Publish properties not recognized for WPF ClickOnce Package in GitHub Action

[abhilashca]

Hello,

I have a WPF application (.NET Framework, v4.8). I have setup GitHub Action for creating ClickOnce package. Below is the build step.

 # Setup MSBuild
    - name: Setup MSBuild
      if: always()
      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.1

    # Build WPF app
    - name: Build WPF app
      id: build_wpf_app
      if: always()
      run: msbuild ${{env.Solution_Path}} /target:publish /p:Configuration=Release

The above snippet works as expected and generates a ClickOnce package.

Now, when I update the build command as below:

msbuild ${{env.Solution_Path}} /target:publish /p:Configuration=Release;BootstrapperEnabled=true;Install=true;

I am getting below error:

Time Elapsed 00:00:31.62
BootstrapperEnabled=true: D:\a\_temp\5e67135b-dc47-445c-84a4-10cd3b8aa0f5.ps1:2
Line |
   2 |  … /p:Configuration=Release;BootstrapperEnabled=true;Install …
     |                                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | The term 'BootstrapperEnabled=true' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
     | executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is
     | correct and try again.

Now, if I update the build command as below:

msbuild ${{env.Solution_Path}} /target:publish /p:Configuration=Release;Install=true;

I am getting below error:

Time Elapsed 00:00:27.07
Install=true: D:\a\_temp\48ec9f79-b111-4610-88cc-d8959b6b4095.ps1:2
Line |
   2 |  … /target:publish /p:Configuration=Release;Install=true
     |                                                             ~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | The term 'Install=true' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable
     | program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct
     | and try again.

Looks like the publish properties (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/deployment/building-clickonce-applications-from-the-command-line?view=vs-2022) are not supported or I am missing something silly.

Can anyone please help how to fix the issue?

Thanks in advance.

[timheuer]

This is better to be logged in the dotnet/msbuild repo rather than here -- this repo is only for the GitHub action and not for the msbuild tool itself.