"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message
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> "AG" <NOSPAMagiamb@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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>
>> I have a Web Application project (not Website project).
>> I added a web deployment project to the solution.
>> The web deployment project INCLUDES files that reside in folders of the
>> WAP, but are set to be 'EXCLUDED' from the project.
>>
>> How can I make the web deployment project not include those files?
>
> This is a bit of a black art...
>
> What I usually do is not to try to prevent files / folders from being
> included in the destination folder, but rather to delete them
> afterwards...
>
> <Target Name="AfterBuild" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' ==
> 'Release|AnyCPU'">
>    <Delete Files="$(OutputPath)\MySecretFile.txt" />
>    <RemoveDir Directories="$(OutputPath)\Properties" />
> </Target>
>
>
> --
> Mark Rae
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://www.markrae.net

"Allen Chen [MSFT]" <all***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi AG,
>
>>Thanks for the quick reply Mark.
>>In this case that won't work.
>>I have the SQL Server database file in one of the project folders, but set
>>to 'exclude'. Since SQL Server is running, it has a lock on the file, so
>>when I try to build the project, the build fails due to not being able to
>>copy the files.
>>If there are no other solutions, I guess I will need to move the database
>>files.
>
> You can try this:
>
>  <ItemGroup>
> <ExcludeFromBuild
> Include="$(SourceWebPhysicalPath)\MySecretFile.txt"/>
>
>  </ItemGroup>
>
> For more details please refer to:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171455.aspx
>
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