Specify publish version with MSBuild command line as assembly version of project

Question

I have a simple batch file that I\'m running from a DOS command line that is used for building a small C# application that publishes a ClickOnce project. One line is this:

Answer 1

Try adding this to your .csproj file. The target will retrieve the version from the output assembly and update the ApplicationVersion before the Publish:

  
    

  
  
    %(fooAssemblyInfo.Version)
  

There's probably a nicer way to dynamically get the assembly name but for your purpose it should do the trick.

Credit to this answer for the GetAssemblyIdentity syntax: https://stackoverflow.com/a/443364/266882

Questioner Edit:

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