Stop windows service before CruiseControl.NET get latest

Question

Hey,

I'm trying to figure out how to run a bat file that stops a windows service before the CruiseControl.NET project gets latest, as it'll fail saying the files are in use (by the running windows service.) I can't figure out how to run a task before it gets latest, as the source control block isn't a task, it's directly under the project node.

<project name="projectname" queue="queuename" queuePriority="1">
    <workingDirectory>C:\Build</workingDirectory>
    <category>companyname</category>
    <webURL>http://ip/ccnet/server/local/project/projectname/ViewProjectReport.aspx&lt;/webURL&gt;
    <triggers>
      <intervalTrigger seconds="60" />
    </triggers>
    <modificationDelaySeconds>60</modificationDelaySeconds>
    &sc;
    <tasks>
      <msbuild>
        <executable>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe</executable>
        <workingDirectory>C:\Build\Web\H4</workingDirectory>
        <projectFile>solution.sln</projectFile>
        <buildArgs>/v:quiet /noconlog /p:Configuration=Debug</buildArgs>
        <targets>Build</targets>
        <timeout>900</timeout>
        <logger>C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\server\Rodemeyer.MsBuildToCCnet.dll</logger>
      </msbuild>
      <exec>
        <executable>deleteTestResults.bat</executable>
        <baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\H4Test</baseDirectory>
        <buildArgs></buildArgs>
        <buildTimeoutSeconds>30</buildTimeoutSeconds>
      </exec>
      <exec>
        <executable>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\mstest.exe</executable>
        <baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\</baseDirectory>
        <buildArgs>/testcontainer:testproject\bin\debug\testproject.dll /runconfig:localtestrun.Testrunconfig /resultsfile:H4Test\testResults.trx</buildArgs>
        <buildTimeoutSeconds>900</buildTimeoutSeconds>
      </exec>
    </tasks>
    <publishers>
      <merge>
        <files>
          <file>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\testproject\testResults.trx</file>
        </files>
      </merge>
      <xmllogger logDir="C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\Logs\companyname\projectname\" />
    </publishers>
  </project>

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks, Justin

Answer 1

Can't you just add a new exec before the msbuild task: i.e.

<tasks>     
    <exec>
        <executable>StopMyServices.bat</executable>
        <baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\H4Test</baseDirectory>
        <buildArgs></buildArgs>
        <buildTimeoutSeconds>30</buildTimeoutSeconds>
    </exec>
    <msbuild>
        <executable>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe</executable>
        <workingDirectory>C:\Build\Web\H4</workingDirectory>
        <projectFile>solution.sln</projectFile>
        <buildArgs>/v:quiet /noconlog /p:Configuration=Debug</buildArgs>
        <targets>Build</targets>
        <timeout>900</timeout>
        <logger>C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\server\Rodemeyer.MsBuildToCCnet.dll</logger>
    </msbuild>
    <exec>
        <executable>deleteTestResults.bat</executable>
        <baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\H4Test</baseDirectory>
        <buildArgs></buildArgs>
        <buildTimeoutSeconds>30</buildTimeoutSeconds>
    </exec>
    <exec>
        <executable>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\mstest.exe</executable>
        <baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\</baseDirectory>
        <buildArgs>/testcontainer:testproject\bin\debug\testproject.dll /runconfig:localtestrun.Testrunconfig /resultsfile:H4Test\testResults.trx</buildArgs>
        <buildTimeoutSeconds>900</buildTimeoutSeconds>
    </exec>
</tasks>