Top "Msbuild" questions

Microsoft Build Engine, also known as MSBuild, is a build platform for managed code and was part of .NET Framework.

What does the Private setting do on a ProjectReference in a MSBuild project file?

I saw this in a project file the other day: <ProjectReference Include="Foo\Bar\Baz.csproj"> <Project&…

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How can I exclude a project from a build in MSBuild?

I need to build a solution, but exclude one project. How should I do it? I searched a lot about …

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Build Configuration: Mixed Platform VS Any CPU

What's the difference between different Build Configuration settings e.g. Any CPU, Mixed Platform, WIN32 etc in Visual Studio.

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MSBuild target package not found

I want to package my VS2010 web application project ready for deployment with msdeploy. On development machine I can do …

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Run a solution from Visual Studio console without opening the IDE

I am using Visual Studio 2010 SP1. What I first tried was this: Open the Visual Studio console tool from start …

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ODP Oracle.DataAccess.DLL reference 32/64 bit

I have a .NET 3.5 assembly that references ODP (Oracle.DataAccess.dll), building in Visual Studio 2010. Copy Local = False, Specific Version …

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Is it possible to build MSBuild files (visual studio sln) from the command line in Mono?

Is it possible to build Visual Studio solutions without having to fire up MonoDevelop?

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Full list of /P MSDeploy arguments for MSBuild from TeamCity

I currently use the MSBuild runner in TeamCity for continuous integration on my local server and this works very well. …

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Path to SignTool.exe or "Windows Kits" directory when using Visual Studio 2012

How do you get the path to SignTool.exe when using Visual Studio 2012? In Visual Studio 2010, you could use <…

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msbuild, defining Conditional Compilation Symbols

I'm possibly just blind, but is there a command line to specify conditional compilation symbols in MSBUILD? I currently have …

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