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An event to run scripts, macros or other custom actions after compilation.

Build events can be used to run scripts, macros, or other custom actions as a part of the compilation process.

Post-build events occur after compilation. These actions (if specified) are executed just after compilation.

How to specify build event - MSDN

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Visual Studio Post Build Event - Copy to Relative Directory Location

On a successful build, I wish to copy the contents of the output directory to a different location under the same "base" folder. This parent folder is a relative part and can vary based on Source Control settings. I have listed a few of the Macro…
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XCOPY switch to create specified directory if it doesn't exist?

I am using XCOPY in a post-build event to copy compiled DLLs from their output folders to the main app's output folder. The DLLs are being copied to a "Modules" subfolder in the main app output folder, like this: xcopy "$(TargetPath)"…
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Visual Studio: Run C++ project Post-Build Event even if project is up-to-date

In Visual Studio (2008) is it possible to force the Post-Build Event for a C++ project to run even if the project is up-to-date? Specifically, I have a project which builds a COM in-process server DLL. The project has a post-build step which runs…
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Copy target file to another location in a post build step in CMake

I have a dynamic library that gets a different name depending on configuration, specified in the CMake scripts by: set_target_properties(${name} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${outputName}64) set_target_properties(${name} PROPERTIES DEBUG_OUTPUT_NAME…
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How do I fix MSB3073 error in my post-build event?

I'm working on a project that requires that DLLs generated by building my solution to be copied from the bin folder to another folder, both of which are on my machine, in my C drive. I've written a batch file that uses xcopy to accomplish this,…
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Can I copy multiple named files on the Windows command line using a single "copy" command?

I'd like to copy several known files to another directory as a part of a post-build event, but I don't want to have lines and lines of "copy [file] [destination] [switches]" in my build event. If possible, I'd like to list out the files I'd like to…
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PostBuildEvent Create Directory

I'm trying to create a folder named Design in the build output folder using th following commandline in the PostBuildEvent in visual studio mkdir $(TargetDir)Design ....Runs Successfully but folder is not created mkdir "$(TargetDir)Design" ....Runs…
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How to use xcopy to only copy files if they are newer?

I have many web applications in a Visual Studio solution. All have the same post build command: xcopy "$(TargetDir)*.dll" "D:\Project\bin" /i /d /y It would be useful to avoid replacing newer files with old ones (e.g. someone could accidentally add…
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How to execute a PowerShell script only before a web deploy Publish task in VS 2012?

Currently I have a post-build event configured in my web project using Visual Studio 2012 like this: This basically calls a PowerShell script to add a copyright notice to every .cs file. What I'd like to do is to execute this powershell script only…
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VS PostBuild Event - Copy file if it exists

Is there a simple way to copy a file in a post-build event for a Visual Studio project, but only if the file exists? (i.e. don't fail the build if the file doesn't exist) I've tried some options using xcopy. But I feel so stupid - I can't seem to…
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Are there any better ways to copy a native dll to the bin folder?

I have C# wrapper code that calls functions from a native (C++) dll. Currently, I can add a reference to the C# dll and have set the 'Copy Local' option to true. However the native dll, which is a dependency, cannot be added as a reference - so…
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Delaying post-build Jenkins job

I have a Jenkins job which compiles and publishes our Java project to a JBoss server. Obviously, the server takes time to start and deploy the new code. I have a second Jenkins job that runs Selenium tests against the running JBoss instance. I…
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VS2012 Post-build event not firing

I have a web project that fires a post-build event "On successful build" to perform some cleanup/migration activities (command script). In VS2012, post-build on success ONLY fires when there is a code change. If there is no code change, the…
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VS2010: Can we have multiple if in post-build event?

Can we have something like this: if "Debug"=="$(ConfigurationName)" ( goto :nocopy ) else if "Release"=="$(ConfigurationName)" ( del "$(TargetPath).config" copy "$(ProjectDir)\App.Release.config" "$(TargetPath).config" ) else if…
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VS 2012: Post Build xcopy error 2

i want to make VS copy the .lib-file it created after the build process to a specific folder. So i went to the project config, post-build event, and entered the following command: if exist $(TargetPath) xcopy "$(TargetPath)"…
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