Copy Files to Visual Post Post Build Event

Question

I want to copy all files recursively with the given file extensions after the build process has successfully completed.

Robocopy

ROBOCOPY %source% %destination% /S *.as?x *.xls? *.mrt

hsor

xcopy .\*.as?x %destination% /SY
xcopy .\*.xls? %destination% /SY
xcopy .\*.mrt %destination% /SY

I tried to insert both features into the post build section in visual studio. RoboCopy exits with an error: Error 1 The command "Source source ROBOCOPY / S * .as? X * .xls? * .Mrt" came out with code 1. Some files were copied, but to the wrong folder (_PublishedWebsites).

xcopy also copies to the wrong directory (_PublishedWebsites), and also does not copy all files.

On the command line, both commands work as expected.

Update

I updated the robocopy command:

ROBOCOPY $(MSBuildProjectDirectory) $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\..\EDP\Web\Modules\Invoice\Web /S *.as?x *.xls? *.mrt

Now the files are copied to the right place, but the robocopy return code causes a visual studio error.

Here is a solution using this :

call ROBOCOPY $(MSBuildProjectDirectory) $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\..\EDP\Web\Modules\Invoice\Web /S *.as?x *.xls? *.mrt
if %errorlevel% leq 1 exit 0 else exit %errorlevel%

<ItemGroup>
    <SourceFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\**\*.js"/>
    <SourceFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\**\*.html"/>
    <SourceFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\**\*.css*"/>
    <SourceFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\**\*.png"/>
    <SourceFiles Include="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\**\*.as?x"/>
</ItemGroup>

<Target Name="AfterBuild">
    <Copy
       SourceFiles="@(SourceFiles)"
       DestinationFiles="@(SourceFiles->'%(MSBuildProjectDirectory)..\..\..\EDP\Web\Modules\DMS\Web\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')"
    />
</Target>