Hmmm - having problems now with a Web Application project (the
previous one was a Web Site project).

I've resorted to using a VM to try to determine exactly what needs to
be installed fo get these builds running.

Will report back if I ever get out of the other side of this rabbit
hole (why is it so difficult!)


On May 28, 9:54 am, DilbertDave <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well it's close but not quite there!
>
> I've installed the .NET Development components from the SDK but I
> still cannot perform a Web Deployment build.
>
> Hunting around I found that the wdproj file (the Web Deployment
> Projects file) imports Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets from ProgFiles
> \MSBuild\Microsoft\WebDeployment\v10.0 and this file resolves the
> location of the aspnet_merge file to be in the same folder - but it's
> not there! The SDK has installed it in ProgFiles\Microsoft SDKs\Windows
> \v7.1\bin.
>
> Now I've updated the Microsoft.WebDeployment.targets to point to the
> actual location of the aspnet_merge file and the build succeeds - but
> I'm wary of the fact that I have edited what is essentially a system
> file!
>
> I'd appreciate your feedback on this one. Is there something that I
> may not have done correctly during the installation of .NET4.0, the
> Web Deployment Projects extension or the SDK? Or is this a reasonable
> 'hack' to get things working?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Dave
>
> On May 27, 8:31 pm, David Carson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Thon - I'm downloading the ISO now and will install tomorrow and
> > feedback
>
> > ======================
> > Dave Carson BEng (hons)
>
> > There are 10 types of people..
> > Those who understand Binary,
> > and those who don't.....
> > ======================
>
> > On 27 May 2010 20:26, Thon Becker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > You need Windows SDK 7.1 and .NET Framework 4.0 and that all.
>
> > >http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowssdk/archive/2010/05/25/released-window...
>
> > > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: DilbertDave <[email protected]>
> > > To: ccnet-user <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 11:45:14 AM
> > > Subject: [ccnet-user] Building VS2010 projects without installing VS2010
>
> > > We are currently moving to Visual Studio 2010 and migrating our
> > > existing VS2005/.NET2.0 projects to .NET3.5.
>
> > > I committed an updated ASP.NET <http://asp.net/> projects to SVN and then
> > > modified my
> > > NAnt scripts to call MSBuild 3.5 and was surprised to see the normal
> > > CI build succeed!
>
> > > However I was not so lucky when I attempted to perform a 'deployment'
> > > build, i.e. building the application and deploying to the test IIS
> > > server.
> > > Firstly, although I was building to .NET 3.5 MSBuild 3.5 was not going
> > > to do the job and after researching the error message (which escapes
> > > me right now) I found that I had to install .NET 4.0. That's fine,
> > > it's the base for VS2010 and it will still build to .NET 3.5, no
> > > problems there.
> > > So with .NET4.0 installed I thought I was home and free but now I get
> > > errors relating to aspnet_merge being missing! A quick Google search
> > > and it looks like I need to install the Windows SDK - which can
> > > apparently consume 4GB..!!!! I don't have that amount of free space on
> > > the build server!
>
> > > So the question is: what do I need to install on the build server
> > > (which will soon be running CCNet 1.5) in order to build solutions
> > > developed in VS2010?
>
> > > Somebody out there must have done it and I won't be the only one who
> > > will appreciate a few pointers.
>
> > > Thanks in advance

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