Build another project by prebuild event without adding reference

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I am copying .exe file form a separate to my main project's folder on prebuild event but I need to build that project before build my main project so i want to build that project on prebuild event of my main project.

A better solution (if read in 2018) would be to setup a project dependency, see instructions at: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2868986/2193151 — Bonghi, Oct 28 '18 at 18:52

score 13 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 25 '19 at 04:53

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This is what worked for me:

"$(DevEnvDir)devenv" "$(SolutionDir)MySolution.sln" /Build $(configuration) /project "$(SolutionDir)MyProjectFolder\MyProject.csproj"

Here $(DevEnvDir), $(SolutionDir), and $(configuration) are Visual Studio Macros, so this command will be translated into:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\devenv" "D:\Learning\MySolutionFolder\MySolutionName.sln" /Build Debug /project "D:\Learning\MySolutionFolder\MyProjectFolder\MyProject.csproj"

edited Apr 25 '19 at 04:53

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answered Aug 18 '18 at 10:27

Mykhailo Seniutovych

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$(DevEnvDir) and $(SolutionDir) should NOT be followed by \ because the variables end with \ – Bojidar Stanchev Feb 22 '19 at 16:23

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 25 '19 at 04:52

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Not that this is the best solution, but it will definitely work for what you want to do: Put the below into your pre-build event

"$(VS100COMNTOOLS)..\IDE\devenv" "csproj location OR sln location" /Rebuild "configuration required if you have more than configuration ex: Debug|x64"

edited Apr 25 '19 at 04:52

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answered Nov 09 '12 at 02:51

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Thank for this! I use Visual studio 2015 and now it will looks like `"$(DevEnvDir)\devenv" "csproj location OR sln location" /Rebuild "configuration required if you have more than configuration ex: Debug|x64"` – Sousuke Sep 11 '15 at 12:22

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 24 '21 at 02:08

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"$(DevEnvDir)devenv" "$(SolutionPath)" /Rebuild $(configuration) /project "$(SolutionDir)MyProjectFolder\MyProject.csproj"

Tested now on Visual Studio Community 16.11.1

answered Aug 24 '21 at 02:08

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 03 '22 at 13:16

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Using the below command in visual studio 2019, build is faster with msbuild as compared to "$(DevEnvDir)devenv".

msbuild "$(SolutionDir)Sample.sln" /p:configuration=$(configuration)

answered Feb 03 '22 at 13:16

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Build another project by prebuild event without adding reference

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