MSBuild Target BeforeBuild not Executing

Question

I seem to have a situation where code that I put into the BeforeBuild target is not successfully executing.

Here is what I have:

<Target Name="BeforeBuild" >
    <Message Text="Before Build" />
</Target>

I can’t see the message output in the build log when the build runs. Is there something wrong with the way I’ve formatted this, or does it have to be in a specific place in the script? Am I even looking in the correct place for these messages?

EDIT: changing the importance to high seems to make no difference

Answer 1

See the answer to this question MS-Build BeforeBuild not firing

You just need to move the BeforeBuild target so that it appears after the line that imports Microsoft.CSharp.targets.