3D Real-Time Composition

Variables that can be used in Pre / Post build event in Visual Studio

Summary

What values ​​can I use for Pre / Post build event in Visual Studio?
The answer is here:

  • Pre-build event-Post-build event command line dialog – Visual Studio (Windows) | Microsoft Docs

    • In this post, using the following repository as sample code:

    Prerequisites

    • Visual Studio 2019

    Steps

    Enter the following code in Post-build event command line: field.
    The field can be found Build Events menu.

    echo SolutionDir: $(SolutionDir)
echo SolutionExt: $(SolutionExt)
echo SolutionFileName: $(SolutionFileName)
echo SolutionName: $(SolutionName)
echo SolutionPath: $(SolutionPath)

echo ProjectDir: $(ProjectDir)
echo ProjectExt: $(ProjectExt)
echo ProjectFileName: $(ProjectFileName)
echo ProjectName: $(ProjectName)
echo ProjectPath: $(ProjectPath)

echo Configuration: $(Configuration)
echo FrameworkVersion: $(FrameworkVersion)
echo OutDir: $(OutDir)
echo Platform: $(Platform)
echo PlatformShortName: $(PlatformShortName)

echo TargetDir: $(TargetDir)
echo TargetName: $(TargetName)
echo TargetPath: $(TargetPath)

    The result is here:

    Build started...
1>------ Build started: Project: Maya CSharp plug-in, Configuration: Debug Any CPU ------
1>  Maya CSharp plug-in -> C:\Users\hiroakit\Downloads\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya CSharp plug-in\bin\Debug\Maya CSharp plug-in.dll
1>  SolutionDir: C:\Users\hiroakit\Downloads\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\
1>  SolutionExt: .sln
1>  SolutionFileName: Maya plug-in Wizards.sln
1>  SolutionName: Maya plug-in Wizards
1>  SolutionPath: C:\Users\hiroakit\Downloads\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya plug-in Wizards.sln
1>  ProjectDir: C:\Users\hiroakit\Downloads\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya CSharp plug-in\
1>  ProjectExt: .csproj
1>  ProjectFileName: Maya CSharp plug-in.csproj
1>  ProjectName: Maya CSharp plug-in
1>  ProjectPath: C:\Users\hiroakit\Downloads\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya CSharp plug-in\Maya CSharp plug-in.csproj
1>  Configuration: Debug
1>  FrameworkVersion: 
1>  OutDir: bin\Debug\
1>  Platform: AnyCPU
1>  PlatformShortName: 
1>  TargetDir: C:\Users\hiroakit\Downloads\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya CSharp plug-in\bin\Debug\
1>  TargetName: Maya CSharp plug-in
1>  TargetPath: C:\Users\hiroakit\Downloads\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya-Net-Wizards-master\Maya CSharp plug-in\bin\Debug\Maya CSharp plug-in.dll
========== Build: 1 succeeded, 0 failed, 0 up-to-date, 0 skipped ==========

    At first I misunderstood and used MSBuild variables in the Post-build event command line: fields, so $FrameworkVersion and $PlatformShortName exists in the code and in the results. It can only be used with MS Build.

    References

    hiroakit