C#•17mo ago

✅ How to get build date of a asp.net app?

i want to display the YYYYMMDD in a blazor wasm app, how can i get the build date to display? i have tried this

    <PropertyGroup>
        <PreBuildEvent>date +"%Y %m %d" > "$(ProjectDir)wwwroot\BuildDate.txt"</PreBuildEvent>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup>
        <PreBuildEvent>date +"%Y %m %d" > "$(ProjectDir)wwwroot\BuildDate.txt"</PreBuildEvent>
    </PropertyGroup>

but that creates a file "\wwwroot\BuildDate.txt", not a file IN wwwroot... ????

5 Replies

Omnissiah•17mo ago

i used <WriteLinesToFile File="$(ProjectDir)\Properties\BuildDate.txt"

skyslide22OP•17mo ago

how do i access Properties then in c#? i have seen mutliple examples with that but nowhere a hint where Properties comes from, no namespace named

Omnissiah•17mo ago

you mean the settings? you should create a settings file

Accord•17mo ago

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skyslide22OP•17mo ago

found my solution

    <PropertyGroup>
        <PreBuildEvent>date +"%Y %m %d" > $(pwd)/Client/wwwroot/BuildDate.txt</PreBuildEvent>
    </PropertyGroup>

    <PropertyGroup>
        <PreBuildEvent>date +"%Y %m %d" > $(pwd)/Client/wwwroot/BuildDate.txt</PreBuildEvent>
    </PropertyGroup>