TFS 2010 - building ClickOnce application

Question

I need to be able to build a ClickOnce application in TFS 2010. It needs to set the ApplicationVersion as well as the MinimumApplicationVersion. In TFS 2008, I was successful in doing the following...

<MSBuild Projects="e:\MyAppBuilds\test\trunk\src\MyApp.Automation.Workflow.UI\MyApp.Automation.Workflow.UI.csproj"
         Properties=" PublishDir=\\MyServer\shared\MyCompany\Testing\MyApp\;
                      ApplicationVersion=$(Major).$(Minor).$(Build).$(Revision);
                      Configuration=$(Configuration);
                      Platform=$(Platform);
                      Install=true;
                      MinimumRequiredVersion=$(Major).$(Minor).$(Build).$(Revision)"
         Targets="PublishOnly"
         ContinueOnError="true" ToolsVersion="4.0"/>

However, I can't seem to get the MSBuild activity to publish the application properly by trying to replicate the task above in the activity. The settings I have are as follows.

CommandLineActivities = String.Format("/property:PublishDir=""{0}"" /property:Install=""true"" /property:Configuration=""{1}"" /property:Platform=""{2}"" /property:ApplicationVersion=""{3}"" /property:MinimumRequiredVersion=""{3}"" ", BuildDetail.DropLocationRoot, platformConfiguration.Configuration, platformConfiguration.Platform, VersionNumber)

Project localProject

Targets New String() {"Publish"}

Has anyone had success in doing this?

Answer 1

I think, your best bet would be to make a custom .proj file (msbuild) which you handtune to contain the call you already have. TFS can then build the custom .proj file.

Answer 2

I have a custom build process template which I branch from the Default process template. I then add a section after the build is successful to act on a new argument coming in that is an array of strings. These are the projects i want to deploy. I then use the MSBuild activity as MrHinsh suggests to target the Publish target. You can use the CommandLineArguments to customize the versioning information as we do. Here's a quick snippet of what I'm using for the app version of the click once installer:

String.Format("/p:SkipInvalidConfigurations=true;ApplicationVersion={1} {0}", PublishArguments, BuildVersion)