Replace string in ASPX with build version at build time

Question

Is there a way to look for a pattern in aspx/ascx files and replace it with a build number or some other token? I'm not interested in using reflection and setting the string at runtime. I'd like to go into the aspx/ascx files and replace the string using msbuild.

Is this possible?

Is this what do you want to do? weblogs.asp.net/srkirkland/archive/2010/12/07/… — Pablo Claus
– Pablo Claus, Commented Jun 26, 2012 at 0:41

Sean Glover · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-26 01:02:45Z

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There's a project called MSBuild Community Tasks that contains a FileUpdateTask. This should satisfy your requirement. It allows you to make arbitrary text replacements using regular expressions.

<FileUpdate Files="MyWebPage.aspx"
            Regex="\<div id\=\'version\'\>(.*)\<\/div\>"
            ReplacementText="$(BuildVersion)" />

Please note that I haven't tested this regular expression.

answered Jun 26, 2012 at 1:02

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