ScriptCs publish host

Publish ClickOnce apps from C# scripts the easy way.

The ClickTwice host for ScriptCs is distributed as a script pack, exposing a dead-simple API for publishing your app.

Installation

First, install the script pack using the command below

scriptcs -Install ScriptCs.ClickTwice

# or to use the latest development release
scriptcs -Pre -Install ScriptCs.ClickTwice

The NuGet prerelease packages are automatically built and deployed from the develop branch so they can be considered bleeding-edge while the non-prerelease packages will be much more stable.

Note

The ScriptCs.ClickTwice uses NuGet dependencies to bring in some third-party libraries. Check the package details if you are worried about this.

Usage

First, you'll need to import the script pack using the Require<T> method, then to publish your app, just use the PublishApp method, as per below:

var pack = Require<ClickTwicePack>();
pack.PublishApp(yourProjectPathHere).To("./artifacts/publish/");

That's it! Now that is just a plain MSBuild build and publish, with no additional features. If you want to add handlers, you will need to configure your settings object. You can do this by preparing an Action<ClickTwicePackSettings> and pass it directly into your PublishApp method, or use the Configure method

pack.Configure(s => s.WithHandler(new AppInfoHandler()).WithLogger(new FileLogger()));
pack.PublishApp(yourProjectPathHere).To("./artifacts/publish");

And there's even more options available from the ClickTwicePackSettings to explore. For example, the following also works:

pack.Configure(s => 
    s.SetConfiguration("Debug")
    .UseIntegratedMsBuild()
    .SetPlatform("AnyCPU")
    .EnableBuildMessages()
    .WithHandler(new AppInfoHandler())
    .WithLogger(new FileLogger())
);
pack.PublishApp(yourProjectPathHere).To("./artifacts/publish/");

Plus, since ScriptCs scripts can run any C# code, you can now supercharge your build script with anything you can do with C#!

C# 6 support

Note that due to an incompatibility between the internal builder that ships with ClickTwice and the way that ScriptCs loads assemblies, we can only build WPF applications using C# 6 features, by using a system-local copy of MSBuild (i.e. 'shelling out').

If you don't have MSBuild installed in your build environment, and don't need C# 6 features, you can build using a special bundled-in MSBuild instance by adding UseIntegratedMsBuild() to your configuration.

pack.Configure(s => s.UseIntegratedMsBuild());
pack.PublishApp(yourProjectPathHere).To("./artifacts/publish/");

// alternate short form
pack.PublishApp(yourProjectPathHere, s => s.UseIntegratedMsBuild()).To("./artifacts/publish/");

Using this, you don't even need MSBuild installed to build your app!