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 ???

M. Ali Iftikhar · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-23 19:13:03Z

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();

}

Chris Martin · Accepted Answer · 2012-08-22 20:11:47Z

1

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

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

answered Aug 22, 2012 at 20:11

Chris Martin

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M. Ali Iftikhar Over a year ago

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 Over a year ago

hi ... i think i got what you meant ... I'll be posting the complete working method below ... :)

Chris Martin Over a year ago

Sorry for not seeing this earlier. I'm glad you figured it out. Cheers!

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