如何将其他文件添加到 nuget package 并在 nuget ZEFE90A8E604A7C67D803A 代码中引用这些文件？

Question

I'm wanting to provide some additional files in a nuget package so that whenever and wherever it is installed, the files are provided and in the correct location.

The problem I'm having is that I have code that needs to reference these files in order to run.

The files are 3 .exe files and a .jar file in a single directory...

This is the code that references that folder location...

var path = Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + "\\WebDrivers\\Drivers\\";

I want to be able to package this code and the files up so that whenever this nuget package is installed, this code will point to a valid location.

How do I do this?

First thing I tried was to add the following to the .csproj file

<ItemGroup>
  <None Update="WebDrivers\Drivers\chromedriver.exe">
    <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
  </None>
  <None Update="WebDrivers\Drivers\geckodriver.exe">
    <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
  </None>
  <None Update="WebDrivers\Drivers\msedgedriver.exe">
    <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
  </None>
  <None Update="WebDrivers\Drivers\selenium-server-standalone-3.141.0.jar">
    <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
  </None>
</ItemGroup>

This only works if you reference the project in the same solution. It doesn't work after you have done a dotnet pack and installed the package in a different project/solution.

Second thing I tried was the accepted answer here...

Copy files from Nuget package to output directory with MsBuild in.csproj and dotnet pack command

But I couldn't get any files to copy...

SASelenium.Framework.csproj

  <ItemGroup Label="FilesToCopy">
    <Content Include="SASelenium.Framework.targets" PackagePath="build/SASelenium.Framework.targets" />
    <Content Include="LogFiles\*.config" Pack="true" PackagePath="contentFiles\LogFiles">
      <PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
    </Content>
  </ItemGroup>

SASelenium.Framework.targets

<ItemGroup>
  <LogFiles Include="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)\..\contentFiles\LogFiles\*.config" />
</ItemGroup>
<Target Name="CopyLogFiles" BeforeTargets="Build">
  <Copy SourceFiles="@(LogFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(TargetDir)CopiedLogFiles\" />
</Target>

I don't see any files when I build the project where this package is installed.

Even if this did work, how would I ensure the code within the package is always pointing at these files when running from any project?

Answer 1

I solved this by updating my .csproj to the following for each required file...

<Content Include="WebDrivers\Drivers\chromedriver.exe">
  <CopyToOutputDirectory>Always</CopyToOutputDirectory>
  <PackageCopyToOutput>true</PackageCopyToOutput>
  <pack>true</pack>
</Content>

After a dotnet pack I was able to see the files by inspecting package

After adding the nuget package to a new project and building the solution I was able to see the files in the bin folder...

Which means the code to find the file folder based on the currently executing assembly works as hoped.