Unable to deploy/push to a GitHub the .Net 4.72 ASMX Webservice because of error MSB4019 (Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" was not found)

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Unable to deploy/push to a GitHub the .Net 4.72 ASMX Webservice because of error MSB4019 (Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" was not found)

Mikhail 41

I have .NET 4.72 ASMX Web Service that references a .Net Standard 2.0 class library with the Entity Framework

I am using Visual Studio 2022

Everything works fine when I work with the code locally. Everything successfully compiles and runs

However, when I try to push the code to a GIT repository, the code fails. It gives me this error

error MSB4019: The imported project "/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/7.0.305/Microsoft/VisualStudio/v17.0/WebApplications/Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" was not found. Confirm that the expression in the Import declaration "/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/7.0.305/Microsoft/VisualStudio/v17.0/WebApplications/Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" is correct, and that the file exists on disk.

I tried to remove all those targets references from my proj file, but the VS adds this line automatically

<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v17.0\WebApplications\Microsoft.WebApplication.targets" />

If I force this targets reference out of the proj file, I will get a different error

error MSB3644: The reference assemblies for .NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2 were not found. To resolve this, install the Developer Pack (SDK/Targeting Pack) for this framework version or retarget your application. You can download .NET Framework Developer Packs at https://aka.ms/msbuild/developerpacks

I also tried to copy target files locally in the project folder and reference them from there

Also, I tried to use

Instead of

Nothings works

What can I do to successfully push the code to GitHub

Thank you in advance

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Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Microsoft External Staff

Hi @Mikhail,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

How did you push the code to a Git repository?

For error MSB4019, please try to manually copy the Microsoft.WebApplication.targets file (it may be located at “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022<version>\MSBuild\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v17.0\WebApplications”) to the location "/usr/share/dotnet/sdk/7.0.305/Microsoft/VisualStudio/v17.0/WebApplications”.

For error MSB3644, please go to your Visual Studio Installer > Modify > Individual components > ensure that “.NET Framework 4.7.2 targeting pack” and “.NET Framework 4.7.2 SDK” are checked.

Then, try pushing your code again.

Sincerely,

Anna

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Mikhail 41 Reputation points

2023-07-05T13:59:49.7933333+00:00

Anna, thank you very much for your answer

I did check and both components that you mentioned are checked

I still have the error

I don't think I have the access to /usr/share/dotnet/sdk/7.0.305/Microsoft/VisualStudio folder but I managed to localize the target files and referenced them within the project

I still get the error "error MSB3644: The reference assemblies for .NETFramework,Version=v4.7.2 were not found. To resolve this, install the Developer Pack (SDK/Targeting Pack) for this framework version or retarget your application."

Any other ideas and thank you in advace
Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-07-06T09:54:15+00:00

Hello, please try to manually download and install the .NET Framework 4.7.2 Developer pack offline installer.

Mikhail 41

After an extensive research I came to a realization that I might to update the build_check.yaml file for a solution. Currently it accounts for the .NET Core. Should I update it in some specific way to account for the .Net Framework 4.7.2?

Here are the contents of the yaml file that I currently have

name: Build check

on:
  pull_request:

jobs:
  test:
    name: Build check
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - name: Setup .NET Core
      uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
      with:
        dotnet-version: |
          6.0.x
          7.0.x
    - name: Restore packages for solution
      run: dotnet restore
    - name: Build solution
      run: dotnet build --no-restore -c debug
#    - name: Run tests
#      run: dotnet test --no-build -c debug

Anna Xiu-MSFT 31,056 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2023-07-10T10:50:40.98+00:00

Hello, are you using GitHub Actions to deploy your code to Azure?

Please view: Deploy your application to Azure using GitHub Actions workflows created by Visual Studio.

It only supports .NET projects currently.

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