msbuild projects build order
hi i am building a solution in visual studio 2005 it is working fine but when i am building it from msbuild some files does not copy in start up projects bin folder please tell me how to solve this problem. thanks ...
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Use $safeprojectname$ (Template Project) in msbuild targets
Hi, I have a VS2008 Template Project. This project has a script.targets (MSBUILD). I want that when I create new project from Template Project, I use $safeprojectname$ value in my targets file. is it possible ?? sample MSbuild targets <Project InitialTargets="Install" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> ...
Build VS2010 solution on Team Build 2008 - MSTest failed to run
Hello folk, I have a weird problem while building VS2010 solution incl. unit tests on a Team Build 2008 server. It builds the solution and also can run the test without an error, but after running the test I get following warning which makes the build breaking: MSBUILD : warning MSB6003: The specified task executable "MSTest.exe" ...
Interpreting MSBuild Performance Summary Output
I am trying to understand some performance summary output from MSBuild. The results look like this: Target Performance Summary: 0 ms PrepareForRun 74 calls 0 ms Compile 74 calls ... ... ... ... 15173 ms ResolveProjectRef...
How do I execute tasks in MSBUILD?
I'm trying to wrap my head around MSBuild. I have a very simple script that does the following so far: Builds a solution and places it in my drop location. I have created a <Target> and in it I would like to copy files and from my source control location and drop them in the drop location as well. Eventually the script will have to c...
Conditionals in Visual Studio 2010 Project files
In a Visual Studio 2010 C++ project file, is it possible to use conditionals to determine the presence of a library, and alter preprocessor flags, etc appropriately? To be more concrete, say we have a directory C:\libraries\MKL, i would like to #define MKL and add mkl_dll.lib as an additional dependency if that directory exists. Previo...
Binding a WPF RichTextBox to a styled XML document, on-the-fly.
Alright, so, here is the scenario: I am outputting the result of a console app (in my case, MSBuild) and it has colors. I want to use those colors, or at least some colors, in a RichTextBox on my WPF page. I successfully have it routing the output to the RTB and it works great by adding new inlines. It's fast and efficient. The problem...
Code Coverage report on unit tests for Windows CE code using TFS 2010
I have a unique combination of platforms in my solution that has stumped me. We need to generate code coverage statistics for unit tests that we're writing for our Windows CE code. We're using Visual Studio 2008 to write the CE code, of course, because VS 2010 doesn't support smart devices. Unfortunately, MSTest won't instrument CE ass...
Can MSBuild run regex on my config files ?
MSBuild generates a configuration file for me. I would then like to replace certain strings in the file. Is this possible? Also, I use Visual Studio as well to build my project. Can I do the same thing from Visual Studio? Thanks! ...
Why is the MSBuild task ResolveProjectReferences taking a really long time?
I have a Silverlight 4 solution that takes a really long time to build from both VS2010 and the MSBuild 4 command line. The solution contains 42 projects, one is a Silverlight application project, one web application project, and the rest are class libraries. The MSBuild diag summary shows these tasks are taking some considerable time....
Visual Studio 2008 locks custom MSBuild Task assemblies
I'm developing a custom MSBuild task that builds an ORM layer, and using it in a project. I'm being hampered by Visual Studio's behaviour of holding onto MSBuild task DLLs and not letting go. I'd like to organize my solution like this; My Solution | +- (1) ORM Layer Custom Task Project | | | +- BuildOrmLayerTask.cs // here's...
MSBuild/TFS Build property for the test results out directory path
I am running a build using TFS 2008 to build a Visual Studio 2010 solution. The build is set to run unit tests, and when it does, it creates a folder such as this to hold the test results: D:\Temp\MyApp\MyApp.Dev\TestResults\MyAccount_MyBuildServerName 2010-07-29 18_07_00_Any CPU_Release\Out\ Is there a built-in property I can use in ...
Run JAR file with PSExec and CMD
I need to run a jar file on a remote machine. The jar takes several arguments. psexec \\somemachine -i /accepteula -i -u domain\user -p password cmd /S "c:\mydir\myjar.jar" [my jar args here] Can someone tell me how to do this? The closest I have gotten is getting CMD to launch but with not command. ...
MsBuild or Nant
Possible Duplicate: Nant or MSBuild, which one to choose and when? I am creating .net projects with visual studio. I am looking at adding some build events to minimize and compine javascript files integrated into my build. I am aware that there are 2 options open to me, nant and msbuild. I have knowledge on neither so wonderi...
MSBuild How do I copy files to build machine from network location?
I simply want to copy all the files and folders from a network location to the build location (where the script is run). The following runs without error but no files are copied. <PropertyGroup> <FileRepositry>\\network_machine\c$\some_folder</FileRepositry> </PropertyGroup> </Target> <Target Name="CopyFileRepository...
MSBuild task to get update FileAssemblyVersion for only projects with changes.
Is there any way, using msbuild or otherwise, to detect which projects have changes in the current build and update the FileAssemblyVersion attribute in AssemblyInfo.cs for those projects only? ...
MSBuild Task from .csproj File
I Am trying to add a Post Build MSBuild event to my csproj to do this i am trying to call an MSBuild task from inside the Afterbuild target in the.csproj file <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.-->...
MSBuild transform not evaluating wildcards.
I am having some trouble with a MSBuild file that I am trying to compile some custom libraries. <PropertyGroup> <FullVersion>10.8.0.0</FullVersion> </PropertyGroup> <ItemGroup> <LibsToBuild Include=".\Lib1"> <Bin>bin\*.*</Bin> <Project>Library 1</Project> <Build>ReleaseNoProtect</Build> <V...
Custom common target to build a solution
I created a custom common target "RealClean" which remove every files in the output and "intermediate output" directory. I put it in the Microsoft.Common.targets file. When I run MsBuild on my csproj everything is fine. But when I run MsBuild on my sln (which just references a list of csproj) I have the following error error MSB4057: Th...
How to handle Class Library/Solution/WebProject in MSBuild 2.0 and CrusiseControl.Net
I am working on CI tool CruiseControl.Net and MSBuild. I have many .csproj,.sln files and web projects (more than 30). We have 30 developers and they work on multiple projects in any given time. As of now, the developer do not release .sln and .csproj files for build. Now my question is how to handle build file as : 1. Since devel...