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" /v:q /nologo /p:Configuration=Release' />
in nant, my result is:
[exec] D:\My Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\Wum\Wum.sln : warning MS B4078: The project file "Wum.Setup\Wum.Setup.vdproj" is not supported by MSBuild and cannot be built.
Someone have some clue, or a solution?
If I use the devenv, I'll have a problem?
Here is how I did this recently using devenv as msbuild will not do .vdproj files. This article really helped with updating the .vdproj file first: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/BuildingMSIFilesFromNAntAndUpdatingTheVDProjsVersionInformationAndOtherSinsOnTuesday.aspx
<target name="someTarget">
<!-- full path to setup project and project file (MSI -> vdproj) -->
<property name="DeploymentProjectPath" value="fullPath\proj.vdproj" />
<!-- full path to source project and project file (EXE -> csproj) -->
<property name="DependencyProject" value="fullPath\proj.csproj" />
<script language="C#">
<code>
<![CDATA[
public static void ScriptMain(Project project)
{
//Purpose of script: load the .vdproj file, replace ProductCode and PackageCode with new guids, and ProductVersion with 1.0.SnvRevisionNo., write over .vdproj file
string setupFileName = project.Properties["DeploymentProjectPath"];
string productVersion = string.Format("1.0.{0}", project.Properties["svn.revision"]);
string setupFileContents;
//read in the .vdproj file
using (StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(setupFileName))
{
setupFileContents = sr.ReadToEnd();
}
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(setupFileContents))
{
Regex expression2 = new Regex(@"(?:\""ProductCode\"" = \""8.){([\d\w-]+)}");
Regex expression3 = new Regex(@"(?:\""PackageCode\"" = \""8.){([\d\w-]+)}");
Regex expression4 = new Regex(@"(?:\""ProductVersion\"" = \""8.)(\d.\d.\d+)");
setupFileContents = expression2.Replace(setupFileContents,"\"ProductCode\" = \"8:{" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString().ToUpper() + "}");
setupFileContents = expression3.Replace(setupFileContents,"\"PackageCode\" = \"8:{" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString().ToUpper() + "}");
setupFileContents = expression4.Replace(setupFileContents,"\"ProductVersion\" = \"8:" + productVersion);
using (TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(setupFileName, false))
{
tw.WriteLine(setupFileContents);
}
}
}
]]>
</code>
</script>
<!-- must build the dependency first (code project), before building the MSI deployment project -->
<exec program="Devenv.exe" commandline='"fullPath\solution.sln" /rebuild "Release" /project "${DependencyProject}" /out "fullPath\somelog.log"'/>
<exec program="Devenv.exe" commandline='"fullPath\solution.sln" /rebuild "Release" /project "${DeploymentProjectPath}" /out "fullPath\somelog.log"'/>
</target>