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Reputation: 1447

Is it possile to sent build number to csproj as a parameter without using the Build.proj

I am not pretty familiar with msbuild technique. Currently I have a build.proj in my solution to assign a build number to the exe, by using a following param:

      <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(BUILD_NUMBER)' != '' ">
<!-- Build Server Number -->
<Version>$(BUILD_NUMBER)Version>
<FileVersion>$(BUILD_NUMBER)FileVersion>
<InformationalVersion>$(BUILD_NUMBER)InformationalVersion></PropertyGroup><Target Name="Version">
<Attrib Files="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\AssemblyInfo.cs" ReadOnly="False" />
<AssemblyInfo CodeLanguage="CS"
              OutputFile="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\GlobalAssemblyInfo.cs"
              GenerateClass="true"
              AssemblyCopyright="Copyright © $(Year). All rights reserved."
              AssemblyConfiguration="$(BuildConfiguration)"
              AssemblyVersion="$(Version)"
              AssemblyFileVersion="$(FileVersion)"
              AssemblyInformationalVersion="$(InformationalVersion)" />  </Target>

Now I can't use build.proj. Is it any alternative way to assign a build number to csproj?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 265

Answers (1)

Patrick Hofman
Patrick Hofman

Reputation: 157038

We generate a AssemblyInfo.cs file to put in all assembly attributes we need to define. You could do this on pre-build time if that suits you. There we define the AssemblyVersion, AssemblyFileVersion attribute and other related attributes.

Those properties will be used compiling the assembly.

Upvotes: 2

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