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MSBuild tasks give the MSBuild platform the ability to execute any number of actions during the build process. A task is a unit of executable code used by MSBuild to perform atomic build operations.

MSBuild tasks give the MSBuild platform the ability to execute any number of actions during the build process. A task is a unit of executable code used by MSBuild to perform atomic build operations.

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Custom task MSBuild

I created a .dll file that parses WSDL me file and saves it to other files. File is called WsdlParser.dll. Input parameters are: the input file , output file ,the element and parent element. I need to build at another program to call this my dll…
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MSBuild: Build Custom Project Target When Solution Specified

I need to build at the solution level using MSBuild since I have multiple configurations. I have a custom target in my web project that publishes the output. I can specify the web project as the target and it builds fine. But I need to publish the…
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MSBuild target with MSBuild task pass in properties from command line

I have a targets file which uses the MSBuild task to compile bunch of .csproj files. This works as expected. Is it possible to take the properties from the commandline?
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When creating a custom Task how to get access to the MSBuild verbosity?

In the context of creating a custom Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task how do I get access to the MSBuild verbosity? Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.build.utilities.task.aspx MSBuild verbosity: Link
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msbuild task error while loading Microsoft.VisualStudio.Coverage.Analysis

I've written a custom task for analyzing code coverage results. While building the entire solution, I get the following error. error MSB4018: System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly…
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MSBuild How to pass same task to multiple projects

I am wanting to run the same task on multiple projects from one build file without having to copy the task to each project file. I am getting all project files in my solution and:
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NUnit Extension Pack task stop after failed tests

I am running msbuild nunit task from extension pack that has 1 test which fails:
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How to create an sql script file in TFS 2008 at designated directory automatically for developers to add sql script?

I have just revised my question. Actually i wan to create an empty txt/.sql file in TFS 2008 Source Control server at designated directory/folder where developers can add sql script for their part of development. I need this file to be created…
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Roslyn, MSBuildWorkspace.Create not working with msbuild 14 or 12

I've this strange problem trying to write a piece of code analysis and then running it through an MSBuild Task. When I'm running using MSBuild I'm using a MSBuildWorkspace.Create in order to create a workspace. However, this method only works when…
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Getting Publish Details within MVC Razor View

I'm working on an MVC site with a team and I'd like to display the last publish timestamp and the name of the user that last publsihed within a comment inside of the _Layout.cshtml page while we're in development. I'm open to packages or msbuild…
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MSBUILD injecting a property, resolving source root folder

I'm working with a large number of *.csproj that have had the compile\clean targets replaced with a psake targets. Up until now it's been working by resolving to script(s) in a c:\fixedlocation\scripts folder. I'm moving towards to having all…
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MSBuild get %(RecursiveDir) directive from custom task parameter

I'm developing a custom MSBuild task by inheriting from the base Task class. My task calls the Copy task declared in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.dll setting the DestinationFolder property in the process. My custom task has a property called…
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Transform a delimited string to array or ItemGroup

I'm trying to create a MSBuild target to post-process assemblies through a custom executable (e.g. convert.exe). The target receives a semi-colon ; separated list of assemblies as Input and I would like to batch Exec.
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Copy directory structure from list of files using MSBuild

This is slightly complicated than structure copy, hence a separate question. We have this item group which is a collection of files to be copied.
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Make publish script runnable only on correct server

I have added a tsql-test to my deployment scripts that make them run only on the server that they are supposed to run on. Now, I would like to make sure that they won't run if the server is not running the same version as it was when the script was…
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