How do I get notification that the local Visual Studio build is complete?

Question

There doesn't seem to be a post-build solution task. One could presumably hack it by creating a dummy project that is the last one to build and put a beep in the post-build project.

Answer 1

Do you need something like this (screenshot is there)?

Did you know you can assign sounds to a few Visual Studio events? You can assign a WAV file to play when a build fails or succeeds. Just open the Control Panel, select Sounds and Audio Devices and then click the Sounds tab. Scroll down to Microsoft Development Environment. I assigned my Build Succeeded to a WAV file of Darth Vader saying "All Too Easy" and my Build Failed to a WAV file of Han Solo saying "I got a bad feeling about this."

Answer 2

You could write a simple .bat file that you could add to the post-build events...

Here a link: Pre-build Event/Post-build Event Command Line Dialog Box

Answer 3

Go to Start -> Control Panel -> Sounds and Audio Devices. Then on the Sounds tab you'll find a set of sounds for Microsoft Visual Studio in the Program Events list. You can attach a sound to build finishing, etc.

Answer 4

I have used this.
It's pretty neat for visual notification, while the options posted by others are all fine for audio.

Answer 5

Personally I just have the "Output" window turn on by default and don't use the task list. This way I can see what it is doing at all times. I find the messages from this window to be much more enlightening than the task/error list.