Include the date in the file name of the web publication publication; visual studio
When creating a new deployment package (for example, behind http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd465323(v=vs.110).aspx ) you are prompted for the location of the package.
I would like to add a timestamp to this filename so that I can easily access older versions just by looking at the output location.
i.e. I would like to provide a value like this: Packages \ Test \ MyProject {yyyy-mm-dd hh.mm.ss}
.zip ... where the values in curly braces are replaced with the current date / time.
Is this possible through your own visual studio? If so, how can this be done?
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you can do this by editing the csproj file as follows (you have to open it as a text file): - At the end of the file you will find a comment with AfterBuild and BeforeBuild targets, right after this comment add the following code
<Target Name="OnBeforePublishMyProject">
<PropertyGroup>
<_PackageTempDir>H:\Cs\Test\build.$([System.DateTime]::Now.ToString("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss"))</_PackageTempDir>
<AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings>false</AutoParameterizationWebConfigConnectionStrings>
</PropertyGroup>
</Target>
<Target Name="PublishMyProject" DependsOnTargets="Build;OnBeforePublishMyProject;PipelinePreDeployCopyAllFilesToOneFolder">
</Target>
-
Now you can publish your project using the Visual Studio command line and the following commands:
cd path_to_your_project msbuild /t:PublishMyProject
You can create a bat file to execute these commands.
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