Specifying additional conditional compilation symbols via devenv for a C# solution

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I'm trying to pass an additional conditional compilation symbol via devenv (vs2010) on the command line to the C# compiler.

I know it can be done for the C++ compiler through the CL environment variables. Is there something similar possible for C#?

Since this build pass needs to run Code Analysis, I'm stuck with using devenv to launch the build, as far as I know.

Not with devenv.exe. You can with MSBuild, /property option to *replace* the `` property, not add. — Hans Passant, Oct 19 '10 at 13:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 30 '11 at 05:17

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You can't specify any compilation symbols via the command line to devenv.exe but you can create a separate solution configuration and refer to it in the command line:

devenv.exe SolutionName /build SolnConfigName

answered Jan 30 '11 at 05:17

Mark Cidade

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 19 '10 at 13:15

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In the project settings under build there is a setting "symbols for conditional compilation", at least in vs2008, but I think vs2010 wilkl provide similar.

answered Oct 19 '10 at 13:15

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Yup - and I'd like to control that via the command line of devenv. – Frederik Oct 19 '10 at 14:19

Specifying additional conditional compilation symbols via devenv for a C# solution

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