David Williams - Building a Setup/Install project using Team Build/TFS
“Team Build is great for building Projects applications such as Windows or Web apps. However it is not able to build Install packages. Because of this you have to use the Visual Studio build command line option, and copy the .msi and setup.exe files out of the local build directory. My builds usually copy the built files from to a stage or production server, However this is difficult to do, as no TB/MSbuild variables correctly reference the local build location. To build a visual studio setup project, I did the following:
- Enable building in the Solution configuration manager. Select the configuration manger, checked build next to the Install project name.
- Open the ApplicationSetup.proj file in a text editor. Searching for ProjectOutput, SourcePath, I confirmed the path was relative to the project file (..\\obj\\Release\\HelloWorld.exe) rather then literal (C:\HelloWorld\obj\\Release\\HelloWorld.exe).
- Modified the Build project, adding the build target type
- …”
Some tips and snips for building your Setup Project/MSI via Team Build.
Remember friends don’t let friend use “F5” (or right click/build) as a long term deployment mechanism… ;)
Great, glad you liked this! I Hope it helps.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this blog about Building a Setup/Install project using Team Build. I have been trying hard to sort this one out and I've searched a lot but this instruction is like the most precise one I could get.
Thanks, Great post!
Hi, why can't you let friend use "f5"?
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