How to use an OR statement in a Post-Build event?

Question

I am trying to use a conditional with an OR in a Post-Build event, but so far, I have had not luck. The following does not work:

if not "$(ConfigurationName)" == "Debug" or not "$(ConfigurationName)" == "Release" (

but this works:

if not "$(ConfigurationName)" == "Debug" (

With the first one, I get an exist code 4.

Chris Leyva · Answer 1 · 2013-01-28T13:22:41.483

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It seems like there is no provision for OR/AND in conditionals in Pre-Post Build events, at least according to its lack of documentation over here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490920.aspx

You would have to re-write your IF statement to do what you would want to do.

if not "$(ConfigurationName)" == "Debug" (
   rem do something
) else if not "$(ConfigurationName)" == "Release" (
   rem do the same thing as above
)

Hope that helps, though your conditions don't make sense to me. :-)

edited Jan 28 '13 at 13:22

answered Jan 28 '13 at 13:07

Chris Leyva

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I think he he created a custom configuration (or perhaps more than one) and he wants to target those instead of Debug/Release. – eburgos Aug 09 '13 at 13:38
Anyway, I tried this solution to a similar problem. It worked for me but I had to remove the double quotes as in if not $(ConfigurationName) == Debug . Maybe both works – eburgos Aug 09 '13 at 13:39

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 04 '16 at 21:24

If you want to execute some logic in a Post-Build event where the ConfigurationName is not "Debug" or "Release", try the following:

if not "$(ConfigurationName)" == "Debug" (if not "$(ConfigurationName)" == "Release" (***ADD LOGIC HERE - ConfigurationName is not "Debug" or "Release"***))

How to use an OR statement in a Post-Build event?

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