Has anyone had success making an msbuild file that will publish a Web Application, not the old 2.0 web site but a Web Application?
This is not what I am looking for:
<MSBuild Projects="eRx.Web.SecureSiteShell.csproj" Properties="Configuration=Debug;OutDir=$(OutputFolder)\$(OutputWeb)\bin\;WebProjectOutputDir=$(OutputFolder)\$(OutputWeb)\" Targets="ResolveReferences;_CopyWebApplication" />
I tried simply using 'targets:Publish' but I get : Skipping unpublishable project.
Apparently this just isn't possible. My first hint was getting absolutely no response from this site.
I began to look into making a web setup project but was unsatisfied at having to edit the installation dialogues to get a custom installation folder. All I really need is something that will copy the published output of a Web Application (not Web Site you 2.0 peeps).
I think I have cheated the system by creating a simple Windows Setup program. Surprisingly I am able to include the primary output of my web application which satisfies my need. I DO have to manually add each projects debug symbols if I want them so the process can be lengthly but doable.
Like I said, not completely satisfied because I wanted to get the files in a nice deploy folder for my QA group to work with but feeding them an MSI has its advantages I suppose.
I leave this for anyone to comment on. I still can't believe I can't do this from msBuild or any other tool.