MSBuild and Debug.AspNetCompiler.TargetPath

Question

I have a solution that contains an ASP.NET Web Site (file-based) project. I'm currently using the following command in my build script to build the entire solution:

<pathtomsbuild.exe> 
     /t:rebuild /nologo 
     /p:OutputPath=..\some_dynamic_dir 
     /p:NoWarn=1685 <solutionfilename>

However, web site projects do not come with a .csproj file, and the location to which they are compiled / published is controlled within the .sln file using the property:

<configuration>.AspNetCompiler.TargetPath

Since I'm creating a dynamic output directory via my build script (so that it includes version info), I have a real problem with the fact that the default publish location for web site projects is:

<solutiondir>\PrecompiledWeb\<NameOfProject>

I would prefer to specify this location when I call MSBuild, but I don't see how. Any thoughts? Do I really need to resort to manually calling aspnet_compiler with my desired output path, or is there some property I can pass to msbuild?

Answer 1

The following parameters works fine for me:

/t:Rebuild;ResolveReferences;_CopyWebApplication 
/p:OutDir=..\some_dynamic_dir\bin\;WebProjectOutputDir=..\some_dynamic_dir\