build-release-binaries.yml

# this script builds the solution and projects, just to see if they will successfully build
# before merging a pull request.
name: build-release-binaries
run-name: Release build for ${{ github.event_name }} triggered by ${{ github.triggering_actor }}
concurrency:
  group: release-binaries
on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - master
    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  build-and-upload-binaries:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      # get the latest code from the repo
      - name: Checkout Code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      # display environment variables, for audit purposes
      - name: Check Environment
        run: |
          dir env:

      # add msbuild to the PATH variable
      - name: Setup MSBuild
        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1

      # create the output folder
      - name: Create Build Directory
        run: mkdir _build

      # run msbuild to create the executable
      - name: build executable
        id: build-ui-executable
        working-directory: Solution
        run: |
          msbuild.exe `
          TrangTest.sln `
          /nologo `
          /nr:false `
          /p:DeployOnBuild=true `
          /p:DeployDefaultTarget=WebPublish `
          /p:WebPublishMethod=FileSystem `
          /p:DeleteExistingFiles=True `
          /p:platform="Any CPU" `
          /p:configuration="Release" `
          /p:PublishUrl="..\_build" `
          -fl

      # send build log to github output
      - name: Upload Build Log
        id: upload-build-log
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: build-executable-log
          path: ${{ github.workspace }}\Solution\msbuild.log
          retention-days: 5

      # check for build success before continuing
      - name: Upload Check
        id: upload-check
        if: ${{ steps.build-ui-executable.outcome != 'success' }}
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          script: |
            core.setFailed('user-installer build failed, no sense continuing...')

      # zip the build output
      - name: zip build artifact
        id: zip-build-artifact
        run: |
          7z a -tzip ${{ github.workspace }}\Build_Release.zip ${{ github.workspace }}\Solution\TrangTestStub\bin\Release\*

      # send build output to github output
      - name: Upload Build Artifact
        id: upload-build-artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: build-executable-artifact
          path: ${{ github.workspace }}\Build_Release.zip
          retention-days: 5