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copied!<h2>Updating the <code>MinimumRequiredVersion</code> Automatically</h2> <h3>Introduction to Project Editor</h3> <ol> <li><p>In Solution Explorer, right click on your project and select unload project.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/7nAnm.png" alt="Screenshot of Unloading"></p></li> <li><p>Once the project has become unavailable, right click again and select edit <em><code><project_name>.<lang></code></em> proj.</p> <p><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/bgcUL.png" alt="Screenshot of Opening Editor"></p></li> </ol> <h3>Introduction to MSBuild</h3> <ol start="3"> <li><p>Properties use key/value pairs to extract information</p> <ul> <li>Using the property name as an alias, you can use <code>$(OutputPath)</code> to obtain the value for the element <code><OutputPath>.\bin</OutputPath></code></li> </ul></li> <li><p>We’ll use the following properties generated for a ClickOnce deployment</p> <pre class="lang-xaml prettyprint-override"><code><MinimumRequiredVersion>1.0.0.6</MinimumRequiredVersion> <ApplicationRevision>7</ApplicationRevision> <ApplicationVersion>1.0.0.%2a</ApplicationVersion> </code></pre></li> <li><p><code>MSBuild Tasks</code> can be specified in the project (*.proj) file and invoked during a build event.</p> <ul> <li><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff595162.aspx" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>FormatVersion</code></a> is a built-in task for .NET 4.0 and later that formats the ApplicationVersion and ApplicationRevision into a single version number.</li> </ul></li> </ol> <h3>Implementation</h3> <ol start="6"> <li><p>Copy and Paste the following code into the opened project file as a child element to the root <code><Project></code> element.</p> <pre class="lang-xaml prettyprint-override"><code><Target Name="AutoSetMinimumRequiredVersion" BeforeTargets="GenerateDeploymentManifest"> <FormatVersion Version="$(ApplicationVersion)" Revision="$(ApplicationRevision)"> <Output PropertyName="MinimumRequiredVersion" TaskParameter="OutputVersion" /> </FormatVersion> <FormatVersion Version="$(ApplicationVersion)" Revision="$(ApplicationRevision)"> <Output PropertyName="_DeploymentBuiltMinimumRequiredVersion" TaskParameter="OutputVersion" /> </FormatVersion> </Target> </code></pre> <p>This code will take ApplicationVersion and ApplicationRevision as parameters in the Format Version task and will save the output by overwriting the MinimumRequiredVersion with the full publish version.</p></li> <li><p>Save and reload your project. Every ClickOnce deployment will now automatically update to the most recently published version.</p></li> </ol> <hr> <p><em>Many thanks to Kev for <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/13483142/1366033">their answer</a> which I have basically rehashed here with a little bit of added clarification for any beginners.</em> Here's a <a href="http://www.codingeverything.com/2013/05/automatically-increment-minimum.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">blog post</a> I made about the issue that expands even more on my answer here.</p>

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