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Specifies a project build configuration to be applied when you build, clean, rebuild, or deploy the project named in the /project argument.

Syntax

devenv SolutionName {/build|/clean|/rebuild|/deploy} SolnConfigName [/project ProjName] [/projectconfig ProjConfigName]

Arguments

/build Builds the project specified by /project ProjName.

/clean Cleans all intermediary files and output directories created during a build.

/rebuild Cleans then builds the project specified by /project ProjName.

/deploy Specifies that the project be deployed after a build or rebuild.

SolnConfigName Required. The name of the solution configuration that will be applied to the solution named in SolutionName.

SolutionName Required. The full path and name of the solution file.

/project ProjName Optional. The path and name of a project file within the solution. You can enter a relative path from the SolutionName folder to the project file, or the project's display name, or the full path and name of the project file.

/projectconfig ProjConfigName Optional. The name of a project build configuration to be applied to the /project named.

Remarks

  • Must be used with the /project switch as part of a devenv /build, /clean, /rebuild, or /deploy command.

  • Enclose strings that include spaces in double quotation marks.

  • Summary information for builds, including errors, can be displayed in the Command window, or in any log file specified with the /out switch.

Example

This example builds the project CSharpConsoleApp, using the Debug project build configuration within the Debug solution configuration of MySolution.

devenv "C:\Documents and Settings\someuser\My Documents\Visual Studio\Projects\MySolution\MySolution.sln" /build Debug /project "CSharpWinApp\CSharpWinApp.csproj" /projectconfig Debug

See Also

Devenv Command Line Switches /Project (devenv.exe) /Build (devenv.exe) /Clean (devenv.exe) /Rebuild (devenv.exe) /Deploy (devenv.exe) /Out (devenv.exe)