# Troubles with FB 5 and Web Application Project

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/troubles-with-fb-5-and-web-application-project/738
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**Created:** [February 1, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/troubles-with-fb-5-and-web-application-project/738 "2008-02-01T11:38:46Z")
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### Author: ![deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/deleted_user/32/937_2.png) [@deleted\_user](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/deleted_user)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2008, 11:38am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/troubles-with-fb-5-and-web-application-project/738/1 "2008-02-01T11:38:46Z")

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Hi,

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We upgraded our major Web Site to a VS 2005 SP1 Web Applcation Project (WAP) to improve build times.

Tonight was my first attempt at deploying our new WAP using FinalBuilder,&nbsp; but I'm not having any luck in publishing or building the WAP and all it's dependencies and contents to a specific folder (other than the folder it resides in).

Previously, I built the solution using the VS.NET Build action and specified in the Solution file XML to "compile" to a PreCompiled folder. To deploy the whole web site, I just xcopy'd the files from the PreCompiled folder across FTP or onto a network drive.

The same approach doesn't work for WAPs.

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How do I publish the WAP to a folder using Finalbuilder (like I can in VS)?

Should I be using another action instead?

Thanks,

-Vijay

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### Author: ![angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@angus](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/angus)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2008, 11:56am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/troubles-with-fb-5-and-web-application-project/738/2 "2008-02-03T11:56:25Z")

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Hi Vijay,   
  
 Thanks for your post. To do this, you’ll need to create a Visual Studio Web Deployment project for the WAP. You can then use this to deploy the site, using the MSBuild Action.   
  
 There’s a blog post which explains how to create and configure a deployment project, here:   
  
 [http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/11/06/429723.aspx](http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2005/11/06/429723.aspx)   
  
 Regards,   
  
 Angus