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developer82
developer82

Reputation: 13713

MSBuild ignores the desired configuration

I'm trying to build a Visual Studio 2019 solution from command line (though a PowerShell script), I need to have 2 builds - one for 64-bit and one for 32-bit though the script.

From Configuration Manager I have added x86 and x64 platforms to the Platform: enter image description here

And in the project properties I have set up the Platform target accordingly: enter image description here

I'm using the following command lines to build with MSBuild:

& $msbuildPath ../MyApp.Desktop.sln -t:Rebuild -p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x86

& $msbuildPath ../MyApp.Desktop.sln -t:Rebuild -p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64

But it seems to ignore the /p:Platform because it does not matter if I state x86 or x64 it always builds the "Active" platform set in Configuration Manager. But, if I put in platform an invalid value (for instance x123) the build would fail because that does not exist.

How can I make MSBuild actually build with the stated /p:Platform?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1075

Answers (1)

Mr Qian
Mr Qian

Reputation: 23780

If you build your sln file, you should change the solution platform rather than the project platform.

Please try the following steps:

1) first, delete every project platform and do a clean for your project.And only retain the platform Any CPU.

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2) add the new x64 and x86 platform for the solution platform

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3) close VS Instance, delete the bin and obj folder of every project

then run your powershell with /p:Platform=x64 or x86. And it works well in my side. And it can return x86 or x64 output files without any problems.

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Upvotes: 1

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