Building VS.Net Web Projects
 

What I am trying to do is build a VS.Net Web Project.
1. I Delete the IIS virtual Directory
2. I recreate the Virtual Directory
3. In my case, I cchange the assemblyinfo.cs file modifying references
4. I try to compile the project

The website I create via the Action supplied does grant annon access to all , and Ive set it at read and write

On the VS.Net action I have the following info
Filename : http://localhost/NetworkActivityRepo...Reports.csproj

Checked Clear the target executables read only flag for each project
Checked parse Build Output for failed prokects
Configuration seleceted , Release selected
Checked Update the output directory for each project, to a bin folder I stated , C:\Test\bin


I am getting the following error when I try to compile a web project.

2/13/2006 1:00:45 PM: Building project step 'Build NetworkActivity Reports Project'...
Pre-processing...
http://localhost/NetworkActivityRepo...roj...Updating output directory for Release configuration...
Error pre-processing project file 'http://localhost/NetworkActivityReports/NetworkActivityReports.csproj': URI formats are not supported.
2/13/2006 1:00:46 PM: Step 'Build NetworkActivity Reports Project' failed
2/13/2006 1:00:46 PM: Build ended.

I can take the URL supplied, Open up VS.Net, File >> Open Project paste in http://localhost/NetworkActivityRepo...Reports.csproj an VS.Net will open the project. Change to release and build it there with no warnings.


All the options I have selected, I use on other non web csproj files with no issues.

Question can web projects only be built via a Solution file in Visual Bild ?

Let me know if anymore information needs to be supplied

Just a FYI , for some reason its not displaying properly but It is "http://localhost/NetworkActivityReports/NetworkActivityReports.csproj" Everywhere you see a link.

The 'Update the output directory' option can't be used when building web projects via their http path. Either specify the .sln file instead, or create a separate no-build Make VS.NET step to update the output path, specifying either the .sln file or the local filename for the .csproj file.

I found the answer. We dont allow the developers to check in thier .sln files. With that said this also means I dont get the csproj.webinfo file. I got around this error by doing the following

I added a Write file step above the Make VS.Net proj. In this file I write the following





I then save the file as NetworkActivityReports.csproj.webinfo

I then call the project via its path c:\NetworkActivityReports\NetworkActivityReports.c sproj

This allows me to compile and set the output directory.

Does anyone see any issues with the way I am compiling this project ? The code works after compiling.