Run Visual Studio 2008 Macro on Pre Build Event

Question

I have some Visual Studio Macros created in visual studio which run from the macro explorer and/or keyboard shortcuts. I would like to run these automatically on pre/post build events but see no option to do so in the project properties. Can anyone tell me if this is possible and, if so, how?

Answer 1

In your macro there are 4 build events you can hook into:

• OnBuildBegin -- Will fire when any build operation is fired from the IDE. It fires only once for a full solution or multiproject build operation.

• OnBuildDone -- Will fire when a build operation completes. This event fires only once for a full solution or multiproject build operation.

• OnBuildProjConfigBegin -- Will fire when a project build begins. This event is used to catch each project build event within a solution or multiproject build operation.

• OnBuildProjConfigDone -- Will fire when a project build completes. This event is used to catch the completion of each project build within a solution or multiproject build operation.

Common Environment Object Model Events

Answer 2

I don't belive it's possible. That said, you can quickly create custom MSBuild tasks to do the job of the macros.