Problem publishing RDLC to remote server

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When I publish my web app to a remote server, the XML of the RDLC report is lost and replaced with the following:

"This is a marker file generated by the precompilation tool, and should not be deleted!"

Depending on the Build Action selected, I will either get the file published with the above content or the file isn't published at all.

How do I publish my RDLC to the remote server without losing the XML? So far, the only way I've been able to do it is manually migrating the file.

What I have tried:

I have tried various Build Action and Copy to Output Directory combinations with no success.

Posted 6-Mar-24 3:01am

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Richard Deeming · Accepted Answer · 2024-03-06T04:42:00

It sounds like you're publishing your site as precompiled and not updatable:
Precompiling Your Website (C#) | Microsoft Learn[^]

The compiler seems to think your RDLC file is a page to be compiled, so it gets compiled into the .dll, and the file is replaced with a marker.

According to this SO answer[^], you need to set the build action to "content", and remove the RDLC build provider from the web.config file:

XML

<buildProviders>
    <!-- Remove this: -->
    <add extension=".rdlc" type="..." />
</buildProviders>