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bleepzter
bleepzter

Reputation: 9985

MS Build Conditions

I have a couple of conditional statements in a property group of a project:

<PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">x86</Platform>
</PropertyGroup>

I am trying to figure out what they mean? Condition = blank and Platform = blank? But then the tags have the actual data? How does that actually interpret?

Does it mean that the Configuration can be anything and the platform can be anything, or does it mean that the property group only applies to Configuration=Debug|Platform=x86?

If my assumption is correct, can I just copy the entire property group and set the values for configuration and platform to Release and AnyCPU as follows:

<PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Release</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
</PropertyGroup>

Thanks!

Upvotes: 0

Views: 67

Answers (1)

rerun
rerun

Reputation: 25495

if the property Configuration == '' then set it to Debug its the same for Platform in effect you are setting a default when one is not specified

Upvotes: 1

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