C#•6mo ago

Compile .NET project with nuget packages Visual Studio

I want to create .DLL file out of dotnet project, but it uses some Nuget dependencies, which I would like to go to destination folder along with project's compiled DLL. How do I achieve that in Visual Studio?

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Дядя Женя•6mo ago

Basically I want Arch.dll to be compiled and all the referenced dlls it has to also be in the output folder

jcotton42•6mo ago

how is this meant to be used? like, published to nuget? loaded as a plugin in another app? I think you just want dotnet publish though I don't remember if that works for library projects

Дядя Женя•6mo ago

I want to use it in Unity as managed dll plugin Unity fails to load Arch.dll because it cannot find any of it's dependencies, which are nuget packages

jcotton42•6mo ago

yeah, dotnet publish

Дядя Женя•6mo ago

and Unity wants every dependency .dll to also be inside the folder

jcotton42•6mo ago

or the publish option in Visual Studio if that shows up for library projects

Дядя Женя•6mo ago

seems like it worked, thank you very much

Petris•6mo ago

If you'd want their PDBs and XML docs to be copied too, I can send a bit of MSBuild code for that tomorrow

    <Target Name="CopyReferenceFilesBuild" BeforeTargets="Build">
        <ItemGroup>
            <ReferenceFiles Include="%(Reference.RelativeDir)%(Reference.Filename).xml;%(Reference.RelativeDir)%(Reference.Filename).pdb" Exclude="%(Reference.RelativeDir)netstandard.xml" />
        </ItemGroup>
        <Message Text="Copying reference files to $(OutputPath)" Importance="High" />
        <Copy SourceFiles="@(ReferenceFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)" Condition="Exists('%(RootDir)%(Directory)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
    </Target>
    
    <Target Name="CopyReferenceFilesPublish" BeforeTargets="Publish">
        <ItemGroup>
            <ReferenceFiles Include="%(Reference.RelativeDir)%(Reference.Filename).xml;%(Reference.RelativeDir)%(Reference.Filename).pdb" Exclude="%(Reference.RelativeDir)netstandard.xml" />
        </ItemGroup>
        <Message Text="Copying reference files to $(PublishDir)" Importance="High" />
        <Copy SourceFiles="@(ReferenceFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(PublishDir)" Condition="Exists('%(RootDir)%(Directory)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
    </Target>

    <Target Name="CopyReferenceFilesBuild" BeforeTargets="Build">
        <ItemGroup>
            <ReferenceFiles Include="%(Reference.RelativeDir)%(Reference.Filename).xml;%(Reference.RelativeDir)%(Reference.Filename).pdb" Exclude="%(Reference.RelativeDir)netstandard.xml" />
        </ItemGroup>
        <Message Text="Copying reference files to $(OutputPath)" Importance="High" />
        <Copy SourceFiles="@(ReferenceFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(OutputPath)" Condition="Exists('%(RootDir)%(Directory)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
    </Target>
    
    <Target Name="CopyReferenceFilesPublish" BeforeTargets="Publish">
        <ItemGroup>
            <ReferenceFiles Include="%(Reference.RelativeDir)%(Reference.Filename).xml;%(Reference.RelativeDir)%(Reference.Filename).pdb" Exclude="%(Reference.RelativeDir)netstandard.xml" />
        </ItemGroup>
        <Message Text="Copying reference files to $(PublishDir)" Importance="High" />
        <Copy SourceFiles="@(ReferenceFiles)" DestinationFolder="$(PublishDir)" Condition="Exists('%(RootDir)%(Directory)%(Filename)%(Extension)')" />
    </Target>

if anybody wants it anyway

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