MSBuild Team Blog - All Comments

re: Incorrect solution build ordering when using MSBuild.exe

Daniel — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:33:40 GMT

We think we are observing this in VS 2012. Should we assume it's not fixed in VS 2012? This is a horrible bug.

re: Manifest resource names changed for .resources files

Larry — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:29:03 GMT

Just a quick follow-up to clarify what I need (see my previous post), that I'm looking for a way to do this in code. My add-in will parse the solution in Visual Studio itself, and for each ".resx" file found, needs to determine the name of the ".resources" file that will be embedded when the project containing that ".resx" file is compiled (the add-in is already written, so I only need this piece of the puzzle). Thanks.

re: Manifest resource names changed for .resources files

Larry — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:13:04 GMT

If you're still monitoring the post, can you explain (or point me to a link) that explains how MSFT officially converts the name of a ".resx" file into the ".resources" file name it embeds in the assembly (when compiling from VS itself). There are different criteria depending on whether the ".resx" file is a code-behind file for a Windows form, a regular (non-form-based) ".resx" file (usually strongly-named so it has its own ".Designer" file, but not necessarily), the type of project it originates from (C#, VB or C++ usually), etc. The rules can be deduced by inspecting how VS does it, but this is brittle and dependent on the project type, making it difficult to do it generically. I have a commercial add-in that needs to deal with this, so if there's an interface or some official way to do it, it would be greatly appreciated (I'm looking for the complete base name that ends up in the assembly). Thanks.

re: How To: Implementing Custom Tasks - Part I

Ryan McLean — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 10:42:11 GMT

Actually never mind, turns out it was the IDE I was using that was timing out and killing MSBuild

re: Second edition of the MSBuild and Team Foundation Build book released

Koen Williame — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 13:57:24 GMT

@Chris, @Andrew actually no, MSBuild comes with the .Net framework

re: How To: Implementing Custom Tasks - Part I

Ryan McLean — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:22:27 GMT

Is there a default timeout impletemented y MSBuild for a custom task and if so can it be overridden?

I have a custom task that calls uses weblcient.downloadfile to download a 900Mb file, the code works fie if run from a c# console program but if I call it from an MSBuild script as a Custom Task then it fails after 30seconds.

Regards,

Ryan

re: Second edition of the MSBuild and Team Foundation Build book released

Chris J. — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:27:35 GMT

Andrew MSBuild comes with visual studio.

re: New Registry syntax in MSBuild v3.5

Justin Dearing — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 06:34:34 GMT

While this still works in Visual Studio 2010, it fails to view certain Registry keys on a 64 bit OS. GetRegistryValueFromView in MSBuild 4.0 (and Visual Studio 2010) solves this problem and is doccumented here: msdn.microsoft.com/.../dd633440.aspx.

I also discuss it on my blog post:www.justaprogrammer.net/.../how-to-reference-the-registry-in-msbuild4-0-visual-studio-2010-and-later-on-a-64-bit-os

FInally it is mentioned on this StackOverflow question stackoverflow.com/.../referencing-a-property-in-when-using-registry-properties-in-msbuild

re: Second edition of the MSBuild and Team Foundation Build book released

Andrew Pennebaker — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:20:27 GMT

How do I download/install MSBuild? I can't find a download link anywhere. Is it part of Visual Studio?

Is the executable name "msbuild.exe"? Which directory does it appear in after installation? Does the installer automatically add it to PATH, or do I have to do it manually?

re: How To: Exclude Multiple Files From a Wildcard

Derek Deida — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:51:50 GMT

Ahhh, the curse of the incorrect slash! I just had a similar issue where wildcard includes were working but excludes were not working. I was using "/" instead of "\".... duh....

I'm not sure why MSBuild allows the forward slash to function at all for file paths.