How to use VS 2015 MSBuild to build .vdproj

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Chris Shao picture Chris Shao · Dec 10, 2015 · Viewed 10.8k times · Source

With VS 2010 or 2013, We can use this command to build .vdproj project(VSI):

<Exec Command="&quot;$(ProgramFiles)\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.com&quot; your.vdproj /build &quot;Debug|AnyCPU&quot;"/>

But in vs 2015, the VSI is an extension of vs. And the similar command(9.0 => 14.0) will get an error.

Anybody know how to solve it?

Answer

KMoraz picture KMoraz · Dec 10, 2015

Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Installer Projects extension must be installed.

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