I am getting the following error when building my code: C:\Program Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\Microsoft.CppCommon.targets(151,5): error MSB6006: "cmd.exe" exited with code 3. Done ex...

I try to use a shared .pch file, which is compiled in one project and used in others. However the .pch file is deleted if a .pdb filename of the PCH project differs from .pdb filenames of the othe...

I have a Visual Studio project with several Custom Build steps in it, but some of them are simply failing to run. There are no errors and no warnings, and according to the build logs they are runni...

Both project settings allow me to execute custom commands. What are the benefits or drawbacks of each?

We have an in house compiler and linker tool that we're trying to make MSBUILD compatible (i.e. proper behavior in build/incremental builds/rebuild/clean scenarios) In the first step we actually c...

I'm having an issue with TeamCity, building some Android APK's. I have both a QA and Release APK's, each in it's own build step. The problem is the Release build step never completes, as it seems...

I am using a Custom Build Step to copy the built DLL (i.e. $(TargetPath)) of a C++ project to a different location on disk. I've set the Output of the Custom Build Step to the destination DLL path...

I am using the odb compiler as a custom build tool. The build tool is always executing even though the input file is not changing. The command line: odb -Ic:\menuplan\src\ingredient -o c:\menup...

I'm trying to add a custom build step in CMake that generates some files. I haven't found a description how it works. I have an project where source, header & implementation files have to be ...

I have a custom build step in a Visual Studio 2013 solution. The custom build step calls a python script on a text file that refers to several other files in my solution. I want the custom build st...

I have an external tool I need to be executed everytime Intellij runs Make. In eclipse I could easily modify the build steps, but I dunno how to achieve that here. Any ideas? I expect that it wou...

Can someone write (or link to) a walkthrough that explains exactly how to create a custom MSBuild task and run it during a build? I'm looking for a custom task that inherits from Microsoft.Build.Ut...

I am developing an iPhone app and there will be a Full as well as a Lite version of that app. In order get both bundles from the same source code and Xcode project I added another target to the Xco...

I work on a large project in an organization that is (slowly) upgrading our development processes to be a bit more modern. We currently are considering moving to a Continuous Integration model; as ...

Using Visual Studio 2008, When I add to a C++ project a file that is not .c/.cpp/.h/.rc or anything the IDE doesn't recognize a dialog pops up which asks me if I want to create a custom build step ...