I am making some changes in my csproj file so when I build debug it will copy a set of debug files and when I build release it will copy a set of release files.
The Start of the csproj:
<PropertyGroup>
...
<FlexNetInput></FlexNetInput>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
...
<FlexNetInput>"..\..\..\..\utilities\FlexNet\Debug\Native\"</FlexNetInput>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
...
<FlexNetInput>"..\..\..\..\utilities\FlexNet\Release\Native\"</FlexNetInput>
</PropertyGroup>
At the end of the csproj this is what I have:
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
<!-- Copy Native DGI DLL's -->
<CreateItem Include="..\..\..\..\utilities\dgi\DgiNative\**\*.*">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="NativeDgiFiles" />
</CreateItem>
<Copy SourceFiles="@(NativeDgiFiles)" DestinationFiles="@(NativeDgiFiles->'$(OutputPath)\Native\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
<!-- Copy Native FlexNet DLL's -->
<CreateItem Include="'$(FlexNetInput)'**\*.*">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="NativeReleaseFlexNetFiles" />
</CreateItem>
<Copy SourceFiles="@(NativeReleaseFlexNetFiles)" DestinationFiles="@(NativeReleaseFlexNetFiles->'$(OutputPath)\Native\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
The copy of the dgi file works fine, but because the location of the FlexNet file is different depending on if it is release or debug I cant get it to work.
The error I am getting is:
Cannot evaluate the item metadata "%(Filename)". The item metadata "%(Filename)" cannot be applied to the path "'"........\utilities\FlexNet\Debug\Native\"***.*'". Illegal characters in path.
I don't think I am using the properties right, any ideas?
Solved, This is how I got it working:
<CreateItem Include="..\..\..\..\utilities\FlexNet\$(Configuration)\Native\**\*.*">
<Output TaskParameter="Include" ItemName="NativeFlexNetFiles" />
</CreateItem>
<Copy SourceFiles="@(NativeFlexNetFiles)" DestinationFiles="@(NativeFlexNetFiles->'$(OutputPath)\Native\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />