Visual Studio 2012: How to perform a conditional post-build event

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Sarah Weinberger picture Sarah Weinberger · Nov 29, 2012 · Viewed 22.7k times · Source

How do I perform a conditional post-build event? Specifically, I would like to only execute the post-build event command line for the debug release but not for the release build.

I did not see any way in a project's properties' Build Event page.

Answer

Ralph Willgoss picture Ralph Willgoss · Nov 29, 2012

You just need to do some checking against the $ConfigurationName property.

This SO post has lots of examples:
How to run Visual Studio post-build events for debug build only

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