Set Application Name in MSBuild Parameters

Question

I am deploying my web application from command line using this

msbuild WebApplication1.csproj /t:Package /p:configuration=release

It works fine, but the application deployed with the same name that is using in project settings page.

I want to set the name of deployed application using same command line. Is there any parameter in msbuild to do so or any other approach.

Thanks

Answer 1

You should try this

msbuild WebApplication1.csproj /t:Package /p:configuration=release;DeployIISAppPath="what_ever_name_you_want"

You could get more about these keywords in your project file(.csproj), open it in notepad and search for the default name that is setted by VS. and use that parameter in your command line.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

MS Build Command line parameters : it doesn't look like you can do it from the command line.

But you can do it in your config file - article using a property group

 <PropertyGroup>
     <appname>NewApplicationName</appname>
 </PropertyGroup>

Answer 3

I can't tell exactly what setting it is in the property pages that you are talking about however the syntax will be something like this:

msbuild WebApplication1.csproj /t:Package /p:configuration=release /p:appname=Test