Is it possible to copy .csproj to output directory during compile time?
XYZ.csproj
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Update="XYZ.csproj">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</Compile>
</ItemGroup>
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in my solutions there are two libraries:
The library I want to ship as a nuget package (let's call it EntryLibrary)
The library, where I store the translations using RESX files (Translations)
The translations library csproj looks like (nothing fancy):
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
<LangVersion>9.0</LangVersion>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Update="Strings.Designer.cs">
<DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DependentUpon>Strings.resx</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Update="Strings.resx">
<Generator>PublicResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Strings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
The EntryLibrary csproj looks like this:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
<LangVersion>9.0</LangVersion>
<GeneratePackageOnBuild>True</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<ProjectReference Include="..\Translations\Translations.csproj" PrivateAssets="all" />
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
For someone like me, who is not very familiar with the nuspec things, I just like the ease of <GeneratePackageOnBuild>, however building this shows the following warning:
C:\Program Files\dotnet\sdk\6.0.401\Sdks\NuGet.Build.Tasks.Pack\build\NuGet.Build.Tasks.Pack.targets(221,5): warning NU5118: File '<Path-to-EntryLibrary>\bin\Debug\netstandard2.0\pl\Translations.resources.dll' is not added because the package already contains file 'lib\netstandard2.0\Translations.resources.dll'
And it won't ship any localized Translations.resources.dll. It only works if all of these are directly part of the EntryLibrary, but I seperated them by intention into another library.
Is there any way to get this working without a dedicated nuspec configuration?
UPDATE
I made a demo solution, which can be found on GitHub
I have been trying to include the 7za.exe file from the installed 7ZipCLI NuGet package into a project, of which I want a NuGet package to be created. The NuGet package targets both.NET Standard2.0 and .NET Framework v4.6.1+. I am using the Net Standard capability of creating NuGet packages on Build.
The Fonts copy perfectly to the NuGet package, but the .exe does not want to copy.
Can someone please help me get the 7za.exe to be placed in the package's content folder? It does not need to be the content folder, I just want it copied to the consuming project's output directory on Installing of the NuGet package.
Here is the .csproj file:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net461</TargetFrameworks>
<GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
<Version>1.1.13</Version>
<TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput>$(TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput);IncludeAssemblyReferences</TargetsForTfmSpecificBuildOutput>
<Platforms>x86</Platforms>
<PackageId>DocumentGeneration</PackageId>
<Authors>Me</Authors>
<Company>Me</Company>
<Product>DocumentGeneration</Product>
<Description>A library for creating PDF documents.</Description>
<PackageTags>Report Certificate Generator iText PDF</PackageTags>
<AssemblyVersion>1.0.0</AssemblyVersion>
<FileVersion>1.0.0.0</FileVersion>
<CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>true</CopyLocalLockFileAssemblies>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x86'">
<OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)Output\</OutputPath>
<DocumentationFile>$(SolutionDir)Output\DocumentGeneration.xml</DocumentationFile>
<GenerateResourceUsePreserializedResources>true</GenerateResourceUsePreserializedResources>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x86'">
<OutputPath>$(SolutionDir)Output\</OutputPath>
<DocumentationFile>$(SolutionDir)Output\DocumentGeneration.xml</DocumentationFile>
<GenerateResourceUsePreserializedResources>true</GenerateResourceUsePreserializedResources>
<DebugType>embedded</DebugType>
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="Resources\Arial.ttf">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
<CopyToPublishDirectory>true</CopyToPublishDirectory>
</Content>
<Content Include="Resources\HelveticaNarrow.otf">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
<CopyToPublishDirectory>true</CopyToPublishDirectory>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461'">
<PackageReference Include="iTextSharp" Version="5.5.13.2" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup Condition=" '$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
<PackageReference Include="itextsharp.netstandard" Version="5.5.13.2" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
<PackageReference Include="System.Drawing.Common" Version="5.0.0" GeneratePathProperty="true" />
<PackageReference Include="System.Resources.Extensions" Version="5.0.0" />
<PackageReference Include="System.Resources.ResourceManager" Version="4.3.0" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="7ZipCLI" Version="9.20.0" GeneratePathProperty="true" IncludeAssets="all" />
<PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding" Version="4.3.0" />
<PackageReference Include="System.Text.Encoding.CodePages" Version="5.0.0" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="readme.txt" pack="true" PackagePath="." />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
<None Include="$(Pkgitextsharp_netstandard)\lib\netstandard2.0\itextsharp.netstandard.dll">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
<Visible>false</Visible>
</None>
<Content Include="$(Pkg7ZipCLI)\tools\7za.exe">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
<PackagePath>content\Resources;contentFiles\any\any\Resources</PackagePath>
<Visible>false</Visible>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'net461'">
<Content Include="$(Pkg7ZipCLI)\tools\7za.exe">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
<PackagePath>content\Resources;contentFiles\any\any\Resources</PackagePath>
<Visible>false</Visible>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Update="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
<DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Update="Properties\Resources.resx">
<Generator>PublicResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="IncludeAssemblyReferences">
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)' == 'netstandard2.0'">
<BuildOutputInPackage Include="$(Pkgitextsharp_netstandard)\lib\netstandard2.0\itextsharp.netstandard.dll">
<Visible>false</Visible>
</BuildOutputInPackage>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
</Project>
Also here is what the NuGet package looks like currently:
If you just want the file be output into the bin folder under packages.config, you should have to use <packages_id>.props file and <PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput> is only for PackageReference.
Also, <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory> is only for local file under the local project rather than the nuget package. And it does not work for nuget package.
Solution
1) add a file called DocumentGeneration.props(<packages_id>.props and your packageID is DocumentGeneration) under build folder
2) modify your DocumentGeneration.csproj file:
.....
<Content Include="$(Pkg7ZipCLI)\tools\7za.exe">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
<PackagePath>content\Resources;contentFiles\any\any\Resources</PackagePath>
<Visible>false</Visible>
</Content>
<None Include="build\*.*">
<Pack>true</Pack>
<PackagePath>build</PackagePath>
</None>
.....
3) add these on the DocumentGeneration.props file:
<Project>
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="$(ProjectDir)Resources\*.*">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</None>
</ItemGroup>
</Project>
Or
<Project>
<None Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)..\content\**\*.*">
<CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
<Link>Resources\%(FileName)%(Extension)</Link>
</None>
</Project>
4) repack your lib project. When you install this new release version, you should first clean nuget caches or delete all cache files under C:\Users\xxx(current user)\.nuget\packages.
Besides, there is a similar issue.
Update
I think it is an issue for multi-targetframeworks feature. And if you use GeneratePathProperty for the pkg, the property will lost on the other targetframework. It is quite strange and when you change to use <TargetFramework>, it works well. Since the issue is under TargetFrameworks with GeneratePathProperty=true. I have no other good idea for that and cannot find the good solution to fix them.
And you should report it on DC Forum or raise an issue on github. And when you finish it, you could share it here.
1) Also, since you use multi-targetframeoworks, you should also use buildCrossTargeting folder on the nupkg to enable the props file. See this similar issue.
2) Second, when I use these to distinguish between them， nuget also cannot pack it. And it is so strange, and I have to remove that condition.
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net461'">
...
<None Include="7za.exe" Pack="true" PackagePath="content\Resources;contentFiles\any\any\Resources">
...
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='netstandard2.0'">
...
<None Include="7za.exe" Pack="true" PackagePath="content\Resources;contentFiles\any\any\Resources">
...
</ItemGroup>
My thought is that content and contentFiles node target to the whole project and you cannot specify a condition with targetframeworks during packing them as content. And what I know is that content and contentFiles are targets to the whole and cannot target to a targetframework under multi-targetframeworks.
You should use these:
<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
<PropertyGroup>
<TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net461</TargetFrameworks>
</PropertyGroup>
...
<ItemGroup>
<PackageReference Include="7ZipCLI" Version="9.20.0" GeneratePathProperty="true">
</PackageReference>
</ItemGroup>
...
<Target Name="FunCopy" BeforeTargets="PrePareForBuild">
<Copy SourceFiles="$(Pkg7ZipCLI)\tools\7za.exe" DestinationFolder="$(ProjectDir)"></Copy>
</Target>
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="$(ProjectDir)7za.exe" Pack="true" PackagePath="content\Resources;contentFiles\any\any\Resources">
<PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
<Visible>false</Visible>
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</None>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="build\*.*" Pack="true" PackagePath="build;buildCrossTargeting"></None>
</ItemGroup>
...
</Project>
I'm using a custom targets file to prevent superfluous copying when running MSBuild on C# projects in a build server. Originally I started with this answer:
<ItemDefinitionGroup>
<Reference>
<Private>False</Private>
</Reference>
<ProjectReference>
<Private>False</Private>
</ProjectReference>
</ItemDefinitionGroup>
This works great for references, but I wasn't able to find any equivalent version to files marked with Content or None tags.
This is what I've come up with, and unfortunately it doesn't work:
<ItemDefinitionGroup>
<Content>
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</Content>
<None>
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Never</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</None>
</ItemDefinitionGroup>
Example: I'd like my_resource.dll to never copy to the output directory. This is how it's defined within the project file:
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="..\..\..\my_resource.dll">
<Link>my_resource.dll</Link>
<CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
What am I missing? Thanks!
How can I include a file in the list of files in solution explorer without including it as a dependency for compilation?
I have a .targets file that generates .cs files, similar to the examples in this answer.
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<CoreCompileDependsOn>$(CoreCompileDependsOn);GenerateCode</CoreCompileDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Sources Include="..\sources\*.txt" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="GenerateCode" Inputs="#(Sources)" Outputs="#(Sources->'generated\%(Filename).cs')">
<!-- run executable that generates files -->
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="generated\*.cs" />
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
</Project>
This builds correctly and consecutive builds don't rebuild the project unnecessarily. The resulting .cs files are not visible in the solution explorer. The generated code also isn't found by intellisense.
If I add the files with ItemGroups in the .csproj, the generated files are visible in the solution explorer, but subsequent builds result in rebuilding the project unnecessarily. The genereated code still isn't found by intellisense.
<ItemGroup>
<Sources Include="..\sources\*.txt">
<Link>sources\%(Filename)%(Extension)</Link>
</Sources>
<!-- using None instead of Compile on the next line makes no difference -->
<Compile Include="#(Sources->'generated\%(Filename).cs')">
<Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
<Link></Link>
</Compile>
</ItemGroup>
How can I tell msbuild that the .cs files included in the project are inconsequential to the build and therefore shouldn't trigger rebuilding the entire project?
Move the code generation to BeforeCompile instead of CoreCompileDependsOn. this will keep the generation of the files from tirggering the subsequent builds.
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Target Name="BeforeCompile" DependsOnTargets="GenerateCode">
</Target>
<Target Name="GenerateCode" Inputs="#(Sources)" Outputs="#(Sources->'generated\%(Filename).cs')">
<!-- run executable that generates files -->
</Target>
</Project>
If you include all of the generated files in the .csproj, the visual studio intellisense will work.
<ItemGroup>
<Sources Include="..\sources\*.txt">
<Link>sources\%(Filename)%(Extension)</Link>
<LastGenOutput>generated\%(Filename).cs</LastGenOutput>
</Sources >
<Compile Include="#(Sources->'generated\%(Filename).cs')">
<Link></Link>
</Compile>
</ItemGroup>
I am trying to embed a resource in my CSPROJ from two different directories, depending on the configuration. This post gave me the idea, but it's not working. Any help is appreciated.
<Choose>
<When Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Include="..\Debug\file.txt">
<Link>Files\file.txt</Link>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
</When>
<Otherwise>
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Include="..\Release\file.txt">
<Link>Files\file.txt</Link>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
</Otherwise>
</Choose>
I have also tried this but it worked equally bad.
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Include="..\$(Configuration)\file.txt">
<Link>Files\file.txt</Link>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
You only need to place the condition on the ItemGroup element:
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'">
<EmbeddedResource Include="..\Debug\file.txt">
<Link>Files\file.txt</Link>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Release'">
<EmbeddedResource Include="..\Release\file.txt">
<Link>Files\file.txt</Link>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
As I said in comments to your question this should work for you:
<ItemGroup>
<EmbeddedResource Include="..\$(Configuration)\file.txt">
<Link>Files\file.txt</Link>
</EmbeddedResource>
</ItemGroup>
Even though you might see old values in "Full Path" of VS's property editor - when you build, it will respect your current configuration. VS Property Editor should be updated by Refresh button of Solution explorer or reloading project in the worst case. May be changing selection to other file and coming back to file.txt will be enough to refresh property editor.
UPDATE:
I've figured out in which case Full path changed for me by hitting "refresh" button of Solution explorer - it's Dll Reference's Hint path.
<Reference Include="MyDll">
<SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
<HintPath>..\$(Configuration)\MyDll.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
This will work only in case all DLLs (in all target folders) do actually exist.
For some reason for Item files Full path are not refreshed - for file items VS always think that current configuration named Debug - EVEN IF YOU DELETE DEBUG CONFIGURATION FROM THE PROJECT. Fortunately this VS Bug does not impact build - it still will take valid files.