I have a solution with a lot of project, Default build configuration manager is Debug.
Some times i need build only one project in release mode, So it force me to change solution build mode to release that consume long time to change it and after build to switch back to debug mode.
Question is any way to achieve this purpose quickly without doing this above stages?
Thanks.
Look into the batch build menu. You can select a particular project and have only that one build.
Use the command line.
Use msbuild passing in the project file and set the configuration property to release.
In a Visual Studio Command Prompt window:
msbuild /property:Configuration=Release <path to project>
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I'm using TFS2017 and VS2015.
I have a solution with multiple WebApps and a ConsoleApp.
When I do a TFS build I get the WebApps built and dropped to the location I need. but so far I have been manually copying the ConsoleApp.
Is there a way for TFS to build the ConsoleApp and also drop it in a specific location?
Why you have to use the Xaml build system? See Why You Should Switch to Build VNext
In TFS 2017 you can easily use the new vNext system to build the ConsoleApp and drop it in a specific location.
You can build the entire solution with VS build task or separately build the ConsoleApp projects with the MSBuild task with the MSBuild Arguments set e.g : /p:OutDir="$(build.artifactstagingdirectory)\\"
Then use the Publish Build Artifacts task to drop it in the specific location.
You can use a PowerShell script as post build script in a xaml build and use it to copy files to the build output. Sample script for XAML builds available here
Seems like a pretty obvious question but I haven't been able to find this anywhere online - but what exactly counts as building something manually? As in if I do Ctrl+Shift+B on Visual Studio is that manually building? Then how could I go from that to automated build (running it from command line?). All I know is that I am supposed to use MSBuild to do automated builds on a project that is currently built 'manually'.
What is Manual Build?
Whether you are using Visual Studio or MSBuild command to build is considered to be manual build. That because you need to build your project manually every time no matter you are using Visual Studio or MSBuild command. And the hot key Ctrl+Shift+B is a quick start mode to build project in Visual Studio.
If you want to automated build, you should consider 'continuous integration' For example, TFS(Team Foundation Server), Teamcity, etc. You can easily search those continuous integration info on the internet.
The biggest difference between manual build and automated build is that you should manually build your project every time when source code changes, but automated build will execute the build automatically by continuous integration tool when source code changes, no need to build your project manually.
We're writing Python modules in C++ using Visual Studio 2010 Professional. We output Debug and Release modules in a different directory, and a configuration file for the Python part of our code determines which version is loaded.
During development in C++ I often switch between Release and Debug configurations. Sometimes I forget to update the Python config file, and then I build in Debug but the Release version is still being loaded.
What I would like is to automatically update the configuration file, so that when I switch the VS2010 Solution configuration from Release to Debug (and the other way around), the Python configuration file is automatically updated accordingly.
Update: the solution consists of roughly two dozen projects, and there is no single project that will always be built. I could use a pre-buld command, but I would have to add it to each and every project, which I'm trying to avoid.
Is this possible, and if so, how?
Kind regards,
Sybren
Visual Studio has pre- and post-build events. Those give access macro's that also give you the build mode (ConfigurationName).
You could update the Python config file in the pre-build command.
Things like
if $(ConfigurationName) == Debug
are possible.
In some projects I used this in combination with batch/cmd files that take the $(ConfigurationName) as a parameter.
How do I force my TFS 2010 Build to build all projects in the solution to be built with Debug or Release Mode. I'm looking to pass in an Argument into the workflow. Do I need to use an MSBuild argument?
Seems like a very common thing to do, but I'm not able to find a straight-forward way of getting it done.
(Assumption: you are using the DefaultTemplate.xaml)
When you edit the build definition, you can locate the Process at the left side of the screen. Open the Items to build node and modify the Configurations to Build.
What is the difference between Build Solution and Batch Build in Visual Studio 2008?
The key point which seems to be missed in both the existing answers is that batch build allows you to build multiple configurations of each project (e.g. you can build debug and release configurations with a single operation).
With a normal build, you have to use the configuration manager to select just one configuration for each project.
in addition to what has been mentioned so far, batch build allows a combination of projects or configurations to be stored as a preset for easier future access.
Batch build allows you to build any project that you select, and a Solution build only builds the projects that are part of the active solution.
You can customise what projects are part of a solution build by going to menu Tools → Configuration Manager.
Another nice thing about batch build is that it lets you build a configuration different than the current one. It is handy for solutions that take a while to switch.
Building the solution is the same as batch building all projects. Both methods respect the solution's dependencies.