Using msbuild to publish my sln file

Question

My requirement is as below

Execute MSBuild on a sln file configured to publish as a website, and then copy the precompiled website files to a webserver ( am using cc.net )

When I try the following cmd on msbuild,

msbuild abc.sln /t:publish /p:Configuration=Release

I get the following error

Web projects do not support the "Publish" target

I do not have 'csproj' file in my website and need to work on 'sln' file to publish..

Can you kindly assist

Thanks,

Answer 1

I believe 'Web Deployment Projects' are what you are looking for. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/asp.net/aa336619.aspx