Why doesn't ASP.NET NuGet package copy the PDFNet folder to the bin directory when publishing?

To get the files copied to the Publish Target Location, please make the following changes:

In your References, please set "Copy Local" property of PDFNet.dll to "True"
Add the following to PublishProfile i.e. *.pubxml

XML

1<Target Name="PDFNetFiles">
2    <ItemGroup>
3        <_CustomFiles Include="bin\**\*" />
4        <FilesForPackagingFromProject Include="%(_CustomFiles.Identity)">
5            <DestinationRelativePath>bin\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)</DestinationRelativePath>
6        </FilesForPackagingFromProject>
7    </ItemGroup>
8</Target>

Under PropertyGroup:

XML

1<CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
2    PDFNetFiles;
3    $(CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn);
4</CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForPackageDependsOn>
5
6<CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeployDependsOn>
7    PDFNetFiles;
8    $(CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeployDependsOn);
9</CopyAllFilesToSingleFolderForMsdeployDependsOn>

Please read more about deploying extra files with ASP.NET.

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