CAnnot从VS2017构建和部署旧项目

Question

I am working on an old project in VS2017. My changes work fine in the development environment. But when I try to build to a server I get this error;

 Models\HoldingCompany.cs (21): Unexpected character '$'

The line affected is;

public override string ToString()
{
    return $"{this.Name} - {this.VatRegistrationNumber}";
}

Now it is true that the project was not originally written in C# 6. So what do I need to do to fix this? I have install the .Net framework 4.6 on the server I am deploying to. I have googled around trying to find what else I need to do but I have not come up with anything. I am using the original XAML Build definitions. This is my log file: https://1drv.ms/t/s!ArKf9AZKW_zWgQVzxitLQzMWjfSh

Answer 1

You need the build server to use the correct build tools. in your case, you need C# 6 compiler to kick in, so I recommend doing the following steps: 1. Install VS2015 build tools (or above) 2. open your build definition (xaml template) and modify the ToolPath property to point at the correct folder in your server machine:

"C:\\Program Files (x86)\\MSBuild\\14.0\\Bin" (if VS2015) "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft Visual Studio\\2017\\Enterprise\\MSBuild\\15.0\\Bin" (if VS2017)