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How do I stop msbuild from missing out files when doing a web publish?

August 3, 2014, 1:28 pm
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I have a solution with several projects in it with dependencies. When I build the web site project, the bin folder contains a number of sub folders Some from AjaxControlToolkit.dll, some from folders generated by dependency projects. I also get the PDB files generated and copied into the bin folder.

Everything works

If I do a publish using the context menu (publish to file system) I get the same files generated

Everything works

When I do a web publish using msbuild I do NOT get the PDB files for the dependencies (but do for the web site) I do NOT get the folders copied into the bin folder

This breaks a lot of stuff.

From further investigation:

obj\Release\Package\PackageTmp\bin in the project does NOT contain the files

obj\Release\CustomerPortal.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt DOES list the files

I do the MSBuild in 2 steps

1 -> compile in source directory At this point, all files and folders are present in the source bin folder

2 -> publish to a new folder At this point the dependent files and folders are not transferred across.

Batch File

SET MSBuild="C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\msbuild.exe"
SET targetFolder=C:\Temp\Customer_Build
SET configuration=Release


%MSBUILD% "%targetBuildFolder%\Customer.CustomerPortal.sln" /t:Build /p:Configuration=%configuration%;BuildProjectReferences=true;Platform="Any CPU" >> "%targetFolder%\build_all.log"


%MSBUILD% "%targetBuildFolder%\CustomerPortal\CustomerPortal.csproj" /t:WebPublish /p:PublishUrl=%targetBuildFolder%\_B_MyCustomer\;VisualStudioVersion=11.0;WebPublishMethod=FileSystem;Configuration=%configuration%;BuildProjectReferences=true;DeployOnBuild=True;PackageAsSingleFile=False;PrecompileBeforePublish=False;ExcludeGeneratedDebugSymbol=False;Platform="AnyCPU" >> "%targetFolder%\build_all.log"

Publish Profile XML

<ProjectToolsVersion="4.0"xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"><PropertyGroup><WebPublishMethod>FileSystem</WebPublishMethod><LastUsedBuildConfiguration>Debug</LastUsedBuildConfiguration><LastUsedPlatform>Any CPU</LastUsedPlatform><SiteUrlToLaunchAfterPublish/><LaunchSiteAfterPublish>True</LaunchSiteAfterPublish><ExcludeApp_Data>True</ExcludeApp_Data><publishUrl>C:\Temp\Customer_Build\Deploy\MyCustomer</publishUrl><DeleteExistingFiles>True</DeleteExistingFiles></PropertyGroup></Project>

Does anyone know a way that I can either:

1.  Specify a command line option that will allow the same behaviour for MSBUILD as the profile does or

2.  Use the profile, but be able to override the publish folder and configuration

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VS2013 solution builds w/i VisStudio, but not with MSBuild from cmd line.

August 5, 2014, 8:04 am
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My WPF solution builds as expected w/i VisStudio 2013.

When I try to build from the command line:
MSBuild.exe .\EMOTM.sln  /p:Configuration=DEBUG /property:WarningLevel=1 /t:BUILD

I get the error:

"C:\work\BitBucket\emotmtimer\EMOTM.sln" (BUILD target) (1) ->
"C:\work\BitBucket\emotmtimer\EMOTM\EMOTM.csproj" (default target) (2) ->
(MarkupCompilePass1 target) ->
  C:\work\BitBucket\emotmtimer\EMOTM\MainWindow.xaml(2,9): error MC3074: The tag 'MetroWindow' does not exist in XML namespace 'clr-n
amespace:MahApps.Metro.Controls;assembly=MahApps.Metro'. Line 2 Position 9. [C:\work\BitBucket\emotmtimer\EMOTM\EMOTM.csproj]


What is VisStudio doing to make the solution build that MSBuild is not?

 

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TFS build / deploy doesn't really deploy MSBuild Exception

August 6, 2014, 9:19 am
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Hi all,

I'm trying to get TFS 2010 and MSBUILD to deploy my website to a test server.   The build runs and displays in TFS as successful, but the deploy never actually happens.

I copied  pasted the full command line below:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\MSBuild.exe /nologo /noconsolelogger "C:\Builds\15\CP\MyBuildName\Sources\WebApplication.sln" /m:1 /fl /flp:"logfile=C:\Builds\15\CP\MyBuildName\Sources\WebApplication.log;encoding=Unicode;verbosity=detailed" /p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true /p:DeployOnBuild=True /p:DeployTarget=MsDeployPublish /p:MsDeployPublishMethod=WMSVC /p:CreatePackageOnPublish=True /p:AllowUntrustedCertificate=True /p:MSDeployServiceURL=https://MyWebBox:8172/msdeploy.axd /p:DeployIISAppPath=MyWebsiteName /p:UserName=something /p:Password=something /p:OutDir="C:\Builds\15\CP\MyBuildName\Binaries\\" /p:Configuration="Release" /p:Platform="Any CPU" /p:VCBuildOverride="C:\Builds\15\CP\MyBuildName\Sources\WebApplication.sln.Any CPU.Release.vsprops" /dl:WorkflowCentralLogger,"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\Tools\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Server.Logger.dll";"Verbosity=Detailed;BuildUri=vstfs:///Build/Build/1667;InformationNodeId=1431372;TargetsNotLogged=GetNativeManifest,GetCopyToOutputDirectoryItems,GetTargetPath;TFSUrl=http://mytfsbox:8080/tfs/Chs;"*WorkflowForwardingLogger,"c:\Program Files\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010\Tools\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Server.Logger.dll";"Verbosity=Detailed;"


If I run this manually from the command line on my build machine, I get this error message:

MSBUILD : error MSB1025: An internal failure occurred while running MSBuild.
System.InvalidOperationException: Cannot dispose the build manager because it is not idle.
   at Microsoft.Build.Execution.BuildManager.Dispose(Boolean disposing)

If I remove everything that's underlined, the build does not crash, and deployment works.  So how can I override / prevent this setting?

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I want to give output exe file name according to some condition. is this possible with Pre\Post build events or any other way?

August 6, 2014, 11:14 pm
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Hello all...

When I build my solution, I want to give my .exe file name according to some condition. So my query is that is it possible with Pre\Post build events. I am very thankful to you if you could suggest me any other way.

I am working on VS2013 and is is a WPF application.

Regards

Ranjith

Regards, Ranjith T Rajan Acty System India Pvt Ltd.

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How to Move Folder in VB 2008 Express

August 7, 2014, 9:22 am
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I want to make a program to move programs to other computers. I need help with the following:

Move Folders to different a location that you select

When the folder is moved to move the registry file also

To restore the program and to select all the programs besides built in ones

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How to Move Folders in Visual Basic 2008 Express

August 7, 2014, 9:28 am
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I want to make a program to move programs to other computers. I need help with the following:

Move Folders to different a location that you select

When the folder is moved to move the registry file also

To restore the program and to select all the programs besides built in ones
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How to prevent Visual Studio 2010 from being "Busy" and unresponsive for ~17 seconds when I cancel a multi-processor build?

June 3, 2014, 10:09 am
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When I cancel a multi-processor build (via the Build > Cancel menu item), Visual Studio 2010 usually becomes unresponsive, for as long as 17 seconds.  (I used a stop watch to time between clicking cancel and when clicking in the VS editor had any response.)  This interrupts my flow, which hurts my productivity.  I am building C++ code mainly.  The problem seems to more frequently occur when in the middle of building many cpp files simultaneously (I have 32 cores).

Sometimes the "Microsoft Visual Studio is Busy" popup even displays, and a couple times I had to use Windows Task Manager to end the Visual Studio task (but usually Visual Studio recovers on its own).  (I tried just ending all the MSBuild.exe tasks that remain running, but that didn't result in VS regaining responsiveness.)  That popup says "If you regularly encounter this delay during normal usage, please report this problem to Microsoft".  This is my report.  Please let me know if this is the appropriate place for such a report.

If anyone could help me resolve this issue I would appreciate it.  I am new to using Visual Studio 2010 (just started using it two weeks ago) and this problem has always happened since I started using it (even before I installed my ClangFormat, ViEmu, and Visual Assist plugins).

Here is my "About Visual Studio" info:

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
Version 10.0.40219.1 SP1Rel
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 4.0.30319 SP1Rel

Installed Version: Professional

Microsoft Office Developer Tools   01018-532-2002181-70794
Microsoft Office Developer Tools

Microsoft Visual Basic 2010   01018-532-2002181-70794
Microsoft Visual Basic 2010

Microsoft Visual C# 2010   01018-532-2002181-70794
Microsoft Visual C# 2010

Microsoft Visual C++ 2010   01018-532-2002181-70794
Microsoft Visual C++ 2010

Microsoft Visual F# 2010   01018-532-2002181-70794
Microsoft Visual F# 2010

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Explorer   01018-532-2002181-70794
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Team Explorer

Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010   01018-532-2002181-70794
Microsoft Visual Web Developer 2010

ClangFormat   1.0
Formats code by calling the clang-format executable.

Crystal Reports Templates for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010   
Crystal Reports Templates for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Hotfix for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU (KB2529927)   KB2529927
This hotfix is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this hotfix will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2529927.

Hotfix for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU (KB2548139)   KB2548139
This hotfix is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this hotfix will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2548139.

Hotfix for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU (KB2549864)   KB2549864
This hotfix is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this hotfix will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2549864.

Hotfix for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU (KB2565057)   KB2565057
This hotfix is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this hotfix will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2565057.

Hotfix for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU (KB2635973)   KB2635973
This hotfix is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this hotfix will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2635973.

Hotfix for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU (KB2890573)   KB2890573
This hotfix is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this hotfix will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2890573.

Intel(R) Visual Fortran     Package ID: w_fcompxe_2011.9.300
Intel(R) Visual Fortran Composer XE 2011 Update 9 Integration for Microsoft Visual Studio* 2010, 12.1.3526.2010, Copyright (C) 2002-2012 Intel Corporation
* Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU Service Pack 1 (KB983509)   KB983509
This service pack is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this service pack will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/983509.

Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools   10.0.40219
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint Developer Tools

Security Update for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU (KB2645410)   KB2645410
This security update is for Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this security update will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2645410.

Security Update for Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Integrated) - ENU (KB2644980)   KB2644980
This security update is for Visual Studio 2010 Shell (Integrated) - ENU.
If you later install a more recent service pack, this security update will be uninstalled automatically.
For more information, visit http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2644980.

ViEmu (Symnum Systems S.L.U.)   3.0.13
ViEmu: Vi/vim emulation for Microsoft Visual Studio. (c) 2005-2012 Symnum Systems S.L.U. Please visit http://www.viemu.com for details.

Visual Assist   
For more information about Visual Assist, see the Whole Tomato Software website at http://www.WholeTomato.com. Copyright (c) 1997-2014 Whole Tomato Software, Inc.

Git Extensions
Git Extensions is a graphical interface for Git
For more information about Git Extensions, see the Git Extensions website at
http://code.google.com/p/gitextensions/
Copyright © 2012 Henk Westhuis


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Creating Project

August 7, 2014, 10:37 pm
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How can I add existing files in a project (WPF/XAML Code)by writing code or programmatically  on button's click event,not mannualy.


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VS2012 AfterPublish for Web Application

August 20, 2012, 11:51 pm
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We are using the One Click Publish feature in VS2012 and would like to execute some commands after the publish process has finished.

We have added the following element to our .pubxml file but this does not get fired:

<Target Name="AfterPublish" AfterTargets="MSDeployPublish">

What is the correct way of doing this in VS2012?

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Deploys taking forever

August 8, 2014, 9:06 am
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Deploys of our Visual Studio (.NET) projects take FOREVER.

WINDOWS CLIENT
- Change server names in many places
- Publish

WEB CLIENT
- Change server names in many places
- Publish

REPORTS PROJECT
- Change server names in many places
- Publish

DATABASE CHANGES
- Compare schema
- Prepare SQL
- Execute

To compound matters, we have to do these things each release TIMES 12 as we have that many satellite locations.

I’m just wondering if there are ways to speed/ease all that is needed to get these deploys done.  I played with MSBuild years ago just trying to automate builds to DEV/TEST but came away frustrated (don't know if that could be part of this solution or not).

Thanks.


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Msbuild doesn’t copy references (dlls) if using project dependencies in solution

July 16, 2009, 2:41 am
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Hi,

i had a look on many similar questions on this side but none of them answered the question to my problem. The whole day i tried to solve this by finding a solution (via google etc.):

I have 4 projects in my VS solution (everyone targeting .net 3.5) - for my problem only these two are important:

 1. MyBaseProject<- this class library references a 3rd party dll (elmah.dll)
 2. MyWebProject1 <- this web application project has a reference to MyBaseProject

I added the elmah.dll reference to MyBaseProject in Visual studio 2008 by clicking "Add reference..." -> "Browse" tab -> selecting the "elmah.dll".

The Properties of the Elmah Reference are as follows:

 - Aliases - global
 - Copy local - true
 - Culture -
 - Description - Error Logging Modules and Handlers (ELMAH) for ASP.NET
 - File Type - Assembly
 - Path - D:\webs\\otherfolder\\_myPath\\__tools\elmah\Elmah.dll
 - Resolved - True
 - Runtime version - v2.0.50727
 - Specified version - false
 - Strong Name - false
 - Version - 1.0.11211.0

In MyWebProject1 i added the reference to Project MyBaseProject by:
"Add reference..." -> "Projects" tab -> selecting the "MyBaseProject". The Properties of this reference are the same except the following members:

 - Description -
 - Path - D:\webs\CMS\MyBaseProject\bin\Debug\MyBaseProject.dll
 - Version - 1.0.0.0

If i run the build in visual studio 2008 the elmah.dll is copied to my MyWebProject1's bin directory, along with MyBaseProject.dll!

However if i clean and run msbuild for the solution (via D:\webs\CMS>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe /t:ReBuild /p:Configuration=Debug MyProject.sln)
the elmah.dll is missing in MyWebProject1's bin directory - although the build itself contains no warning or errors!

I already made sure that the .csproj of MyBaseProject contains the private element with the value "true" (that should be an alias for "copy loca l" in VS):

    <Reference Include="Elmah, Version=1.0.11211.0, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
      <SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
      <HintPath>..\mypath\__tools\elmah\Elmah.dll</HintPath>
        <Private>true</Private>
    </Reference>

(The private tag didn't appear in the .csproj's xml by default, although VS said "copy local" true. I switched "copy local" to false - saved - and set it back to true again - save!)

What is wrong with MSBUILD? How to get the (elmah.dll) reference copied to MyWebProject1's bin?

I do NOT want to add a postbuild copy action to every projects postbuild command! (Imagine i would have many projects depend on MyBaseProject!)

Please help. I get mad on this!

Thanks, tobi

P.S. I'm using Vista32bit with all latest updates, same goes for .net framework 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5 (sp1)!
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Where is Visual studio 2012 Setup project template?

August 15, 2012, 11:28 pm
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We did lot of window form destop and window service deployments, but these projects are removed in visual studio 2012.  How should we do this now? and what is the purpose of removing these templates?

I've been using install shield in the past, they are license nightmare. I just don't want to go back there again.

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VS13 App won't build - no error reported

July 19, 2014, 9:35 am
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I just installed VS 13 - I can't get either a console or WPF app to build.  When I try building, the output window shows the build failed, but there are no messages anywhere.  The programs I have tried are simple sample applications similar to"Hello World"
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Project file must include the .NET Framework assembly 'WindowsBase, PresentationCore, PresentationFramework' in the reference list.

November 6, 2008, 12:21 pm
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I've been working on a 3.5 Web Application for a few months now w/o issues, when all of a sudden a few minutes ago, I clicked on 'rebuild' and got this error:
Error 1 Project file must include the .NET Framework assembly 'WindowsBase, PresentationCore, PresentationFramework' in the reference list.

I don't know where it came from and it's odd b/c the project is not and was never a WPF project.  I tried adding the assemblies to get it to build, but that caused an avalanche of xaml and other build errors.  The project looks like it's still configured correctly and I can't figure out what's wrong.  Any ideas?


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Project converted from VS2008 to VS2010 causes circular build error.

March 26, 2011, 7:36 pm
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I have project that was converted from Visual Studio 2008 to Visual Studio 2010. The executable was created but the following error:

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.Targets(3051,5): error MSB4006: There is a circular dependency in the target dependency graph involving target "GetCopyToOutputDirectoryItems".

James

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Add existing file operation

August 13, 2014, 9:03 am
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Is it possible to when having developers adding items to a project that whatever they add is by defaultnot included in the build? Ie, Build Action = None ? 

Thanks!!

AskMarkus

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Deployment Package - Amending File Name

December 19, 2011, 11:55 am
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Hi

I am looking to use the deployment package functionality of MSBuild to allow automated deployment of applications to a test environment.  The standard tools are working well but I need to make a couple of amendments to fit in with the current deployment infrastructure my company uses.

The issue I am encountering is that the package uses the same file name for each build.  So for each build the zip file is called "<project>.zip" with no other unique identification associated with it.  What I would like to do is assign the build number to the file name so the finished zip file is like "<project>-1.12.23.224.zip".

I have added a *.wpp.targets file to the project and can write a target that gets the build number.  However when I try to redefine the $(PackageFileName) property of MSBuild it makes no difference.

Has anyone done anything similar or knows how to correctly redefine the name of the package that MSBuild produces.

Thanks

Colin

 

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Referencing native dlls in winforms control project

August 13, 2014, 8:01 am
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Hi,

I'm working on a WinForms control that supports many design mode features and references a lot of (managed) assemblies, some of them being managed C++ wrappers for unmanaged dlls.

When I create a project that uses my control the problems begin.

At runtime I succeeded in loading all dependencies by changing the search paths during control initialization.

But when dragging the control onto a form in design mode, VS copies the control dll without its dependencies to a temporary folder (...AppData...ProjectAssemblies...) that can't be predicted. So my code can't find the dlls and loading fails.

My idea is to tell the project file about all dependencies so VS is able to copy everything to its temporary destination. I researched a bit and found the NativeReference Common MSBuild Project Item and the ResolveNativeReference task. These sound promising but I was not able to find samples I could use.

Can someone tell me if my scenario can be solved and how I should start?

Regards,

Thomas

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MSbuild solution platform and configuration

August 14, 2014, 12:46 pm
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Hi

I have a Visual Studio 2013 C++ solution. I configured it for Win8.1Release|x64 platformonly, and I can build the solution (F7) without any problem.

Now I'm trying to automate the process using msbuild. However, when I run "msbuild myproj.sln" it tries to build it for Win7Debug|Win32.

The project user options file has the following line in it:

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Win8.1 Release|x64'">

Nut it seems to be ignored.

I don't see any way to specify Win8.1Release and x64 in the command line parameters.

Please, advise.

Thanks.


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Unusual Error, Can not build any project old or new

August 13, 2014, 1:54 pm
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This error seems to have sudeenly started.
I can not build existing projects or create and build new projects.

Anyone have a suggestions ?
Thanks...

C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Microsoft.Common.targets(1605,5): error MSB4036: The "Output" task was not found. Check the following: 1.) The name of the task in the project file is the same as the name of the task class. 2.) The task class is "public" and implements the Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITask interface. 3.) The task is correctly declared with <UsingTask> in the project file, or in the *.tasks files located in the "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319" directory.
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