How to invoke MSBuild via command prompt?

问题

I have a website (not a web application) and I want to publish it from the command prompt in the same directory every night.

I don't want to use build automation tools like TeamCity, TFS, or third-party tools like Nant - it should be done with MSBuild. How can I do this?

Update: in the Publish window the only option that should be checked is Use Fixed naming and single page assemblies.

回答1:

From your comment, your web project is a web site project and not a web application project.

In this case, 'Publish' target can not be the option but 'AspNetCompiler' is the solution.

Create an xml file with below content and call it from MSBuild.

<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
    <Target Name="PrecompileWeb">
        <AspNetCompiler
            VirtualPath="/MyWebSite"
            PhysicalPath="c:\inetpub\wwwroot\MyWebSite\"
            TargetPath="c:\precompiledweb\MyWebSite\"
            Force="true"
            Debug="true"
            FixedNames="True"
        />
    </Target>
</Project>

Reference to this task is here and you can configure all your un/check options.

FixedName="True" equals the checking of 'use fixed naming and single page...' option.

Then you call this file from MSBuild instead of the solution file.

MSBuild your.xml /p:Configuration=<Debug/Release>

As long as your class libraries are referenced by your web site project, they'll be built together.

回答2:

MSBuild.exe **MYPROJ**.sln 
/p:outdir="Z:\output\\",OutputPath="Z:\output\\",webprojectoutputdir="Z:\output\\",configuration=RELEASE 
/t:Clean;Build 

/flp1:logfile=Z:\output\\\Log_msbuild.log;verbosity=detailed 
/flp2:logfile=Z:\output\\\Log_warnings.log;warningsonly;verbosity=detailed 
/flp3:logfile=Z:\output\\\Log_errors.log;errorsonly;verbosity=detailed 

/nologo 
/noconlog

İt can compile all Types of projects(Web,webservice,desktop,..) and it can create log files as(buildlog,error and warnings).

回答3:

Sorry for the late reply, and thanks for the input alan. Unfortunately your suggestion did not work so I ended up doing the following:

Choose This build does not copy output files to a drop folder under the Build defaults tab
Use the default template under the Process tab
Choose AsConfigured as the value for the Output location under 2. Build under the Process tab
Use this MSBuild argument string:

/p:DeployOnBuild=True;DeployTarget=PipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder;PackageTempRootDir="\\192.168.x.x\Nightly\MainBranch";AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings=false

This result is the following folder which I use as the webroot for the test site: \\192.168.x.x\Nightly\MainBranch\PackageTmp. This obviously isn't optimal since I would prefer not to have the PackageTmp folder and I also haven't tested what happens when there are multiple web applications in the same solution, but I can't use more time on this issue.

I really don't understand why Microsoft have made such a simple task so complicated.

来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5854905/how-to-invoke-msbuild-via-command-prompt

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