How to extend target file to include registry settings for web project package

February 10th, 20101:13 am @ Editor

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Web project package and deployment targets files are written with extensibility in mind.  User can easily extend a property to include more functionalities in their package by using msbuild targets and properties.  If we check the Microsoft.Web.Publishing.targets file under “%Program Files%\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\Web\”, we can see the following, which means if file $(WebPublishPipelineProjectName).wpp.targets exists in the project directory, we’ll import it automatically when build package or publish. <!– *************************************************************** –> <!– To allow the Team build to have custom setting for the Web Application project without change the project file –> <!– by default…(read more)