xbuild? They both seem to have MSI installer, so I guess it's a case of manually transferring the files to the Mac (in my case)? If anyone's done it, I'd…
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MS Build Extension Pack with nuget fails to get MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks

I'm trying to install MS Build Extension Pack in order to use the compression task. I followed the instruction in the nuget web site -- i.e. I executed Install-Package MSBuild.Extension.Pack in the Package Manager Console. It created the…
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How to set web.config to "debug=false" via MSBuild Extension Pack?

I have an WCF Service Application and the web.config is set to debug mode (debug = true):
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Encrypting password in a MSBuild file

I want to encrypt the password I am supplying in the following code:
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MSBuild Extension Pack IIS7 task on remote server error

I have set up a Continuous Integration build with TeamCity and MSBuild. I am using the MSBuild Extension Pack, primarily for its IIS7AppPool Task. My goal is to stop an IIS app pool before the build script does a deployment step and start the app…
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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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hide console output from msbuild task

I am running this msbuild scriplet from command line (other details ommited) How can I hide its output if I…
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msbuild ResolveAssemblyReferences error

When i am going to publish the website in specified path using msbuild command line , its working fine but the problem is EntityFramework dll(inside bin folder of check out project) is not copying to bin folder of publish folder. it's giving below…
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publish website in specified path using msbuild command line

i want to publish my web site using msbuild command line.my requirement is below mentod get the latest code from sever and stored in specified folder.this is done by folloing code
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MSBuild.ExtensionPack.Xml.XmlFile TaskAction="ReadAttribute" Failing

I cannot read the value attribute of in the app.config below. I am at a complete loss. I suspect the XPath value or a Key value. Target
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Setting IIS7 Site Session State to State Server with MSbuild Extension Pack

Is there any way to choose the Session State Mode to be "State Server" when using MSBuild Extension Pack? I browsed the source code but there is no reference to state management. Also, if anyone knows how to do this with the Extension Pack WMI that…
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Help Updating XML file using MSBuild Extensions 4 with namespaces

I'm having some trouble getting MSBuild extensions 4.0 to update an XML file once a namespace is involved. When I have a simple XML file with no namespace then fine, but once i attempt to update an xml file that has a namespace set, then nothing…
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