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Agnel Kurian
Agnel Kurian

Reputation: 59456

What is the difference between Build Solution and Batch Build in Visual Studio 2008?

What is the difference between Build Solution and Batch Build in Visual Studio 2008?

Upvotes: 15

Views: 20305

Answers (5)

Abdalla Elmedani
Abdalla Elmedani

Reputation: 15

in addition to what has been mentioned so far, batch build allows a combination of projects or configurations to be stored as a preset for easier future access.

Upvotes: 1

Aidan Ryan
Aidan Ryan

Reputation: 11589

Another nice thing about batch build is that it lets you build a configuration different than the current one. It is handy for solutions that take a while to switch.

Upvotes: 0

roo
roo

Reputation: 7196

Batch build allows you to build any project that you select, and a Solution build only builds the projects that are part of the active solution.

You can customise what projects are part of a solution build by going to menu Tools → Configuration Manager.

Upvotes: 0

Will Dean
Will Dean

Reputation: 39500

The key point which seems to be missed in both the existing answers is that batch build allows you to build multiple configurations of each project (e.g. you can build debug and release configurations with a single operation).

With a normal build, you have to use the configuration manager to select just one configuration for each project.

Upvotes: 23

Rehan
Rehan

Reputation: 1339

Building the solution is the same as batch building all projects. Both methods respect the solution's dependencies.

Upvotes: -3

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