MSBuild: How to run custom target after _CopyFilesToPublishFolder? - visual-studio-2013

Question

I'm using Visual Studio 2013. I'm trying to publish a ClickOnce application from the command-line by passing /target:publish. However, I would like to do a few extra steps after MSBuild is done copying all the files to the publish folder. This is what I have come up so far:
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<MSBuildCommunityTasksPath>$(SolutionDir)\.build</MSBuildCommunityTasksPath>
<MSBuildCommunityTasksLib>$(MSBuildCommunityTasksPath)\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.dll</MSBuildCommunityTasksLib>
<ClickOnceBuildDirectory>$(ProjectDir)\bin\app.publish</ClickOnceBuildDirectory>
</PropertyGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildCommunityTasksPath)\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.targets" />
<UsingTask TaskName="FileUpdate" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildCommunityTasksLib)" />
<Target Name="CustomPostPublishActions" AfterTargets="PublishBuild" >
<!-- Create directory -->
<MakeDir Directories="$(ProjectDir)..\Deploy\Client\Application Files" />
<!-- Copy published website to deployment location -->
<ItemGroup>
<_CopyItems Include="$(ClickOnceBuildDirectory)\**\*.*" />
</ItemGroup>
<Copy SourceFiles="#(_CopyItems)" DestinationFolder="$(ProjectDir)..\Deploy\Client" />
<!-- Write publish.htm file for ClickOnce -->
<Copy SourceFiles="$(ProjectDir)\..\..\Build\publish.htm" DestinationFiles="$(ProjectDir)..\Deploy\Client\publish.htm" />
<FileUpdate Files="$(ProjectDir)..\Deploy\Client\publish.htm" Regex="{VERSION}" IgnoreCase="true" Multiline="true" Singleline="false" ReplacementText="$(ApplicationVersion)" />
</Target>
</Project>
Unfortunately, this is the order that the targets get run:
CustomPostPublishActions:
Creating directory "C:\MyProject\..\Deploy\Client\Application Files".
Copying file from "C:\MyProject\\bin\app.publish\DeploymentScheduler.exe" to "C:\MyProject\..\Deploy\Client\DeploymentScheduler.exe".
Copying file from "C:\MyProject\\..\..\Build\publish.htm" to "C:\MyProject\..\Deploy\Client\publish.htm".
Updating File "C:\MyProject\..\Deploy\Client\publish.htm".
_CopyFilesToPublishFolder:
Creating directory "bin\app.publish\Application Files\MyApplication_1_0_0_0".
Copying file from "bin\MyProject.exe.manifest" to "bin\app.publish\Application Files\MyProject_1_0_0_0\MyProject.exe.manifest".
Copying file from "bin\app.publish\MyProject.exe" to "bin\app.publish\Application Files\MyProject_1_0_0_0\MyProject.exe.deploy".
Copying file from "app.config" to "bin\app.publish\Application Files\MyProject_1_0_0_0\MyProject.exe.config.deploy".
Copying file from "obj\Debug\MyProject.pdb" to "bin\app.publish\Application Files\MyProject_1_0_0_0\MyProject.pdb.deploy".
1>Done Building Project
Basically, how do I get my target "CustomPostPublishActions" to run AFTER "_CopyFilesToPublishFolder"? Is it even possible? Any help is really appreciated!

Answer 1

There are predefined targets that can be overwritten to run before or after publish, update your script like this:
<Target Name="AfterPublish">
<!-- Create directory -->
<MakeDir Directories="$(ProjectDir)..\Deploy\Client\Application Files" />
<!-- Copy published website to deployment location -->
<ItemGroup>
<_CopyItems Include="$(ClickOnceBuildDirectory)\**\*.*" />
</ItemGroup>
<Copy SourceFiles="#(_CopyItems)" DestinationFolder="$(ProjectDir)..\Deploy\Client" />
<!-- Write publish.htm file for ClickOnce -->
<Copy SourceFiles="$(ProjectDir)\..\..\Build\publish.htm" DestinationFiles="$(ProjectDir)..\Deploy\Client\publish.htm" />
<FileUpdate Files="$(ProjectDir)..\Deploy\Client\publish.htm" Regex="{VERSION}" IgnoreCase="true" Multiline="true" Singleline="false" ReplacementText="$(ApplicationVersion)" />
</Target>
This link will give you an idea of the existing overridable targets and how you can work with them.