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I am attempting to kick off a .net Build using MSBuild from RTC (BuildForge). I keep getting the following exception:
error MSB1009: Project file does not exist. Switch: F:\Program Files (x86)\IBM\Build Forge\Agent\Captiva_Build_dotNET\BUILD_117\xxxxxx\Source Code\Components\xxxxxx\xxxxxxx.sln
The build command is as follows
MSBuild.exe "xxxx.sln" /t:xxx_yyyy_zzzzzz_asdfasdf_base
Where /t: Is one of the projects in the solution. I don't understand what I am doing wrong. I have the _ in the statement. That should be an easy build? Any ideas?
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To build a specific target of a specific project in a solution. At the command line, type MSBuild.exe <SolutionName>. sln , where <SolutionName> corresponds to the file name of the solution that contains the target that you want to execute.
When you create and build solutions in Visual Studio, Visual Studio uses MSBuild to build each project in your solution. Every Visual Studio project includes an MSBuild project file, with a file extension that reflects the type of project—for example, a C# project (. csproj), a Visual Basic.NET project (.
You can use the created profile to publish from the command line with a command line the following. If you want to store the publish profile (. pubxml file) in some other location you can pass in the path as the value for the PublishProfile property. Publish profiles are MSBuild files.
You can use MSBuild to build multiple projects faster by running them in parallel. To run builds in parallel, you use the following settings on a multi-core or multiple processor computer: The -maxcpucount switch at a command prompt. The BuildInParallel task parameter on an MSBuild task.
msbuild.exe /t:target is used to execute a particular target within a solution or project.
msbuild.exe MySolution.sln /t:Clean
To build a particular project you'd specify the project file rather than the solution.
msbuild.exe MyProject.csproj
Edit:
Eureka, you're absolutely right, I have used the MsBuildEmitSolution env variable to output the metaproj script, but never seen that before.
So before you can arrive at this:
MsBuild.exe MySolution.sln /t:ProjectName:TargetName
At the command line, set MsBuildEmitSolution:
set MsBuildEmitSolution=1
Then generate your metaproj.
MsBuild.exe MySolution.sln /pp
Open the output file MySolution.sln.metaproj in notepad and scroll down and find the relevant <Target /> node you wish to build and note the Name attribute string.
<Target Name="Client_Test:Build">
<MSBuild Condition="'%(ProjectReference.Identity)' == '...Client_Test.csproj'" Projects="@(ProjectReference)" Targets="Publish" BuildInParallel="True" ToolsVersion="$(ProjectToolsVersion)" Properties="..." />
</Target>
And VOILA!
MsBuild.exe MySolution.sln /t:"Client_Test:Build"
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