Publish target not working with relative path

[ipjohnson]

Using VS 2017 I created a new ASP.Net Core project (net461). I went to publish the project using "Web Deploy Package" option and chose a relative path ("..\output\Test.zip").

I get the following error.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\MSBuild\Sdks\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish\build\netstandard1.0\PublishTargets\Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Publish.MSDeployPackage.targets(88,5): Error : Web deployment task failed. (The path '..\output\WebApplication2.Parameters.xml' is not valid.)
Package failed.

If I change the package path to be something like "C:\temp\Test.zip" it works fine and creates the package.

[tomkuijsten]

Thanks for the work around, I had the same issue.

Got some more detail which might be interesting. If you select a relative path it does:

• create the folder
• create *.Parameters.xml (with content)
• create *.SourceManifest.xml (with content)
• NOT create the zip

VS2017 Professional (15.2.26430.6)
ASP.NET Core Web Application (.NET Framework) - WebAPI

[ales004]

I also have the same problem.

I also tried with:
Test.zip
.\Test.zip
./Test.zip

in all cases I get the same error as above.

[levicki]

@AR-May For me publish to folder doesn't work in VS 2022 17.3.6 with any path, absolute or relative. It says succeeded but nothing is ever copied to publish location. I see a lot of hits on google for this issue with no resolution. Is Microsoft even aware of the problem? Do you people not test anything other than cloud and AI crap you keep forcing on us?