Notes about NAnt

website

• http://nant.sourceforge.net/
• documentation, eg list of all tasks: http://nant.sourceforge.net/release/latest/help/tasks/index.html

installation

for installation on Windows, see Setup of Development Environment for Windows#NAnt

usage

• add custom scripts in c#: http://nant.sourceforge.net/release/latest/help/tasks/script.html; also see [1]
  • see also ReplaceInFile in OpenPetra.build

problems

Error message when having .net 4.0 runtime installed: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

• see solution here: http://keithbloom.wordpress.com/2010/09/21/nant-and-the-net-4-error/
  • modify %InstallLocation%\NAnt\bin\NAnt.exe.config and remove at the bottom supportedRuntime version="v4.0.30319"

todo

• run SandCastle from NAnt: http://jachman.wordpress.com/2007/10/22/how-to-build-chm-html-documentation-with-sandcastle-september-ctp-2007-and-nant/