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Asked: 2026-05-28T17:49:56+00:00

I have a solution which is built on TFS server. This solution includes several

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I have a solution which is built on TFS server. This solution includes several projects which have custom MSBuild tasks. Theses tasks actually create some zip archives.

I need to extract somehow the $(Rev) macros from the TFS build and pass it to the tasks. I tried to use MSBuildArguments in the process tab of the build definition and it works when I set a simple string value like:

/p:Version=”5″

but it doesn’t work with the macros:

/p:Version=”$(Rev:r)”

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do you have any ideas?

Edit: I actually needed BuildDetail.BuildNumber.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can slightly change your build process template to achieve that.
    By default the section that relates to MSBuild looks like this:
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    This could be expanded into something like this:
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    If you now enter in “MSBuild Arguments” of your build definition (similar to your picture) something like /p:Version=RePlAcE, you should get what you need.

    In another build definition where you don’t need this, simply leave the entry empty. This approach is an alternative to the one found here, and should be chosen if this version-insertion is not explicitly desired for all build definitions consuming it.

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