Visual Studio Post build command line Deployment - visual-studio

Question

In Visual Studio am creating a post-build event for Deploying using
md "$(SolutionDir)Deploy\bin"
which created the bin folder inside Deploy folder, inside my Solution.
How do I point this to the folder in some remote machine (where I have the web server)?
$(SolutionDir) to some other folder on a remote machine?
It may look simple to you. :) This is the first time am trying this stuff.
Thanks

Answer 1

The easiest way is to replace $(SolutionDir) with \\server\share

Answer 2

Just as an alternative, I like to keep my .sln and .csproj files "clean".
Then use a second (mini) .msbuild ( which is just a .xml file) to build the .sln, and then do these copy type events as a second action.
Here is a basic example:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="AllTargetsWrapper">
<PropertyGroup>
<WorkingCheckout>.</WorkingCheckout>
<WorkingOutputs>m:\working\outputs</WorkingOutputs>
</PropertyGroup>
<Target Name="AllTargetsWrapper">
<CallTarget Targets="Clean" />
<CallTarget Targets="Build" />
<CallTarget Targets="CopyItUp" />
</Target>
<Target Name="Clean">
<RemoveDir Directories="$(WorkingOutputs)" />
<MakeDir Directories="$(WorkingOutputs)" />
<Message Text="Cleaning done" />
</Target>
<Target Name="Build">
<MSBuild Projects="$(WorkingCheckout)\MySolution.sln" Targets="Build" Properties="Configuration=$(Configuration)">
<Output TaskParameter="TargetOutputs" ItemName="TargetOutputsItemName"/>
</MSBuild>
<Message Text="Build completed" />
</Target>
<!-- -->
<Target Name="CopyItUp" >
<ItemGroup>
<MyExcludeFiles Include="$(WorkingCheckout)\**\SuperSecretStuff.txt" />
<MyExcludeFiles Include="$(WorkingCheckout)\**\SuperSecretStuff.doc" />
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup>
<MyIncludeFiles Include="$(WorkingCheckout)\MyCsProject\bin\$(Configuration)\**\*.*" Exclude="#(MyExcludeFiles)"/>
</ItemGroup>
<Copy
SourceFiles="#(MyIncludeFiles)"
DestinationFiles="#(MyIncludeFiles->'$(WorkingOutputs)\%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')"
/>
</Target>
</Project>