How to change setup project version (in TFS 2015 [vNext build])

Question

for building my project setup file\msi in TFS 2015 i use

devenv Command Line task:

solutionPath /build BuildConfiguration /project projectPath

My question is how can i change msi version (if it's possible) from that line like ... $(BuildVersion)

Checked MSDN devenv command line (nothing.)

thanks

Answer 1

Assumning you want to change the ProductVersion value in .vdproj file during build. You are correct that there is no command to change this directly.

You need to use powershell or programatically change the version. Here is a code snippet in this case you can refer to:

static void Main(string[] args) 
{
    string setupFileName = @"<Replace the path to vdproj file>"; 
    StreamReader reader = File.OpenText(setupFileName); 
    string file = string.Empty; 

    try 
    { 
        Regex expression = new Regex(@"(?:\""ProductCode\"" = 
        \""8.){([\d\w-]+)}"); 
        Regex expression1 = new Regex(@"(?:\""UpgradeCode\"" = 
        \""8.){([\d\w-]+)}"); 
        file = reader.ReadToEnd(); 

        file = expression.Replace(file, "\"ProductCode\" = \"8:{" + 
        Guid.NewGuid().ToString().ToUpper() + "}"); 
        file = expression1.Replace(file, "\"UpgradeCode\" = \"8:{" 
        + Guid.NewGuid().ToString().ToUpper() + "}"); 
    } 
    finally 
    { 
        // Close the file otherwise the compile may not work 
        reader.Close(); 
    } 

    TextWriter tw = new StreamWriter(setupFileName); 
    try 
    { 
        tw.Write(file); 
    } 
    finally 
    { 
        // close the stream 
        tw.Close(); 
    } 
 }

Or you can refer to the powershell script that replace AssemblyVersion from AssemblyInfo.cs in this case to change ProductVersion value in .vdproj file.