.net - change multi-target project output path and file name

Question

I have a project in D:devapp with this configuration:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.WindowsDesktop">

    <PropertyGroup>
        <OutputType>WinExe</OutputType>
        <TargetFrameworks>net48;net5.0-windows</TargetFrameworks>
        <UseWindowsForms>true</UseWindowsForms>
    </PropertyGroup>
    
</Project>

what should I add to force VS to generate the exe files as follow:

D:inapp-net48.exe for the net48 target framework

D:inapp-net50.exe for the net5.0-windows target framework

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65599082/change-multi-target-project-output-path-and-file-name

Answer 1

Add a couple of directives

<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net48'">
    <AssemblyName>app-net48</AssemblyName>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net5.0-windows'">
    <AssemblyName>app-net50</AssemblyName>
</PropertyGroup>

surely, you can also use

<Choose>
   <When Condition="....">
      <PropertyGroup>
      </PropertyGroup>
   </When>
   <When Condition="....">
      <PropertyGroup>
      </PropertyGroup>
   </When>
</Choose>

Reference link

use <AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath> in the initial <PropertyGroup> to remove adding folder structures to the output