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MSBuild script to build & publish a ClickOnce application with TeamCity without any other dependencies than installing certificates on the build agents.
<Project DefaultTargets="DoPublish" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="$(teamcity_build_workingDir)\Trunk\BuildScripts\DemoClient\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets"/>
<PropertyGroup>
<VersionFile>$(teamcity_build_workingDir)\Trunk\DemoClient\Properties\SharedAssemblyInfo.cs</VersionFile>
<ClickOnceBuildDirectory>$(teamcity_build_workingDir)\Trunk\DemoClient\bin\$(Configuration)\app.publish</ClickOnceBuildDirectory>
<ClickOnceInstallDirectory>$(teamcity_build_workingDir)\Publish\DemoClient</ClickOnceInstallDirectory>
<ClickOnceHtmFileLocation>$(teamcity_build_workingDir)\Trunk\BuildScripts\DemoClient\publish.htm</ClickOnceHtmFileLocation>
<ClickOnceBuildEngineSourceDirectory>$(teamcity_build_workingDir)\Trunk\BuildScripts\DemoClient\Engine</ClickOnceBuildEngineSourceDirectory>
<ClickOnceBuildEngineDestinationDirectory>$(teamcity_build_workingDir)\Trunk\DemoClient\Engine</ClickOnceBuildEngineDestinationDirectory>
<ClickOnceFinalLocation>$(env_PublishUrl)</ClickOnceFinalLocation>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="DoPublish">
<!-- Copy the required ClickOnce build engine files -->
<CreateItem Include="$(ClickOnceBuildEngineSourceDirectory)\**\*.*">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="ClickOnceBuildEngine" />
</CreateItem>
<Copy SourceFiles="@(ClickOnceBuildEngine)"
DestinationFiles="@(ClickOnceBuildEngine->'$(ClickOnceBuildEngineDestinationDirectory)\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
<!-- Read & parse the version info from SharedAssemblyInfo.cs -->
<ReadLinesFromFile File="$(VersionFile)">
<Output TaskParameter="Lines"
ItemName="ItemsFromFile"/>
</ReadLinesFromFile>
<PropertyGroup>
<Pattern>\[assembly: AssemblyVersion\(.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+).(\d+)</Pattern>
<In>@(ItemsFromFile)</In>
<Out>$([System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex]::Match($(In), $(Pattern)))</Out>
<Version>$(Out.Remove(0, 28))</Version>
</PropertyGroup>
<!-- Cleanup old files -->
<RemoveDir Directories="$(ClickOnceInstallDirectory)" ContinueOnError="true" />
<!-- Build the solution -->
<MSBuild Projects="$(teamcity_build_workingDir)\Trunk\Demo.sln" Targets="Clean;Build" Properties="ApplicationVersion=$(Version);Configuration=$(Configuration)"/>
<!-- Run the ClickOnce Publish -->
<MSBuild Projects="$(teamcity_build_workingDir)\Trunk\DemoClient\DemoClient.csproj" Targets="Publish" Properties="ApplicationVersion=$(Version);Configuration=$(Configuration);InstallUrl=$(ClickOnceFinalLocation);PublishUrl=$(ClickOnceFinalLocation)" />
<!-- Make the final install directory - copy the published files + install HTML page there -->
<MakeDir Directories="$(ClickOnceInstallDirectory)"/>
<Copy SourceFiles="$(ClickOnceHtmFileLocation)" DestinationFiles="$(ClickOnceInstallDirectory)\publish.htm"/>
<Exec Command="xcopy /C /E &quot;$(ClickOnceBuildDirectory)&quot; &quot;$(ClickOnceInstallDirectory)&quot;" />
<!-- Finally, update the version information in the HTML install page -->
<FileUpdate Files="$(ClickOnceInstallDirectory)\publish.htm"
IgnoreCase="true"
Multiline="true"
Singleline="false"
Regex="{VERSION}"
ReplacementText="$(Version)" />
</Target>
</Project>
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How call to PublishDemoClient.xml ? msbuild.exe command ?

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