Create publish.htm when publishing clickonce application using msbuild

Question

If you publish a Clickonce application from Visual Studio, it will generate publish.htm. This is similar to the Visual Studio generated, and not part of the publishing goal, if the application is built using msbuild from the command line.

How do people handle automatic (for example, as part of a build server) publishing clickonce, including publish.htm?

Answer 1

I just wrote a target that eluded characters for msbuild and generates a publish.htm file on the fly. There is no need to install external dependencies in third-party build builds: D The only thing to consider is the framework your application really depends on. If you are using a target version with something more than 3.5, you will need to update this task accordingly. This structure also assumes that you are using msbuild version 4.0 (aka ToolsVersion = "4.0").

<PropertyGroup> <Title>YourTitle</Title> <PublisherName>YourPublisherName</PublisherName> <Company>YourCompanyName</Company> <ApplicationName>YourAppName</ApplicationName> <VersionNumber>YourVersionNumber</VersionNumber> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CHTML%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CHEAD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTITLE%3E$(Title)%3C%2FTITLE%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CMETA HTTP-EQUIV%3D%22Content-Type%22 CONTENT%3D%22text%2Fhtml%3B charset%3Dutf-8%22 %2F%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CSTYLE TYPE%3D%22text%2Fcss%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%21--"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="BODY%7Bmargin-top%3A20px%3B margin-left%3A20px%3B margin-right%3A20px%3B color%3A%23000000%3B font-family%3ATahoma%3B background-color%3Awhite%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="A%3Alink %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23000066%3B text-decoration%3Anone%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="A%3Avisited %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23000066%3B text-decoration%3Anone%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="A%3Aactive %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B text-decoration%3Anone%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="A%3Ahover %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23FF6600%3B text-decoration%3Anone%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="P %7Bmargin-top%3A0px%3B margin-bottom%3A12px%3B color%3A%23000000%3B font-family%3ATahoma%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="PRE %7Bborder-right%3A%23f0f0e0 1px solid%3B padding-right%3A5px%3B border-top%3A%23f0f0e0 1px solid%3B margin-top%3A-5px%3B padding-left%3A5px%3B font-size%3Ax-small%3B padding-bottom%3A5px%3B border-left%3A%23f0f0e0 1px solid%3B padding-top%3A5px%3B border-bottom%3A%23f0f0e0 1px solid%3B font-family%3ACourier New%3B background-color%3A%23e5e5cc%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="TD %7Bfont-size%3A12px%3B color%3A%23000000%3B font-family%3ATahoma%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="H2 %7Bborder-top%3A %23003366 1px solid%3B margin-top%3A25px%3B font-weight%3Abold%3B font-size%3A1.5em%3B margin-bottom%3A10px%3B margin-left%3A-15px%3B color%3A%23003366%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="H3 %7Bmargin-top%3A10px%3B font-size%3A 1.1em%3B margin-bottom%3A 10px%3B margin-left%3A -15px%3B color%3A %23000000%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="UL %7Bmargin-top%3A10px%3B margin-left%3A20px%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="OL %7Bmargin-top%3A10px%3B margin-left%3A20px%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="LI %7Bmargin-top%3A10px%3B color%3A %23000000%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="FONT.value %7Bfont-weight%3Abold%3B color%3Adarkblue%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="FONT.key %7Bfont-weight%3A bold%3B color%3A darkgreen%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".divTag %7Bborder%3A1px%3B border-style%3Asolid%3B background-color%3A%23FFFFFF%3B text-decoration%3Anone%3B height%3Aauto%3B width%3Aauto%3B background-color%3A%23cecece%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".BannerColumn %7Bbackground-color%3A%23000000%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".Banner %7Bborder%3A0%3B padding%3A0%3B height%3A8px%3B margin-top%3A0px%3B color%3A%23ffffff%3B filter%3Aprogid%3ADXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType%3D1,StartColorStr%3D'%231c5280',EndColorStr%3D'%23FFFFFF')%3B%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".BannerTextCompany %7Bfont%3Abold%3B font-size%3A18pt%3B color%3A%23cecece%3B font-family%3ATahoma%3B height%3A0px%3B margin-top%3A0%3B margin-left%3A8px%3B margin-bottom%3A0%3B padding%3A0px%3B white-space%3Anowrap%3B filter%3Aprogid%3ADXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(OffX%3D2,OffY%3D2,Color%3D'black',Positive%3D'true')%3B%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".BannerTextApplication %7Bfont%3Abold%3B font-size%3A18pt%3B font-family%3ATahoma%3B height%3A0px%3B margin-top%3A0%3B margin-left%3A8px%3B margin-bottom%3A0%3B padding%3A0px%3B white-space%3Anowrap%3B filter%3Aprogid%3ADXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(OffX%3D2,OffY%3D2,Color%3D'black',Positive%3D'true')%3B%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".BannerText %7Bfont%3Abold%3B font-size%3A18pt%3B font-family%3ATahoma%3B height%3A0px%3B margin-top%3A0%3B margin-left%3A8px%3B margin-bottom%3A0%3B padding%3A0px%3B filter%3Aprogid%3ADXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(OffX%3D2,OffY%3D2,Color%3D'black',Positive%3D'true')%3B%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".BannerSubhead %7Bborder%3A0%3B padding%3A0%3B height%3A16px%3B margin-top%3A0px%3B margin-left%3A10px%3B color%3A%23ffffff%3B filter%3Aprogid%3ADXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType%3D1,StartColorStr%3D'%234B3E1A',EndColorStr%3D'%23FFFFFF')%3B%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".BannerSubheadText %7Bfont%3Abold%3B height%3A11px%3B font-size%3A11px%3B font-family%3ATahoma%3B margin-top%3A1%3B margin-left%3A10%3B filter%3Aprogid%3ADXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(OffX%3D2,OffY%3D2,Color%3D'black',Positive%3D'true')%3B%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".FooterRule %7Bborder%3A0%3B padding%3A0%3B height%3A1px%3B margin%3A0px%3B color%3A%23ffffff%3B filter%3Aprogid%3ADXImageTransform.Microsoft.Gradient(GradientType%3D1,StartColorStr%3D'%234B3E1A',EndColorStr%3D'%23FFFFFF')%3B%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".FooterText %7Bfont-size%3A11px%3B font-weight%3Anormal%3B text-decoration%3Anone%3B font-family%3ATahoma%3B margin-top%3A10%3B margin-left%3A0px%3B margin-bottom%3A2%3B padding%3A0px%3B color%3A%23999999%3B white-space%3Anowrap%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".FooterText A%3Alink %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23999999%3B text-decoration%3Aunderline%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".FooterText A%3Avisited %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23999999%3B text-decoration%3Aunderline%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".FooterText A%3Aactive %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23999999%3B text-decoration%3Aunderline%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".FooterText A%3Ahover %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23FF6600%3B text-decoration%3Aunderline%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".ClickOnceInfoText %7Bfont-size%3A11px%3B font-weight%3Anormal%3B text-decoration%3Anone%3B font-family%3ATahoma%3B margin-top%3A0%3B margin-right%3A2px%3B margin-bottom%3A0%3B padding%3A0px%3B color%3A%23000000%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".InstallTextStyle %7Bfont%3Abold%3B font-size%3A14pt%3B font-family%3ATahoma%3B a%3A%23FF0000%3B text-decoration%3ANone%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".DetailsStyle %7Bmargin-left%3A30px%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".ItemStyle %7Bmargin-left%3A-15px%3B font-weight%3Abold%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".StartColorStr %7Bbackground-color%3A%234B3E1A%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".JustThisApp A%3Alink %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23000066%3B text-decoration%3Aunderline%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".JustThisApp A%3Avisited %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23000066%3B text-decoration%3Aunderline%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".JustThisApp A%3Aactive %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B text-decoration%3Aunderline%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include=".JustThisApp A%3Ahover %7Bfont-weight%3Anormal%3B color%3A%23FF6600%3B text-decoration%3Aunderline%7D"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="--%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%20"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FSTYLE%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%20"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FHEAD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CBODY%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTABLE WIDTH%3D%22100%%22 CELLPADDING%3D%220%22 CELLSPACING%3D%222%22 BORDER%3D%220%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%20"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%21-- Begin Banner --%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTABLE CELLPADDING%3D%222%22 CELLSPACING%3D%220%22 BORDER%3D%220%22 BGCOLOR%3D%22%23cecece%22 WIDTH%3D%22100%%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTABLE BGCOLOR%3D%22%231c5280%22 WIDTH%3D%22100%%22 CELLPADDING%3D%220%22 CELLSPACING%3D%220%22 BORDER%3D%220%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD CLASS%3D%22Banner%22 %2F%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD CLASS%3D%22Banner%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CSPAN CLASS%3D%22BannerTextCompany%22%3E$(Company)%3C%2FSPAN%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD 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Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD%3E$(ApplicationName)%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD COLSPAN%3D%223%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CB%3EVersion%3A%3C%2FB%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD WIDTH%3D%225%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CSPACER TYPE%3D%22block%22 WIDTH%3D%2210%22 %2F%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD%3E$(VersionNumber)%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD COLSPAN%3D%223%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CB%3EPublisher%3A%3C%2FB%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD WIDTH%3D%225%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CSPACER TYPE%3D%22block%22 WIDTH%3D%2210%22 %2F%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD%3E$(Publisher)%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3Ctr%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3Ctd colspan%3D%223%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C%2Ftd%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2Ftr%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTABLE%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%21-- End AppInfo --%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%20"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%20"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%21-- Begin Prerequisites --%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTABLE ID%3D%22BootstrapperSection%22 BORDER%3D%220%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD COLSPAN%3D%222%22%3EThe following prerequisites are required%3A%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD WIDTH%3D%2210%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CUL%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CLI%3EWindows Installer 3.1%3C%2FLI%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CLI%3E.NET Framework 3.5 SP1%3C%2FLI%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CLI%3E.NET Framework 3.0 (x86)%3C%2FLI%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CLI%3E.NET Framework 3.5%3C%2FLI%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FUL%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents 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Otherwise, click the button below to install the prerequisites and run the application."/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD COLSPAN%3D%222%22%3E%26nbsp%3B%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTABLE%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%21-- End Prerequisites --%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%20"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%20"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTABLE%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%21-- Begin Buttons --%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD ALIGN%3D%22LEFT%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTABLE CELLPADDING%3D%222%22 CELLSPACING%3D%220%22 BORDER%3D%220%22 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HEIGHT%3D%225%22 %2F%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CTD HEIGHT%3D%221%22 bgcolor%3D%22%23cecece%22%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3CSPACER TYPE%3D%22block%22 HEIGHT%3D%221%22 %2F%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTABLE%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%21-- End Footer --%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTD%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTR%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%20"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FTABLE%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FBODY%3E"/> <PublishHtmFileContents Include="%3C%2FHTML%3E"/> </ItemGroup> <WriteLinesToFile Lines="@(PublishHtmFileContents)" File="publish.htm" Overwrite="true"/> 

Answer 2

I use batch scripts with mage.exe to create my manifests and publish. Updating the publish.htm page is trivial. The HTML file has a section that looks like this:

 <!-- Begin AppInfo --> <TABLE> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD><B>Name:</B></TD> <TD WIDTH="5"><SPACER TYPE="block" WIDTH="10" /></TD><TD>AppName</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD><B>Version:</B></TD> <TD WIDTH="5"><SPACER TYPE="block" WIDTH="10" /></TD><TD>1.0.0.0</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="3">&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR><TD><B>Publisher:</B></TD> <TD WIDTH="5"><SPACER TYPE="block" WIDTH="10" /></TD> <TD>AppPublisher</TD> </TR> <tr><td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td></tr> </TABLE> <!-- End AppInfo --> 

In my scripts, I only have this "basic" publish.htm file as a template, and I do a line search / replace for AppName, 1.0.0.0 and AppPublisher with any values ​​I want to include.

In addition, if you are not familiar with mage.exe, I will first run MageUI and then earn the mage.exe scripts (if you intend to do this more than once or twice).