How to pause in the middle of the execution of a MSBuild script?

Question

I tried to use:

<Exec Command="pause" />

But that doesn't work. Please help to to pause!

Nam.

Answer 1

The MSBuild Community Tasks has a Prompt task that sounds like it will work for you. I've never used it myself, so can't say from experience.

Answer 2

Dear Hashimi, I've tried Prompt task with an sample script as below. It works. Thank you! Nam.

<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="MAIN" >
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets" />

  <Target Name="MAIN">
    <MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Prompt Text="Press any key..." >
      <Output TaskParameter="UserInput" PropertyName="out" />
    </MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Prompt>
  </Target>
</Project>