Build project in 2017 Visual Studio from the command line?

Question

In Visual Studio my project builds without any problem, but from command line I get the error "Hard error". Project .net (c#)

Command line:

 psinfo = new ProcessStartInfo(DEVENVPATH, @"""c:\Projects\[--pathtoproject--].sln"" /build");
 psinfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
 psinfo.UseShellExecute = false;

 Process.Start(psinfo).WaitForExit();

I got error "Hard error" and Visual Studio crashed.

Answer 1

You should use the MSBuild.exe or csc.exe instead of devenv.exe.

const string COMPILER = "PATH/TO/DEV/TOOLS/msbuild.exe";
// later in code
psinfo = new ProcessStartInfo(COMPILER, "PATH\TO\PROJECT\PROJECT_NAME.sln /t:Rebuild /p:Configuration=Release");

Compiling with devenv requires more parameters ( and i think it requires to add some informations about projects ):

psinfo = new ProcessStartInfo(DEVENVPATH, @"""c:\Projects\[--pathtoproject--].sln"" /build RELEASE");