ziptask.vcxproj.xml

_usage.vcxproj.xml

  <Target Name="CreateZip" AfterTargets="Build" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
    <PropertyGroup>
      <StringDate>$([System.DateTime]::Now.ToString('yyyyMMdd-HH-mm-ss'))</StringDate>
    </PropertyGroup>
    <ItemGroup>
        <ReleaseFiles Include="Release\*exe*">
          <StripPath>true</StripPath>
        </ReleaseFiles>
        <ReleaseFiles Include="README.txt;data\**\*" Exclude="**\.svn\**\*"/>
        <ReleaseFiles Include="*.vcxproj;*.sln;*.cpp;*.h;include\**\*" Exclude="**\.svn\**\*">
          <PrependPath>src/</PrependPath>
        </ReleaseFiles>
    </ItemGroup>
    <Message Text="Creating $(StringDate).zip" />
    <MakeDir Directories="$(ProjectDir)zip"/>
    <Zip Files="@(ReleaseFiles)" ZipFileName="$(ProjectDir)zip\$(StringDate).zip" />
  </Target>

ziptask.vcxproj.xml

<!-- adopted from http://blog.3d-logic.com/2012/10/16/msbuild-zip-task-without-external-dependencies/ -->

  <UsingTask TaskName="Zip" TaskFactory="CodeTaskFactory" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll">
    <ParameterGroup>
      <Files ParameterType="Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem[]" Required="true" />
      <ZipFileName ParameterType="System.String" Required="true" />
      <OverwriteExistingFile ParameterType="System.Boolean" Required="false" />
    </ParameterGroup>
    <Task>
      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression" />
      <Reference Include="System.IO.Compression.Filesystem" />
      <Using Namespace="System.IO.Compression" />
      <Code Type="Fragment" Language="cs">
      <![CDATA[        
        var fileMode = OverwriteExistingFile ? FileMode.Create : FileMode.CreateNew;
 
        using (var outputFileStream = new FileStream(ZipFileName, fileMode))
        {
          using (var archive = new ZipArchive(outputFileStream, ZipArchiveMode.Create))
          {
            foreach (var inputItem in Files)
            {
              var inputFileName = inputItem.ItemSpec;
              var archivePath = inputFileName;
              
              if (inputItem.GetMetadata("StripPath") == "true")
              {
                archivePath = Path.GetFileName(archivePath);
              }
              
              archivePath = inputItem.GetMetadata("PrependPath") + archivePath;
              
              ZipFileExtensions.CreateEntryFromFile(archive, inputFileName, archivePath);
            }
          }
        }        
      ]]>
      </Code>
    </Task>
  </UsingTask>