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Asked: 2026-05-24T06:09:22+00:00

I have a unit test projects which requires some external dependencies. Those dependendies come

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I have a unit test projects which requires some external dependencies. Those dependendies come in 2 flavors: i386 (……..\External\EA\i386\Core.dll) and amd64 (……..\External\EA\amd64\Core.dll). 

  <ItemGroup>
    <Reference Include="Core">
      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\External\EA\amd64\Core.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>
    <Reference Include="Util">
      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\External\EA\amd64\Util.dll</HintPath>
    </Reference>

MsTest is 32bits and I want the path of those assemblies to be ……..\External\EA**i386**\Core.dll. In other words, how to I tell msbuild to pick the right build target.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just put a condition on the references, or as shown below, on the ItemGroup containing them,

    <ItemGroup
   Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'x64'">
   <Reference Include="Core">
      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\External\EA\amd64\Core.dll</HintPath>
   </Reference>
   <Reference Include="Util">
      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\External\EA\amd64\Util.dll</HintPath>
   </Reference>
</ItemGroup>
<ItemGroup
   Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'Win32'">
   <Reference Include="Core">
      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\External\EA\i386\Core.dll</HintPath>
   </Reference>
   <Reference Include="Util">
      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\External\EA\i386\Util.dll</HintPath>
   </Reference>
</ItemGroup>

    You’ll have to discovere exactly which values for $(Platform) your project is using, which a simple examination of the XML of the projects will show.

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