Unable to deploy to a local server folder asp.net successfully - asp.net

Question

I am new to asp.net
Below is my project file:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Target Name="GatherAllFilesToPublish">
</Target>
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
<ProductVersion>
</ProductVersion>
<SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
<ProjectGuid>{F5500ADD-969D-45A1-A175-0D60ECE982B2}</ProjectGuid>
<ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
<OutputType>Library</OutputType>
<AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
<RootNamespace>SampleWebService</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>SampleWebService</AssemblyName>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<UseIISExpress>false</UseIISExpress>
<TargetFrameworkProfile />
<Use64BitIISExpress />
<IISExpressSSLPort />
<IISExpressAnonymousAuthentication />
<IISExpressWindowsAuthentication />
<IISExpressUseClassicPipelineMode />
<UseGlobalApplicationHostFile />
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="System" />
<Reference Include="System.Data" />
<Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
<Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
<Reference Include="System.ServiceModel.Web" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.ApplicationServices" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.DynamicData" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.Entity" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.Extensions" />
<Reference Include="System.Web" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml" />
<Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.Services" />
<Reference Include="System.EnterpriseServices" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="WebService.asmx" />
<Content Include="Web.config">
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</Content>
<Content Include="Web.Debug.config">
<DependentUpon>Web.config</DependentUpon>
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</Content>
<Content Include="Web.Release.config">
<DependentUpon>Web.config</DependentUpon>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="WebService.asmx.cs">
<DependentUpon>WebService.asmx</DependentUpon>
<SubType>Component</SubType>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Folder Include="App_Data\" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<ProjectReference Include="..\CommonLib\CommonLib.csproj">
<Project>{1B3AF307-D36B-498F-8618-B53688B4FFC6}</Project>
<Name>CommonLib</Name>
</ProjectReference>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile1.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile2.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile3.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile4.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\Profile1.pubxml" />
</ItemGroup>
<Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />
<ProjectExtensions>
<VisualStudio>
<FlavorProperties GUID="{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21}">
<WebProjectProperties>
<UseIIS>False</UseIIS>
<AutoAssignPort>True</AutoAssignPort>
<DevelopmentServerPort>64867</DevelopmentServerPort>
<DevelopmentServerVPath>/</DevelopmentServerVPath>
<IISUrl>
</IISUrl>
<NTLMAuthentication>False</NTLMAuthentication>
<UseCustomServer>False</UseCustomServer>
<CustomServerUrl>
</CustomServerUrl>
<SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>False</SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>
</WebProjectProperties>
</FlavorProperties>
</VisualStudio>
</ProjectExtensions>
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
</Target>
-->
</Project>
When i tried to deploy to a local server by folder,the bin/Release/Publish
does not contain anything.
Also tried the Debug mode too,bin/Debug/Publish folder contains nothing.
When i run publish,below is the following output,
1>------ Publish started: Project: SampleWebService, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
1>Connecting to D:\Project\Sample\SampleWebService\SampleWebService\bin\Release\publish\...
1>Publishing folder /...
1>Web App was published successfully file:///D:/Project/Sample/SampleService/SampleWebService/bin/Release/publish/
1>
========== Build: 0 succeeded, 0 failed, 2 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========
========== Publish: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 skipped ==========
The publish log indicates success but no files inside my publish folder.
i am using visual studio 2017 but the project files should be built using 2010
Based on the following lines:
$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />
V10.0 means visual studio 2010 ,am i right?
Anyone has any idea what is wrong,do i have to use visual studio 2010 to publish my project instead of the latest 2017 version?

Answer 1

Resolved:
The cause is i put the following lines in the project file to resolve the gatherallfilestopublish issue:
</Target>-->
Found another way to resolve the issue as outlined by below forum:
https://forums.asp.net/t/1838524.aspx?The+target+GatherAllFilesToPublish+does+not+exist
Re: The target GatherAllFilesToPublish does not exist
I fixed the issue by doing following modifications to the Project file. have VS 2012 and the web application was MVC 4
Unload the project and start editing the csproj file.
Added following lines.
10.0
$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)
Added following lines.(Note that some of the Import statments may already exisits. In such case you do not need to add them.
Project file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<!--<Target Name="GatherAllFilesToPublish">
</Target>-->
<PropertyGroup>
<Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
<Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
<ProductVersion>
</ProductVersion>
<SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
<ProjectGuid>{F5500ADD-969D-45A1-A175-0D60ECE982B2}</ProjectGuid>
<ProjectTypeGuids>{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21};{fae04ec0-301f-11d3-bf4b-00c04f79efbc}</ProjectTypeGuids>
<OutputType>Library</OutputType>
<AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
<RootNamespace>SampleWebService</RootNamespace>
<AssemblyName>SampleWebService</AssemblyName>
<TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.0</TargetFrameworkVersion>
<UseIISExpress>false</UseIISExpress>
<TargetFrameworkProfile />
<Use64BitIISExpress />
<IISExpressSSLPort />
<IISExpressAnonymousAuthentication />
<IISExpressWindowsAuthentication />
<IISExpressUseClassicPipelineMode />
<UseGlobalApplicationHostFile />
</PropertyGroup>
<!--added-->
<PropertyGroup>
<VisualStudioVersion Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == ''">10.0</VisualStudioVersion>
<VSToolsPath Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' == ''">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v$(VisualStudioVersion)</VSToolsPath>
</PropertyGroup>
<!--added-->
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
<DebugType>full</DebugType>
<Optimize>false</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
<DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<OutputPath>bin\</OutputPath>
<DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
<ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Reference Include="System" />
<Reference Include="System.Data" />
<Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
<Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
<Reference Include="System.ServiceModel.Web" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.ApplicationServices" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.DynamicData" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.Entity" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.Extensions" />
<Reference Include="System.Web" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml" />
<Reference Include="System.Configuration" />
<Reference Include="System.Web.Services" />
<Reference Include="System.EnterpriseServices" />
<Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Content Include="WebService.asmx" />
<Content Include="Web.config">
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</Content>
<Content Include="Web.Debug.config">
<DependentUpon>Web.config</DependentUpon>
<SubType>Designer</SubType>
</Content>
<Content Include="Web.Release.config">
<DependentUpon>Web.config</DependentUpon>
</Content>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Compile Include="WebService.asmx.cs">
<DependentUpon>WebService.asmx</DependentUpon>
<SubType>Component</SubType>
</Compile>
<Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<Folder Include="App_Data\" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<ProjectReference Include="..\CommonLib\CommonLib.csproj">
<Project>{1B3AF307-D36B-498F-8618-B53688B4FFC6}</Project>
<Name>CommonLib</Name>
</ProjectReference>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile1.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile2.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile3.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile4.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\FolderProfile5.pubxml" />
<None Include="Properties\PublishProfiles\Profile1.pubxml" />
</ItemGroup>
<!-- <Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />-->
<Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
<Import Project="$(VSToolsPath)\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" Condition="'$(VSToolsPath)' != ''" />
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" Condition="false" />
<ProjectExtensions>
<VisualStudio>
<FlavorProperties GUID="{349c5851-65df-11da-9384-00065b846f21}">
<WebProjectProperties>
<UseIIS>False</UseIIS>
<AutoAssignPort>True</AutoAssignPort>
<DevelopmentServerPort>64867</DevelopmentServerPort>
<DevelopmentServerVPath>/</DevelopmentServerVPath>
<IISUrl>
</IISUrl>
<NTLMAuthentication>False</NTLMAuthentication>
<UseCustomServer>False</UseCustomServer>
<CustomServerUrl>
</CustomServerUrl>
<SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>False</SaveServerSettingsInUserFile>
</WebProjectProperties>
</FlavorProperties>
</VisualStudio>
</ProjectExtensions>
<!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it.
Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
<Target Name="BeforeBuild">
</Target>
<Target Name="AfterBuild">
</Target>
-->
</Project>