Visual Studio Add-In for developers who would like to execute MsBuild targets inside Visual Studio. The add-in analyzes the solution folders to find MsBuild project files (.proj) to get targets and then lists it to provide ability to execute them.
- Get solution targets.
- Search for the concrete target by text pattern.
- Target execution with log in the Output Window.
- Print all target properties to the Output Window.
- Install MsBuildTaskExplorer.
- Click Visual Studio -> View -> MsBuild Task Explorer.
- Navigate to solution's properties.
- Open "Debug" tab.
- Select "Start external program" and set Visual Studio path:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
. - Set "Command line arguments"
/rootsuffix Exp
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