Is MaxCPUCount parameter works for MSBUILD to build Delphi projects?

Question

MSBuild has parameter MaxCPUCount. Is this parameter works for Delphi project groups (.groupproj) or projects (.dproj) ? I don't see any performance improvement using MaxCPUCount for my build.

Answer 1

The MaxCPUCount parameter has no impact when building Delphi project files, .groupproj or .dproj.

However, this answer suggests that you can make your own overall msbuild project file that enables parallel building.

Some more useful links:

• http://blogs.msdn.com/b/msbuild/archive/2007/04/26/building-projects-in-parallel.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb651793.aspx
• Visual Studio 2010, how to build projects in parallel on multicore