csproj

Is there a way to compile a .vbproj or .csproj project file directly, just like Visual Studio does? When you compile in Visual Studio, the "output" window shows the actual call to the compiler, which normally looks like: vbc.exe [bunch of options] [looooong list of .vb files] I would like to programatically call "something" that would take the .vbproj file and do whatever Visual Studio does to generate this long command line. I know i could parse the .vbproj myself and generate that command line, but I'd rather save myself all the reverse engineering and trial-and-error... Is there a tool to

Visual Studio 2013. I have an external DLL which I am referencing like this in the csproj file: <ItemGroup> <Reference Include="NameOfDll"> <HintPath>Path\To\Dll\NameOfDll.dll</HintPath> </Reference> I want this reference to function when a compiler symbol exists and to not function when that compiler symbol does not exist. (To address the first comment, below, let's say the compiler symbol is called Fred.) This question [ Conditional Reference ] made me think I could add an attribute called Condition to the Reference element shown above but I can't work out what value to give that attribute

I've migrated xproj core projects to csproj . All is working well, however I still have issues with publish configuration. Based on documentation: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/articles/core/tools/project-json-to-csproj I should be able to exclude files during publish. I've added following lines to the f <None Include="*.json" CopyToPublishDirectory="Never" /> <None Include="wwwroot\**\*.map;wwwroot\**\*.less;*.pdb" CopyToPublishDirectory="Never" /> <None Include="wwwroot\**\*" CopyToPublishDirectory="PreserveNewest" /> But still *.map , .json and .less files are copied to publish

The new .csproj format includes some significant improvements over the classic files, including tight integration with NuGet package management and significantly less-verbose structure. I want to gain these benefits whilst still using the .NET Framework 4.6 and ASP.NET (because my project depends on Umbraco which has yet to produce a .NET Core version). The biggest challenge would seem to be the debugging experience - an ASP.NET Core project expects to run a dotnet core application and set up a reverse proxy to an IIS instance. This process is completely alien to the .NET Framework model and I

In a C# solution, I added a existing project. After that, Visual Studio has added the following entry in other .csproj files: <ItemGroup> <Service Include="{B4F97281-0DBD-4835-9ED8-7DFB966E87FF}" /> </ItemGroup> What's this for? Can I delete it? I had a similar case, where this was added: <ItemGroup> <Service Include="{82A7F48D-3B50-4B1E-B82E-3ADA8210C358}" /> </ItemGroup> This inclusion turns out to be generated on purpose by VS2013 if you create an NUnit test project, but forget to tag it as test project, as described in this answer from Microsoft: This behavior is intentional. To support

I am trying to add a project and file reference to the same dll in the csproj with the BuildingInVsideisualStudio property. But when they are in the csproj together, only the file reference is picked up. If I remove the file reference, it picks up the csproj. I have tried swapping the order, but no luck. Any ideas why this doesn't work? Here is the basic idea: <ItemGroup Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)' == false"> <Reference Include="MyNamespace.Mine"> <HintPath>..\$(OutDir)\MyNamespace.Mine.dll</HintPath> </Reference> </ItemGroup> <ItemGroup Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)