Question

I have two solutions within a single build. Our current solutions to build look like this:

<SolutionToBuild Include="$(BuildProjectFolderPath)/../../Main/Services/Solution1.sln">
<Targets></Targets>
<Properties></Properties>
</SolutionToBuild>

<SolutionToBuild Include="$(BuildProjectFolderPath)/../../Main/Web/Solution2.sln">
<Targets></Targets>
<Properties></Properties>
</SolutionToBuild>

Having them this way, the output will be dropped under the \$(DropLocation)\$(BuildNumber)\Releases folder. My objective is that the output files for each solution be dropped in different drop folders. Example. Solution1.sln drop location is to be \$(DropLocation)\$(BuildNumber)\Releases\Services.

How can I specify the solution to build properties to achieve this result? I have tried using the following property without success as several output files are not copied to the specified output drop location:

<SolutionToBuild Include="$(BuildProjectFolderPath)/../../Main/Services/Solution1.sln">
<Targets></Targets>
<Properties>OutDir=$(DropLocation)\$(BuildNumber)\Services\</Properties>
</SolutionToBuild>

EDIT: We are currently using TFS2010 but these are our old TFS2008 builds that use the upgrade template

Answer 1

We use the OutDir property. Maybe some of your files aren’t marked as “Copy Local”?

<SolutionToBuild Include="$(BuildProjectFolderPath)\myFooSolution.sln"> 
<Properties>OutDir=$(OutDir)\FooFolder\</Properties> 
</SolutionToBuild>