How to set publishName/AssemblyName in msbuild command line parameters?

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There are two names for the application that you are publishing, the productName and the publishName (publishName/AssemblyName I think they are the same). Both of which you can specify in your .csproj file.

I want to set both of these without changing the .csproj file using MSBuild's command line parameters. So far I have used this page from msdn and figured out how to change the product name.

MSBuild.exe /t:Build /p:ProductName=$productName.

How can I change the publishName in a similar fashion?

When I say publishName I mean the file that gets created with the .application extension. Anyone know what property I need for this - /p:*?

I have also checked out a Stack Overflow page and tried all of the suggestions there but they didn't work.

AtliB · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-06 09:59:48Z

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To solve this, I added my own variable in the .csproj file to control the name of the .exe (without affecting the name of the subproject builds):

<!-- Make the assembly name configurable -->
<AssemblyName Condition=" '$(MSBuildAssemblyName)' == '' ">MyDefaultAssemblyName</AssemblyName>
<AssemblyName Condition=" '$(MSBuildAssemblyName)' != '' ">$(MSBuildAssemblyName)</AssemblyName>

if MSBuildAssemblyName is not specified on the command line, it uses the default name (MyDefaultAssemblyName).

On the command line, invoke it like this: msbuild ... /p:MSBuildAssemblyName=MyOverriddenName ...

answered Feb 6, 2018 at 9:59

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jgerstle Over a year ago

I can't guarantee that this is the right answer as it was published so long after the original question and I no longer work in C#, but it looks right, so I will mark it as the answer

AtliB Over a year ago

Still working for me!

James Joyce · Accepted Answer · 2015-12-03 06:38:32Z

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Don't include the quotation marks!

MSBuild.exe /t:Build /p:ProductName=$productName;AssemblyName=yourNameHere

Also, this won't work if you have another project in the same solution - both will get the same assembly name!

answered Dec 3, 2015 at 6:38

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Ryan Gates · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-15 17:24:15Z

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Try the following:

MSBuild.exe /t:Build /p:ProductName=$productName;AssemblyName="yourNameHere"

This was taken from the MSBuild Command-Line Reference.

answered Jan 15, 2013 at 17:24

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jgerstle Over a year ago

That prevented me from being able to publish

jgerstle Over a year ago

I got a lot of these (this works when I don't use that assembly name parameter you suggested, which btw I looked at that link and I don't see what you are talking about it doesn't seem to list that as a valid parameter): C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(4264,5): error MSB3073: The command "xcopy .dll <path to bin folder> /kqry" exited with code 4. [.csproj]

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