Can I set visual studio to use psake when building?

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I would like to set visual studio to use Psake build by default when building. Is this possible slash more effort than its worth?

@R0MANARMY use psake to trigger msbuild rather than have VS trigger it directly. That way I could code post and pre-build events in powershell rather than the csproj file craziness. — George Mauer, Oct 16 '12 at 17:44
Could you just add a call to a pre-build PSake script and a post-build PSake script into your project file and work from there? — Roman, Oct 16 '12 at 17:50
@R0MANARMY - of course, but then I would be using a completely separate build chain in visual studio than outside of it. — George Mauer, Oct 16 '12 at 17:52

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 22 '12 at 22:30

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Possible yes, and certainly worth the effort if you value consistency in the build, which it sounds like you do.

StudioShell is the main player, and here's a tidy blog post on the matter.

answered Dec 22 '12 at 22:30

Greg Smith

So that project's still kickin' huh? Any idea if it works with vs 2012? – George Mauer Dec 22 '12 at 23:26
Sorry, I couldn't say - haven't tested it. – Greg Smith Dec 22 '12 at 23:40
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@GeorgeMauer And as of [version 1.5](http://studioshell.codeplex.com/workitem/43), it works with VS 2012. – Roman Feb 05 '13 at 15:52

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