Hello.
I have been studying
MSBuild as I have the need to automate my development shop's builds. I was able to easily write a .BAT file that invokes the VS command prompt and passes my
MSBuild commands to it. This works rather well and is kinda nifty.
Here is the contents of my .BAT build file:
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin\amd64\vcvars64.bat"
cd C:\Sandbox\Solution
msbuild MyTopSecretApplication.sln /p:OutputPath=c:\TESTMSBUILDOUTPUT /p:Configuration=Release,Platform=x86
pause
^ This works well but I now have the need to use the
MSBuild task for TeamCity CI. I have tried to write a few
MSBuild scripts but I cannot get them to work the same. What is the equivalent build script to the command I am using in my .BAT file? Any ideas?
I have tried using something like this, but no success (I know this is wrong):
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<project name="Hello Build World" default="run" basedir=".">
<target name="build">
<mkdir dir="mybin" />
<echo>Made mybin directory!</echo>
<csc target="exe" output="c:\TESTMSBUILDOUTPUT">
<sources>
<include name="MyTopSecretApplication.sln"/>
</sources>
</csc>
<echo>MyTopSecretApplication.exe was built!</echo>
</target>
<target name="clean">
<delete dir="mybin" failonerror="false"/>
</target>
<target name="run" depends="build">
<exec program="mybin\MyTopSecretApplication.exe"/>
</target>
What I simply need is an
MSBuild XML build script that compiles a single solution for Release mode to a specified output directory. Any help?
