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Great news Scott! Thanks for the update!

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# Web Deployment Project für Visual Studio 2008

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Good news scott.

One question though. Now with asp.net we have three model we can work with, Asp.net web project(which comes by default with VS 2005 and 2008), Asp.net web application project(similar to asp.net 1.1)  and MVC. which one would you suggest and in which scenario

# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

Good news, I was waiting that. Thanks for news.

Also is there any update for the visual studio hotfix?

# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

Great! I always looking for you.

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How does your day look like? I mean how do you manage everything, from blogging to managing the developer division of Microsoft, to interviewing some place, replying to people on forums, helping in resolving issues? Where do you find the time to do all that... Everyday when I go home, I wish that I had 8 more hours to finish my work and wrap up everything.

Maybe you should one day blog about "A day in the life of Scott Guthrie" :-)

# VS 2008 Web デプロイメント プロジェクト サポートがリリースされました。

VS 2008 Web デプロイメント プロジェクト サポートがリリースされました。

# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

Hey Scott I blogged about this three days ago and am currently #4 on Google...

# Web Deployment Project pro VS2008 Released

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# VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

Scott Guthrie has continued further with the Web Development Project Support by announcing the release

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Hey Scott, Nice to have you back on this side of the world!

We are currently using WDP in our various (20+) web applications (we use the precompiled option to deploy releases). Soon, I hope we will be moving to TFS and TFS build.

How does TFS Build compares to WDP?

Thanks

Yvan

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# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

Great tool. How does it work with automatic builds in TFS? We are having now a "Web Site" checked-in, but because the lack of a project file, it is never picked up by the automatic build. Will this project be picked up? And build the site?

We are using WIX to create the msi files (also automated) and it would be great if we just could package all files created in the bin folder of the deployment project than the very complicated way we are doing now.

Thanks, Ronald

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Great!!! Thats sounds interesting. Thanks for the updates.

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Hi Scott,

Is there anyway to get it to output a more verbose log ? I built a very quick test deployment project and while the log says every part succeeded, and i can find all my files and config chnages in the correct directory the final status is FAIL.

(quick edited output)

if exist ".\TempBuildDir\" rd /s /q ".\TempBuildDir\"

c:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\aspnet_compiler.exe -v /Website -p <snip> -u -f .\TempBuildDir\

Running aspnet_merge.exe.

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows\v6.0A\bin\aspnet_merge.exe .\TempBuildDir -o <snip> -a  -r -copyattrs

Successfully merged '.\TempBuildDir'.

if exist "<snip>\Live\" rd /s /q "<snip>\Live\"

if not exist "<snip>\Live\" md "<snip>\Live\"

if exist ".\TempBuildDir\" rd /s /q ".\TempBuildDir\"

Updating web.config: RootPath = <snip>\Live\, ValidateSections = False, UseExternalConfigSource = False

Update of web.config Succeeded.

========== Build: 1 succeeded or up-to-date, 1 failed, 0 skipped ==========

The succeeded build is my website .. the failed one must the web deployment project

I'm mystified ! :)

Stephen

# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

>>>> Where do you find the time to do all that...

I think he has a some kind of time machine ;)

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Hi Scott,

I found a bug in VS 2008, where can I report it?

I copy method A() and then rename it to B (by replacing text, not refactoring). VS 2008 will show a smart tag at B()'s signature and it has 2 options, "Rename 'A' to 'B'" and "Rename with preview...". I already renamed it so asking for me to rename is redundant.

Regards,

t800t8

# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

Hi Praveen,

Yes I agree with you. It's really something, I'd someday want to know. How does he manage all responsibilities at a go? What I believe is, Scott musb be mantining a daily isolation of jobs. And my personal comments, 6 months down the lines, we'll have a book in the market, Scott on Blogging and I'd rush to buy it out. A blog compilation of all posts from Scott in his blog would also make a great diff.

Sorry i'm off the topic.

Take care.

Ruchit S.

http://ruchitsurati.net

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In which scenario would I deploy a website as msi package?

What benefits does it has over using Publish.. in visual studio?

Is this also used at websites which need frequent updates?

Because it looks very nice, but I can't get my head around the extra work it takes to deploy a msi instead of just clicking Publish..

# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

Hi all:

You can read this post in spanish here:

thinkingindotnet.wordpress.com/.../soporte-para-despliegue-de-proyectos-web-en-vs-2008

# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

This sounds really cool, Scott. Do you know when the November 2007 DevConnections attendees will be receiving their free copies of VS2008? I can't wait to get started. Thanks.

# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

Surprisingly for a second release, this tool has some issues:

1. Opening the project file will make it a Miscellaneous File in the Solution Explorer, very unexpected to see that folder + file appear and disappear. Saving it will put the focus back on the project in your Solution Explorer, but then when you click back in the editor, the focus will jump to the miscellaneous file. PS: the .wdproj file type has no icon of its own.

2. Also, sometimes (I can't tell you when, doesn't happen today, happened yesterday) on saving the project file it will say in the status bar:

"searching: ..." where ... seem to be a lot of namespaces (exactly the way Object Browser does when you do a search).  During this time, VS is locked, I can't do anything.

3. When you change something in the property pages and click OK, it's not actually saved. So when you then want to open the project file, you get (unexpectedly) prompted to save the file prior to opening it.

4. You can have the property pages open, but the dialog is not modal, highlighting any file in the solution explorer will make the dialog lose all information ("There are no property pages for the selection").

5. When you have the project file open, hit ctrl-s, it will save and focus will move to the project in the Solution Explorer. Hit ctrl-s again, nothing will seem to change but the last saved date of the file is actually changed. Now put the cursor back into the editor and hit ctrl-s. Because in the previous step the last saved date was updated, the editor will give a warning that the file has been changed. This is related to point 1 and can cause some confusion.

I post here, because posting on Microsoft Connect will usually result in "closed, by design". Can you please forward this to the team so they can have a look? It seems it's a very functional tool (MSBuild is actually), but it didn't receive the attention to detail and usability that I would normally expect in Visual Studio.

Thank you!

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If the Web Deployment project was build after the release of VS2005 to satisfy the demand for the VS2003-modell, why wasn't this project integrated into VS2008? There must have been some time to package it together with the final VS2008, or not?

It's a great success that the developer division is now able to be so agile and push out many great projects and also that the Visual Studio core, .NET and also ASP.NET seems to be really extensible, going so far that ASP.NET 3.5 ist "just" some settings in web.config and all is still build on .NET 2,

BUT: Why don't you try to integrate all accumulated finished stuff into the main thing when you build a new major version? Will VS2010 integrate it? (Or will you just release something called VS2009 in Octobre 2008 without any delay and then a great bunch of addons on top of it during the first quarter again? ;-)  )

A related question: Will these huge web.config files that VS2008 creates (that exchange the compiler, the DLLs, the HTTP-modules etc.) stay forever? Or will there be another disruptive change where we go to a new ASP.NET 4 which is completely integrated again?

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# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

If the Web Deployment project was build after the release of VS2005 to satisfy the demand for the VS2003-modell, why wasn't this project integrated into VS2008? There must have been some time to package it together with the final VS2008, or not?

It's a great success that the developer division is now able to be so agile and push out many great projects and also that the Visual Studio core, .NET and also ASP.NET seems to be really extensible, going so far that ASP.NET 3.5 ist "just" some settings in web.config and all is still build on .NET 2,

BUT: Why don't you try to integrate all accumulated finished stuff into the main thing when you build a new major version? Will VS2010 integrate it? (Or will you just release something called VS2009 in Octobre 2008 without any delay and then a great bunch of addons on top of it during the first quarter again? ;-)  )

A related question: Will these huge web.config files that VS2008 creates (that exchange the compiler, the DLLs, the HTTP-modules etc.) stay forever? Or will there be another disruptive change where we go to a new ASP.NET 4 which is completely integrated again?

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In WDP2005 everything worked fine , but when we moved to VS2008/WDP2008 (latest ver) it all breaks.:-(

I get this error

Error 1 The precompilation target directory (C:\www\DeploymentProject\Programmers Heaven.csproj_deploy\TempBuildDir\) cannot be in the same tree as the source application directory (C:\www\). ASPNETCOMPILER 1 1 Programmers Heaven.csproj_deploy

How I can i keep the deployment project inside my Development web-folder? Or move the precompilation directory ? This all worked fine in vS2005/WDP2005.  I was targeting a external c:\deploy directory.

A precompilation settings property in the WDP property page would be useful to have.

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I am one of the people who asked for aspnet_merge.exe to be made available separately, for use within the Visual Studio Express editions. At first sight, I was pleased to read that it had been made available in the SDK. Unfortunately, that’s a huge 1171 MB download that will take ten a half hours to download. That’s not practical for most of us to obtain aspnet_merge.exe, which is probably only 1 MB at the most. Therefore I’d like to reiterate the request for aspnet_merge.exe to be provided as a standalone download.

I’ve posted this comment on the Visual Web Developer team blog. Others have also commented on that blog that they would like to see aspnet_merge.exe available as a standalone download. There hasn’t been any indication so far of whether my request will be fulfilled or not.

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I tried adding a Web Deployment Project to a WCF application that targets the x64 architecture, and the Web Deployment Project pukes on build because of processor targeting mismatch. The Configuration Manager doesn't let me choose x64 for the Web Deployment Project, and no other project is configured to target x86.

I'm calling this buggy and unusable.

# re: VS 2008 Web Deployment Project Support Released

Hi Stephen Pope,

  If you are still facing issues with your WDP solution please send me an email at Vishal.Joshi@micrsoft.com and we can try to look into it...  Honestly, I am also mystified :-) but we will figure it out...!!

-Vishal

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Hi Andy,

You said >>>>> How I can i keep the deployment project inside my Development web-folder? Or move the precompilation directory ? This all worked fine in vS2005/WDP2005.  I was targeting a external c:\deploy directory.

Ideally this feature should work same as in WDP 2005, have you uninstalled the Dec 2007 CTP and reinstalled the RTW version?  If you are still experiencing problems then send me an email at Vishal.Joshi@Microsoft.com and we can try to get to the bottom of this...

-Vishal

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Hi Erik,

   You asked:

>>>>>In which scenario would I deploy a website as msi package?

There are various scenarios where you would use an msi, some examples 1.)if you have admin rights over the server but FTP server is not set up 2.) If your server admins prefer a msi model and running te msi after inspecting it 3.) If you are doing mixed mode deployment like an admin tool along with your website etc...   Although I agree all of these are not very common but there are scenarios where msi might be useful...

>>>>What benefits does it has over using Publish.. in visual studio?  

The differences are as I explained above...

>>>>>Is this also used at websites which need frequent updates?

I believe you are referring to msi, but web deployment project (WDP) is different than MSI... WDP does not create a msi but rather precompiles your website before publishing...

>>>>>>Because it looks very nice, but I can't get my head around the extra work it takes to deploy a msi instead of just clicking Publish..

I am assuming that you mean WDP here... Therei s an easy work around that I can suggest... Use WDP to precompile your site, open the precompiled location using "Open Website" command, hit "Publish" to publish the precompiled site...

If you would like to know more about WDP and what are the other features please visit:

blogs.msdn.com/.../announcing-rtw-of-visual-studio-2008-web-deployment-projects-wdp.aspx

If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to write an email to me at Vishal.Joshi@Microsoft.com

Hope this helps

Vishal

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Hi Mike,

    I missed your comment when I was going through the rest, just noticed it now...  I would love to touch base with you and get your feedback first hand and also probably try to reproduce the issues real time...  My email id is Vishal.Joshi@Microsoft.com; if you drop me a line, I will even be happy to give you a call and discuss...

Thanks in advance

-Vishal  

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It would be nice if we could right click the Deploy project and have a publish option that could push out the value to any location...  Any way to do this?

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For those comfortable with running msbuild from the commandline or batch files, I've found the following "trick" very useful as it allows you to run batch files direct from Visual Studio:

Create a batch file called runcmd.bat with the following in it:

@echo off

cmd /c %1

Save this to the root of your c: drive. Then in visual studio 05/08, right-click a batch file in your project, select "Open With", type in "c:\runcmd.bat", friendly name "Command Prompt" and make sure you click "Set As Default".

Now whenever you double-click a batch file it will run as expected. Very useful for running batch files with different msbuild commandline options.

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Hi everyone,

I have a question with Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server Reporting 2005.  My client already has a Sql Server 2005 license which has SQL Server Reporting.  The development team is developing a website using Visual Studio 2008.  When we launch SQL Server Business Intelligence Studio to create a new SQL Server report, it opens Visual Studio 2005, not 2008?  Why is that?  Does this mean we have to scrap developing the site with 2008 and use 2005?  Is there a way to continue using 2008 and associate Business Intelligence Studio with VS2008?

Thanks!

John

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Hi,

I'm using WDP to publish a version of my company's site which we skin to re-use in a different guise.

The problem lies here - using the WebConfigReplacementFiles option, I replace the <pages> attribute in the web.config to use a different theme for the second file, but WDP appears to apply the WebConfigReplacementFiles AFTER publishing.

This causes each page to have theme='oldTheme' in it's header, meaning the replaced web.config value is not referenced.

Any ideas on how to do the replacement before the compile?

Thanks,

Max

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