Question

Can anyone tell me how to write and run msbuild by using VS 2005?

Thanks

Answer 1

msbuild file is just a plan text file.
you can even write it in notepad and run it from command line.
If you would like to run it as part of the build just just

1. right click on the project
2. choose Property
3. goto Build Events tab
4. create a build event to run msbuild

For example, create a text file called test.proj:

<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
   <PropertyGroup>
      <TextToShow>Hello World!!</TextToShow>
   </PropertyGroup>

   <Target Name="HelloWorld"> 
      <Message Text="$(TextToShow)" />
   </Target>
</Project>

and you can run it from command line this way

msbuild /target:HelloWorld test.proj