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Just curious - whenever I see xml of .csproj , it starts with DefaultTargets="Build" and hence I assume that <Target Name="Build"> should be present; However, I have never found this default target in any .csproj file.
Does VS inject this target before compilation or does msbuild built it by default. What happens internally?
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csproj or . sln extension. Double-click the . csproj file to open it in Visual Studio.
What is a CSProj file? Files with CSPROJ extension represent a C# project file that contains the list of files included in a project along with the references to system assemblies.
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.
Near the bottom of the file you'll see this; <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" /> which imports the standard targets, "Build" is one of these. The import generates the "Build" target in a dynamic fashion based on the other data available in the your project file.
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A csproj typically has this:
<Import Project="$(MSBuildBinPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
which according to MSDN also imports Microsoft.Common.targets which is where that target is defined.
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There is one or more < Import ...> somewhere in the project file that imports other file(s) that should have that target...
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