asp.netceventspublishvisual-studio-2008
For normal (say Windows Forms) C# applications, to execute commands after a successful build I would use the Build Events->Post-build event command line in Project Properties.
I have a Web Site project which I "Publish", using the "Publish…" command in the context menu in the solution explorer.
Is there a way to run commands after the successful publish and if so how is it done? (eg a Post-Publish event command line field)
Visual Studio 2008, ASP .Net Web site project, C#.
The following command duplicates the Publish Web Site dialog with default settings.
aspnet_compiler -nologo -v / -p "C:\WebSite1" -u "C:\TargetPath"
1) See Community Content titled You want Publish a site but you have not Visual Studio then... at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/20yh9f1b(classic).aspx.
2) See "ASP.NET Compilation Tool (Aspnet_compiler.exe)" at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms229863.aspx.
3) Following excerpt from Walkthrough: Deploying an ASP.NET Web Application Using XCOPY at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f735abw9.aspx
As an alternative to using the XCOPY command-line tool, which is supported by all versions of the .NET Framework, you can use the new .NET Framework 2.0 tool located at %SystemRoot%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\version 2 or later\Aspnet_compiler.exe to compile and deploy your Web application. For more information, see ASP.NET Compilation Tool (Aspnet_compiler.exe).
4) Following excerpt from How to: Precompile ASP.NET Web Sites for Deployment at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms227976.aspx.
If your Web site is not an Internet Information Services (IIS) application and therefore has no entry in the IIS metabase, used the following value for the -v switch.
aspnet_compiler -p physicalOrRelativePath -v / targetPathIn this case, the physicalOrRelativePath parameter refers to the fully qualified directory path in which the Web site files are located, or a path relative to the current directory. The period (.) operator is allowed in the physicalOrRelativePath parameter. The -v switch specifies a root that the compiler will use to resolve application-root references (for example, with the tilde (~) operator). When you specify the value of / for the -v switch the compiler will resolve the paths using the physical path as the root.
You can type in as many post build commands as you want. Just separate them by newlines.
Here's an example from one of my projects.
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Update: Since Publish Web does not apply to folder-based web site projects, this answer assumes you are asking about a Web Application project.
You can't do this from inside the VS IDE. However, you can edit your project file in Notepad or your favorite XML editor and add a new target at the end of the file called
AfterPublish.You might want to read a bit more on MSBuild if you are not sure what you can do in this target.
You can find more details on extending the build process in VS at MSDN - HowTo: Extend the Visual Studio Build Process.