Visual Studio Build Event Immediately Return

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I have a somewhat long-running post-build event (long enough to be annoying to wait for but short enough to be finished after each release compilation) that I want to return immediately to VS. I've tried to run batch files with start but visual studio still waits for the cmd window to close before returning success.

Is there a way to immediately return success when spawning this post-build event?

Thanks.

score 14 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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This question seems to think that there is a way:

powershell start-process <actual-command-line-to-run>

Haven't tested it myself though.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:18

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answered Aug 02 '11 at 15:31

MatsT

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Can confirm it works - just tested it out by adding a 'pause' command to a batch file - Compilation succeeds while the batch window blocks asking 'Press any key to continue'. Thanks! – Karl Cassar Oct 25 '12 at 10:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '16 at 00:35

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Placing for a more direct answer that isn't a workaround, simply type "cmd" as the first line, followed by whatever commands you wish to use.

answered May 21 '16 at 00:35

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 02 '11 at 15:37

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If you want to use a batch file, you could try the start inside of the batch, or try to place it in the Post-build settings.

Inside of the batch

@echo off
if "%~1"=="async" goto :async
start "" "%~0" async %*
exit /b

:async
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answered Aug 02 '11 at 15:37

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Visual Studio Build Event Immediately Return

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