I have a C# solution in Visual Studio 2017. I also have a batch script called foobar.bat that contains the following code: echo foobar : error 1: This is a test error. My goal is to get only th...

I want to publish my web site after building.Is there any way to run dotnet publish command in post build event in asp,net core? This is my project.json file: { "dependencies": { "Microsoft.NETC...

I am looking for a way to Reload a project OR all projects inside the Solution, with Target node , which is in pre-build events node of .csproj file <Project> ... <Target Name="BeforeBu...

Say for instance I have a Visual Studio project with a configuration called "MyConfig" and I have the compilation symbol MY_CONFIG_SYMBOL defined. Is there a macro or command to see if MY_CONFIG_S...

I'm writing a batch file to be executed from a pre-build event in Visual Studio. How can I make it output errors, warnings and messages to the Visual Studio Error List? It's very hard to search f...

is it possible to make a method call from a postbuild event? namespace Test { public class MyClass { public void DoSomething() { // Do something } } } Of course this class resides in a p...

Does anyone know if it's possible to add something to a nuspec file so that when a package is installed via NuGet a pre or post build event to a project?

In Visual Studio, you can do Add -> Existing Item and then Add as Link from the Add drop down button. This is great. This let's you add a file from another project, and editing the file also edits...

That the logical follow-up for the my previous question: "How to check all projects in solution for some criteria?" I was given quite a good answer to use CustomAfterMicrosoftCommonTargets, CustomB...

In Visual Studio 2008 we run a post build event which calls NANT and in turn creates our config files. e.g. if $(SolutionDir) == . GOTO end nant -buildfile:$(SolutionDir)default.build create..we...