How can we generate the build file from VS.NET

Question

Hi,

If i have a VS.NET 2008 solution , and i want to export the build script so that i can use it to build the same application in another environment which does not have VS.NET, how can i extract this make or build script from the VS.NET ?

Thanks.

Answer 1

If your solution consists of .csproj or .vbproj, it is already a build script with MSBuild as the build engine. MSBuild comes with .NET framework, not with Visual Studio.

Edit:

You can launch MSBuild from the following locations:

%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727
%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5
%windir%\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.xxx

Starting with version 3.5 of the tool, you can specify the target framework for which you want to build by specifying the "ToolsVersion" attribute on the project element.