Reputation: 4021
I know you can have pre and post build events at a project level, but I want to stop and start a service at the beginning and end of a build of the solution -- i.e. when I do a 'Build Solution' the service is stopped and the last action of the build is to re-start the service.
There are no build events on the solution property page, so what should I do?
I'm guessing that I can add tasks to the msbuild file but I'm afraid I don't understand the relationship between VS and msbuild at all. Does VS execute msbuild with the SLN file?
Upvotes: 3
Views: 1024
Reputation: 7265
I wrote a Macro for my own project as I needed this exact functionality:
You can write a Macro that does this for you. Go to Tools -> Macros IDE
Once there, double click on the EnvironmentEvents module and add this code:
Private Sub BuildEvents_OnBuildBegin(ByVal Scope As EnvDTE.vsBuildScope, ByVal Action As EnvDTE.vsBuildAction) Handles BuildEvents.OnBuildBegin
If (Scope = EnvDTE.vsBuildScope.vsBuildScopeSolution)
//Do whatever solution independent stuff you need here.
If(DTE.Solution.FullName = "C:\My Solutions\Solution1.sln")
//Do whatever you need for Solution1.sln here.
End If
End If
End Sub
Private Sub BuildEvents_OnBuildDone(ByVal Scope As EnvDTE.vsBuildScope, ByVal Action As EnvDTE.vsBuildAction) Handles BuildEvents.OnBuildDone
If (Scope = EnvDTE.vsBuildScope.vsBuildScopeSolution)
//Do whatever solution independent stuff you need here.
If(DTE.Solution.FullName = "C:\My Solutions\Solution1.sln")
//Do whatever you need for Solution1.sln here.
End If
End If
End Sub
Upvotes: 4