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VS 2019 Release build Success, MSBuild Fails

I have a C# class library (4.7 framework) which builds without any errors in visual studio 2019. When I build the same library project using msbuild, it shows errors in the project.

Error codes are: error CS1002:, error CS1056, error CS1001

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\msbuild.exe" "TestProject.Common.csproj"

Any thoughts or anyone can help me on this.

Solution

  • VS 2019 Release build Success, MSBuild Fails

    The issue is quite clear. You just use MSBuild 12.0 to build a VS2019 net framework 4.7 lib project.

    "C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\12.0\Bin\msbuild.exe" is MSBuild of VS2013 rather than VS2019.

    You cannot use a lower version of MSBuild to build a higher version project.

    Note:

    MSBuild 12.0=>VS2013 MSBuild 15.0=>VS2017 MSBuild 16.0/Current=>VS2019

    Suggestion

    So you should use MSBuild of VS2019 to build your project since it builds well in VS2019 IDE.

    Use this path to build your project:

    C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community or Professional or Enterprise\MSBuild\Current\Bin\MSBuild.exe