I'm currently developing an Office plugin for Outlook using the OnMessageSend and SmartAlerts events that will perform a few simple checks before the email is being sent.
I'm able to display custom alerts on the taskpane but i would love to be able to display them on the send button.
I can't seem to change the default alert msgbox.
On Microsoft official website i found this information regarding Smart Alerts dialog messages:
"The dialog's title bar. Your add-in's name is always displayed there.
The message's format. For example, you can't change the text's font size and color or insert a bulleted list.
The dialog options. For example, the Send Anyway and Don't Send options are fixed and depend on the SendMode option you select.
Event-based activation processing and progress information dialogs. For example, the text and options that appear in the timeout and long-running operation dialogs can't be changed."
Anyone here knows it's possible to display something like this:
Here's my even.completed example:
event.completed({ allowEvent: false, errorMessage: "SAMPLE TEXT TO DISPLAY"});
It's seems i can't use breaks, change colors or size.
Here's my manifest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<OfficeApp xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/appforoffice/1.1" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:bt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/officeappbasictypes/1.0" xmlns:mailappor="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/mailappversionoverrides/1.0" xsi:type="MailApp">
<Id>dac64749-60d7-4579-9036-cb7308b6d444</Id>
<Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
<ProviderName>Validator</ProviderName>
<DefaultLocale>en-US</DefaultLocale>
<DisplayName DefaultValue="Sample Text"/>
<Description DefaultValue="Sample Text"/>
<IconUrl DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-64.png"/>
<HighResolutionIconUrl DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-128.png"/>
<SupportUrl DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/"/>
<AppDomains>
<AppDomain>https://localhost:3000/</AppDomain>
</AppDomains>
<Hosts>
<Host Name="Mailbox"/>
</Hosts>
<Requirements>
<Sets>
<Set Name="Mailbox" MinVersion="1.1"/>
</Sets>
</Requirements>
<FormSettings>
<Form xsi:type="ItemRead">
<DesktopSettings>
<SourceLocation DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/taskpane.html"/>
<RequestedHeight>250</RequestedHeight>
</DesktopSettings>
</Form>
</FormSettings>
<Permissions>ReadWriteMailbox</Permissions>
<Rule xsi:type="RuleCollection" Mode="Or">
<Rule xsi:type="ItemIs" ItemType="Message" FormType="Read"/>
<Rule xsi:type="ItemIs" ItemType="Appointment" FormType="Read"/>
</Rule>
<DisableEntityHighlighting>false</DisableEntityHighlighting>
<VersionOverrides xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/mailappversionoverrides" xsi:type="VersionOverridesV1_0">
<VersionOverrides xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/mailappversionoverrides/1.1" xsi:type="VersionOverridesV1_1">
<Requirements>
<bt:Sets DefaultMinVersion="1.12">
<bt:Set Name="Mailbox"/>
</bt:Sets>
</Requirements>
<Hosts>
<Host xsi:type="MailHost">
<!-- Specifies the event-based activation runtime. -->
<!-- For more information, see https://learn.microsoft.com/office/dev/add-ins/outlook/autolaunch. -->
<Runtimes>
<!-- HTML file that references the JavaScript event handlers. This is used by Outlook on the web. -->
<Runtime resid="WebViewRuntime.Url">
<!-- JavaScript file that contains the event handlers. This is used by Outlook on Windows. -->
<Override type="javascript" resid="JSRuntime.Url"/>
</Runtime>
</Runtimes>
<DesktopFormFactor>
<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="MessageComposeCommandSurface">
<OfficeTab id="TabDefault">
<Group id="CategoriesGroupMessageCompose">
<Label resid="CategoriesGroupLabel"/>
<Control xsi:type="Button" id="MessageComposeSelectButton">
<Label resid="SelectButtonLabel"/>
<Supertip>
<Title resid="SelectButtonLabel"/>
<Description resid="SelectButtonDescription"/>
</Supertip>
<Icon>
<bt:Image size="16" resid="Icon.16x16" />
<bt:Image size="32" resid="Icon.32x32" />
<bt:Image size="80" resid="Icon.80x80" />
</Icon>
<Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
<SourceLocation resid="Taskpane.Url"/>
</Action>
</Control>
</Group>
</OfficeTab>
</ExtensionPoint>
<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="AppointmentOrganizerCommandSurface">
<OfficeTab id="TabDefault">
<Group id="CategoriesGroupAppointmentOrganizer">
<Label resid="CategoriesGroupLabel"/>
<Control xsi:type="Button" id="AppointmentOrganizerSelectButton">
<Label resid="SelectButtonLabel"/>
<Supertip>
<Title resid="SelectButtonLabel"/>
<Description resid="SelectButtonDescription"/>
</Supertip>
<Icon>
<bt:Image size="16" resid="Icon.16x16" />
<bt:Image size="32" resid="Icon.32x32" />
<bt:Image size="80" resid="Icon.80x80" />
</Icon>
<Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
<SourceLocation resid="Taskpane.Url"/>
</Action>
</Control>
</Group>
</OfficeTab>
</ExtensionPoint>
<!-- Enables the add-in on specified events. -->
<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="LaunchEvent">
<LaunchEvents>
<LaunchEvent Type="OnMessageSend" FunctionName="onMessageSendHandler" SendMode="PromptUser"/>
</LaunchEvents>
<!-- Identifies the runtime to be used by the add-in (also referenced by the Runtime element). -->
<SourceLocation resid="WebViewRuntime.Url"/>
</ExtensionPoint>
</DesktopFormFactor>
</Host>
</Hosts>
<Resources>
<bt:Images>
<bt:Image id="Icon.16x16" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-16.png"/>
<bt:Image id="Icon.32x32" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-32.png"/>
<bt:Image id="Icon.80x80" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/assets/icon-80.png"/>
</bt:Images>
<bt:Urls>
<bt:Url id="JSRuntime.Url" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/commands.js"/>
<bt:Url id="WebViewRuntime.Url" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/commands.html"/>
<bt:Url id="Taskpane.Url" DefaultValue="https://localhost:3000/taskpane.html"/>
</bt:Urls>
<bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:String id="CategoriesGroupLabel" DefaultValue="Sample Name"/>
<bt:String id="SelectButtonLabel" DefaultValue="Sample Name"/>
</bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:LongStrings>
<bt:String id="SelectButtonDescription" DefaultValue="Sample Name"/>
</bt:LongStrings>
</Resources>
</VersionOverrides>
</VersionOverrides>
</OfficeApp>
That is not possible with smart alerts. You need to use the on-send feature and use the Dialog API for displaying a rich UI for the dialogs, see Use the Office dialog API in Office Add-ins for more information.
Read more about the on-send feature in the On-send feature for Outlook add-ins article.
Note, you can also post or vote for an existing feature request on Tech Community where they are considered when the Office dev team goes through the planning process.
Hello I am testing an outlook Add-in in visual studio, but I do not know that to change in the manifest to show the add-in enable all the time, without opening an email or read an email.
Currently is only enable or showing when an email is open, the rest of the time is disable
And I want to be enable all the time
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--Created:ce44715c-8c4e-446b-879c-ea9ebe0f09c8-->
<OfficeApp
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/appforoffice/1.1"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:bt="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/officeappbasictypes/1.0"
xmlns:mailappor="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/mailappversionoverrides/1.0"
xsi:type="MailApp">
<!-- Begin Basic Settings: Add-in metadata, used for all versions of Office unless override provided. -->
<!-- IMPORTANT! Id must be unique for your add-in, if you reuse this manifest ensure that you change this id to a new GUID. -->
<Id>65ba8340-b53e-4941-a7bb-153669eea7fb</Id>
<!--Version. Updates from the store only get triggered if there is a version change. -->
<Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
<ProviderName>[Provider name]</ProviderName>
<DefaultLocale>en-US</DefaultLocale>
<!-- The display name of your add-in. Used on the store and various places of the Office UI such as the add-ins dialog. -->
<DisplayName DefaultValue="OutlookWebAddIn1" />
<Description DefaultValue="OutlookWebAddIn1"/>
<IconUrl DefaultValue="~remoteAppUrl/Images/icon64.png"/>
<SupportUrl DefaultValue="http://www.contoso.com" />
<!-- Domains that will be allowed when navigating. For example, if you use ShowTaskpane and then have an href link, navigation will only be allowed if the domain is on this list. -->
<AppDomains>
<AppDomain>AppDomain1</AppDomain>
<AppDomain>AppDomain2</AppDomain>
<AppDomain>AppDomain3</AppDomain>
</AppDomains>
<!--End Basic Settings. -->
<Hosts>
<Host Name="Mailbox" />
</Hosts>
<Requirements>
<Sets>
<Set Name="Mailbox" MinVersion="1.1" />
</Sets>
</Requirements>
<FormSettings>
<Form xsi:type="ItemRead">
<DesktopSettings>
<SourceLocation DefaultValue="~remoteAppUrl/MessageRead.html"/>
<RequestedHeight>250</RequestedHeight>
</DesktopSettings>
</Form>
</FormSettings>
<Permissions>ReadWriteItem</Permissions>
<Rule xsi:type="RuleCollection" Mode="Or">
<Rule xsi:type="ItemIs" ItemType="Message" FormType="Read" />
</Rule>
<DisableEntityHighlighting>false</DisableEntityHighlighting>
<VersionOverrides xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/mailappversionoverrides" xsi:type="VersionOverridesV1_0">
<Requirements>
<bt:Sets DefaultMinVersion="1.3">
<bt:Set Name="Mailbox" />
</bt:Sets>
</Requirements>
<Hosts>
<Host xsi:type="MailHost">
<DesktopFormFactor>
<!-- Location of the Functions that UI-less buttons can trigger (ExecuteFunction Actions). -->
<FunctionFile resid="functionFile" />
<!-- Message Read -->
<ExtensionPoint xsi:type="MessageReadCommandSurface">
<!-- Use the default tab of the ExtensionPoint or create your own with <CustomTab id="myTab"> -->
<OfficeTab id="TabDefault">
<!-- Up to 6 Groups added per Tab -->
<Group id="msgReadGroup">
<Label resid="groupLabel" />
<!-- Launch the add-in : task pane button -->
<Control xsi:type="Button" id="msgReadOpenPaneButton">
<Label resid="paneReadButtonLabel" />
<Supertip>
<Title resid="paneReadSuperTipTitle" />
<Description resid="paneReadSuperTipDescription" />
</Supertip>
<Icon>
<bt:Image size="16" resid="icon16" />
<bt:Image size="32" resid="icon32" />
<bt:Image size="80" resid="icon80" />
</Icon>
<Action xsi:type="ShowTaskpane">
<SourceLocation resid="messageReadTaskPaneUrl" />
</Action>
</Control>
<!-- Go to http://aka.ms/ButtonCommands to learn how to add more Controls: ExecuteFunction and Menu -->
</Group>
</OfficeTab>
</ExtensionPoint>
<!-- Go to http://aka.ms/ExtensionPointsCommands to learn how to add more Extension Points: MessageRead, AppointmentOrganizer, AppointmentAttendee -->
</DesktopFormFactor>
</Host>
</Hosts>
<Resources>
<bt:Images>
<bt:Image id="icon16" DefaultValue="~remoteAppUrl/Images/icon16.png"/>
<bt:Image id="icon32" DefaultValue="~remoteAppUrl/Images/icon32.png"/>
<bt:Image id="icon80" DefaultValue="~remoteAppUrl/Images/icon80.png"/>
</bt:Images>
<bt:Urls>
<bt:Url id="functionFile" DefaultValue="~remoteAppUrl/Functions/FunctionFile.html"/>
<bt:Url id="messageReadTaskPaneUrl" DefaultValue="~remoteAppUrl/MessageRead.html"/>
</bt:Urls>
<bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:String id="groupLabel" DefaultValue="My Add-in Group"/>
<bt:String id="customTabLabel" DefaultValue="My Add-in Tab"/>
<bt:String id="paneReadButtonLabel" DefaultValue="Display all properties"/>
<bt:String id="paneReadSuperTipTitle" DefaultValue="Get all properties"/>
</bt:ShortStrings>
<bt:LongStrings>
<bt:String id="paneReadSuperTipDescription" DefaultValue="Opens a pane displaying all available properties. This is an example of a button that opens a task pane."/>
</bt:LongStrings>
</Resources>
</VersionOverrides>
</OfficeApp>
Outlook web add-ins work under the context of a particular item - composed or read. You can't run the add-in for the mailbox by default. It is not possible at least now. I'd suggest posting a feature request to Microsoft 365 Developer Platform Tech Community.
As a workaround, you may consider developing a COM based add-in where you can enable ribbon buttons independently of the selected item(s). See Walkthrough: Create your first VSTO Add-in for Outlook for more information.
There are few solutions (business logic etc) that copies their *.dll and *.pdb to some directories.
<PropertyGroup>
<PostBuildEvent>copy $(TargetPath) $(DllDir)\*.*
copy $(TargetDir)*.pdb $(SymbolsFolder)\*.pdb </ PostBuildEvent> </ PropertyGroup>
there are few GUI-solutions that references these dlls (not each and every just few of them)
for better debugging experience it would be great to have ability during compile time or after successful build to copy *.pdb of referenced assemblies from $(SymbolsFolder) to bin/debug directory of building GUI-project
something like this in GUI's *.csproj file:
<Target Name="Compile">
<MSBuild Projects="#(Reference)" Targets="Build" >
copy $(SymbolsFolder)\'%(Name)'.pdb $(TargetDir)*.pdb
</MSBuild>
this code doesn't work. Can you help me to correct this pseudo-code please?
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<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
<ProjectGuid>{15E44798-6182-44B0-9302-C96532A334FF}</ProjectGuid>
<OutputType>library</OutputType>
<AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
<RootNamespace>GuiControls</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>GuiControls</AssemblyName>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.5.2</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
<ProjectTypeGuids>{60dc8134-eba5-43b8-bcc9-bb4bc16c2548};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
<TargetFrameworkProfile />
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<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
<Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
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<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
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<SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
</PropertyGroup>
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<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
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<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
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<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Controls, Version=2020.1.218.45, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Controls.FixedDocumentViewers, Version=2020.1.218.45, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="telerik.windows.controls.fixeddocumentviewersui, Version=2020.1.218.45, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Controls.ImageEditor, Version=2020.1.218.45, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Controls.Input, Version=2020.1.218.45, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Controls.Navigation, Version=2020.1.218.45, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Controls.RibbonView, Version=2020.1.218.45, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Controls.RichTextBoxUI, Version=2020.1.218.45, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Documents, Version=2020.1.218.45, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Documents.Core, Version=2020.1.212.40, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="Telerik.Windows.Documents.Fixed, Version=2020.1.212.40, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=5803cfa389c90ce7, processorArchitecture=MSIL" />
<Reference Include="TXTextControl, Version=19.0.1200.500, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6b83fe9a75cfb638, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
<SpecificVersion>False</SpecificVersion>
<HintPath>..\..\..\Program Files\Text Control GmbH\TX Text Control 19.0.NET for WPF\Assembly\TXTextControl.dll</HintPath>
</Reference>
<Reference Include="UIAutomationProvider" />
<Reference Include="UIAutomationTypes" />
<Reference Include="WindowsBase" />
<Reference Include="PresentationCore" />
<Reference Include="PresentationFramework" />
<Reference Include="WindowsFormsIntegration" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs">
<SubType>Code</SubType>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
<DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
<DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
</Compile>
<EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
<Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
</EmbeddedResource>
<None Include="Product21.snk" />
<None Include="Pr21p.config" />
<None Include="packages.config" />
<None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
<Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
</None>
<AppDesigner Include="Properties\" />
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
<PropertyGroup>
<PostBuildEvent>copy $(TargetPath) $(Pr21DllDir)\*.*
copy $(TargetName).pdb $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\$(TargetName).pdb
if $(ConfigurationName) == Debug (
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21BusinessObjects5.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21BusinessObjectsFlat.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21Common.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21Constants.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Product21.Datamodel.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Product21.Factory.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21Interfaces.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21Styles.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\BusinessObjects.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
)</PostBuildEvent>
</PropertyGroup>
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
</Target>
-->
</Project>
visual studio: copy *.pdb of the project references from some
directory to TargetDir
I think the main issue is that you did not define the custom property Pr21DllDir and Product21SymbolsFolder in your xxx.csproj file which I have not seen those properties in your file. So when you execute these command, MSBuild unable to identify $(Pr21DllDir) and $(Product21SymbolsFolder).
Solution
You can try these:
<PropertyGroup>
<Pr21DllDir>C:\xxx\xxxx\xxx(the folder name)</Pr21DllDir>
<Product21SymbolsFolder>C:\xxx\xxx\xxx(the folder name)</Product21SymbolsFolder>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<PostBuildEvent>
copy $(TargetPath) $(Pr21DllDir)\*.*
copy $(TargetName).pdb $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\$(TargetName).pdb
if $(ConfigurationName) == Debug (
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21BusinessObjects5.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21BusinessObjectsFlat.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21Common.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21Constants.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Product21.Datamodel.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Product21.Factory.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21Interfaces.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\Pr21Styles.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
copy $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\BusinessObjects.pdb $(TargetDir)\*.*
)
</PostBuildEvent>
</PropertyGroup>
And make sure that the folders exists under your path. Since you have not provided the error message and if you have any other error, please share with us and we will help you solve it as soon as possible.
Update 1
Try to use these node instead of PostBuildEvent property and this function works well in my side and can match the reference dll name in Product21SymbolsFolder folder.
Note: you should remove every reference dll's Version,Culture and PublicKeyToken in xxx.csproj file.
Like: change <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
to <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">.
Function
target test is to split all dependencies referenced by the project
target test1 is to match the referenced dependency in the Product21SymbolsFolder, match successfully, copy to the output folder.
<PropertyGroup>
<Pr21DllDir>C:\xxx\xx</Pr21DllDir>
<Product21SymbolsFolder>C:\xxx\xxx</Product21SymbolsFolder>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="test" AfterTargets="Build">
<PropertyGroup>
<MoreFile>
#(Reference)
</MoreFile>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<MoreFilesArray Include="$(MoreFile.Split(';'))" />
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
<Target Name="test1" AfterTargets="test">
<Copy SourceFiles="$(TargetPath)" DestinationFolder="$(Pr21DllDir)"></Copy>
<Copy SourceFiles="$(ProjectDir)$(OutputPath)$(TargetName).pdb" DestinationFolder="$(Product21SymbolsFolder)"></Copy>
<Copy Condition="'$(ConfigurationName)'=='Debug' and Exists('$(Product21SymbolsFolder)\%(MoreFilesArray.Identity).pdb')" SourceFiles=" $(Product21SymbolsFolder)\%(MoreFilesArray.Identity).pdb" DestinationFolder="$(TargetDir)"></Copy>
</Target>
I am trying to create a Multi Project Template and that is working good. The projects are created. For this solution there are some 3:e party dll's that the projects shall add a reference to, and some other .txt and .xml files.
I have my .vstemplate like this:
<VSTemplate Version="3.0.0" Type="ProjectGroup" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
<TemplateData>
<Name>AppFabric Services Solution Template</Name>
<Description></Description>
<ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
<Icon></Icon>
<RequiredFrameworkVersion>4.5</RequiredFrameworkVersion>
</TemplateData>
<TemplateContent>
<ProjectCollection>
<SolutionFolder Name="Domain">
<ProjectTemplateLink ProjectName="$safeprojectname$.Domain.Application">
Domain\Application\Application.vstemplate
</ProjectTemplateLink>
<ProjectTemplateLink ProjectName="$safeprojectname$.Domain.Core">
Domain\Core\Core.vstemplate
</ProjectTemplateLink>
</SolutionFolder>
</ProjectCollection>
</TemplateContent>
</VSTemplate>
And want something like this
<VSTemplate Version="3.0.0" Type="ProjectGroup" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/vstemplate/2005">
<TemplateData>
<Name>AppFabric Services Solution Template</Name>
<Description></Description>
<ProjectType>CSharp</ProjectType>
<Icon></Icon>
<RequiredFrameworkVersion>4.5</RequiredFrameworkVersion>
</TemplateData>
<TemplateContent>
<ProjectCollection>
<SolutionFolder Name="_Library">
<ProjectItem>THIRDPARTY.dll</ProjectItem>
</SolutionFolder>
<SolutionFolder Name="_SolutionItems">
<ProjectItem>README.TXT</ProjectItem>
</SolutionFolder>
<SolutionFolder Name="Domain">
<ProjectTemplateLink ProjectName="$safeprojectname$.Domain.Application">
Domain\Application\Application.vstemplate
</ProjectTemplateLink>
<ProjectTemplateLink ProjectName="$safeprojectname$.Domain.Core">
Domain\Core\Core.vstemplate
</ProjectTemplateLink>
</SolutionFolder>
</ProjectCollection>
</TemplateContent>
</VSTemplate>
Is there anyway to do what I want?
Regards
/Magnus
This is what i am trying to do, but so far been unsuccessful. I have a WPF Project with some xaml classes. I have a msbuild task that creates partial classes with the same name as xaml classes but with some extra properties. The partial classes gets created properly and it builds fine too. However the newly created properties do not show up on the Intellisense in VS2010. I am also using Resharper.
I have imported my target in the original .csproj file. the original file is pasted at the end of the question.
<Import Project="..\XamlModifyTask\bin\Debug\TXamlModifyTask.csproj" />
And this is how the TXamlModifyTask.csproj looks like
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" ToolsVersion="3.5">
<UsingTask AssemblyFile="XamlModifyTask.dll" TaskName="XamlModifyTask"/>
<!--PropertyGroup>
<ResolveReferencesDependsOn>XamlModify;$(ResolveReferencesDependsOn)</ResolveReferencesDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup-->
<PropertyGroup>
<CompileDependsOn>XamlModify;$(CompileDependsOn)</CompileDependsOn>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<SettingsGenerated Include="$(IntermediateOutputPath)**\*.test.cs"></SettingsGenerated>
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="XamlModify">
<XamlModifyTask Files="#(Page)" OutputPath="$(IntermediateOutputPath)"></XamlModifyTask>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="#(SettingsGenerated)"></Compile>
<FileWrites Include="#(SettingsGenerated)"/>
</ItemGroup>
</Target>
I have even tried using BeforeCompile/BeforeBuild events. but it does not work. Am i doing something wrong here.
This is the original project file.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<UsingTask TaskName="JPMorgan.Build.XamlModifyTask" AssemblyFile="H:\Visual Studio 2010\Projects\WpfApplication1\WpfApplication1\JPMorgan.Build.dll" />
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
<ProductVersion>8.0.30703</ProductVersion>
<SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
<ProjectGuid>{55A24932-DA31-4837-9E1E-9E69C34BFB5F}</ProjectGuid>
<OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
<AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
<RootNamespace>WpfApplication1</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>WpfApplication1</AssemblyName>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<TargetFrameworkProfile>Client</TargetFrameworkProfile>
<FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
<ProjectTypeGuids>{60dc8134-eba5-43b8-bcc9-bb4bc16c2548};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|x86' ">
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x86' ">
<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="System" />
<Reference Include="System.Data" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml" />
<Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
<Reference Include="System.Core" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
<Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
<Reference Include="System.Xaml">
<RequiredTargetFramework>4.0</RequiredTargetFramework>
</Reference>
<Reference Include="WindowsBase" />
<Reference Include="PresentationCore" />
<Reference Include="PresentationFramework" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<ApplicationDefinition Include="App.xaml">
<Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</ApplicationDefinition>
<Compile Include="View\Window1.xaml.cs">
<DependentUpon>Window1.xaml</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Window2.xaml.cs">
<DependentUpon>Window2.xaml</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Window4.xaml.cs">
<DependentUpon>Window4.xaml</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Page Include="MainWindow.xaml">
<Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</Page>
<Compile Include="App.xaml.cs">
<DependentUpon>App.xaml</DependentUpon>
<SubType>Code</SubType>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="MainWindow.xaml.cs">
<DependentUpon>MainWindow.xaml</DependentUpon>
<SubType>Code</SubType>
</Compile>
<Page Include="View\Window1.xaml">
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
<Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
</Page>
<Page Include="Window2.xaml">
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
<Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
</Page>
<Page Include="Window3.xaml">
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
<Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
</Page>
<Compile Include="Window3.xaml.cs">
<DependentUpon>Window3.xaml</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Page Include="Window4.xaml">
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
<Generator>MSBuild:Compile</Generator>
</Page>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs">
<SubType>Code</SubType>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
<DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
<AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
<DependentUpon>Settings.settings</DependentUpon>
<DesignTimeSharedInput>True</DesignTimeSharedInput>
</Compile>
<EmbeddedResource Include="Properties\Resources.resx">
<Generator>ResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
</EmbeddedResource>
<None Include="Properties\Settings.settings">
<Generator>SettingsSingleFileGenerator</Generator>
<LastGenOutput>Settings.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
</None>
<AppDesigner Include="Properties\" />
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
<Import Project="..\XamlModifyTask\bin\Debug\TXamlModifyTask.csproj" />
<!--Target Name="BeforeBuild">
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="#(SettingsGenerated)"></Compile>
<FileWrites Include="#(SettingsGenerated)"/>
</ItemGroup>
</Target-->
<!--Target Name="AfterBuild">
</Target-->
</Project>