CODEWITHSUNDEEP
visual-studio-2008
Jag Padda
Jag Padda

Reputation: 111

Visual Studio 2008 Build order without using Project Dependency

I'd like to change the build order of projects in my C# solution, without having to rely on project dependencies.

Reason: solution takes approx 1 min 30 secs build locally. This is a little much, especially if you're making lots of minor changes.

My approach to fixing this is to have a mapped share (my R:) pointing to "..\ReferencedAssemblies". Each projects outdir points to "..\ReferencedAssemblies" Any cross-project references are picked up from R:\assemblyName.dll, with Copylocal=false. This means that the dependent projects don't need to be rebuilt if the changes are only made to a single project.

I'm finding that this approach is saving a lot of local build time.

The final issue is changing the build order of the projects in the solution as a whole without relying on the dependencies. Any idea on how to do this?

Thanks in advance. Padda

Upvotes: 1

Views: 987

Answers (1)

llama
llama

Reputation: 1661

The order in which each project in your solution is built is determined by the inter-project dependencies, and is done automatically (excluding external dependencies). If your solution is taking a long time to build for small changes, then it is proably becuase code that has't changed is being re-compiled unnecessarily. Try making your solution more modular and remove unrequired dependencies.

Upvotes: 1

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