VS2012 automated deployment - OutputPath property is not set for project

Question

Ok, I know this has been asked a bunch of times...

I have tried to change the configuration and the outputPath, but still I have this issue.

I am setting up automated build and deployment for our product. We have a single solution file and multiple projects within it.

Using VS2012 and the default build definition, I have set the "Items to build" to a single project - the one we wish to have build and deployment for.

Lets call this project "Forms".

When I run the build definition, it builds and says success. However, it gives a warning:

$/XXX/TRUNK/XXX/Forms.Web/Forms.Web.csproj - 0 error(s), 1 warning(s), View Log File C:\\Windows\\Microsoft.NET\\Framework64\\v4.0.30319\\Microsoft.Common.targets (610): The OutputPath property is not set for project 'Forms.Web.csproj'. Please check to make sure that you have specified a valid combination of Configuration and Platform for this project. Configuration='Release' Platform='Any CPU'. You may be seeing this message because you are trying to build a project without a solution file, and have specified a non-default Configuration or Platform that doesn't exist for this project.

I have checked the .csproj file and there is a property group with the OutputPath specified.

I've also tried various combinations of configuration/platform, but the issue remains.

Does anyone have any idea what could cause this? It's driving me nuts. Without this fixed, no deployment is done... It seems to only build and doesn't even generate the .DLL files.

Answer 1

Try to delete the "Platform" environment variable.

(Visual Studio use this environment variable, which is possibly wrong.)

Then restart VS, and re-build the solution...