SolutionBuild2.Build Method

Causes the active solution configuration to begin building.

Namespace:  EnvDTE80
Assembly:  EnvDTE80 (in EnvDTE80.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Sub Build ( _
    WaitForBuildToFinish As Boolean _
)

void Build(
    bool WaitForBuildToFinish
)

void Build(
    [InAttribute] bool WaitForBuildToFinish
)

abstract Build : 
        WaitForBuildToFinish:bool -> unit

function Build(
    WaitForBuildToFinish : boolean
)

Parameters

• WaitForBuildToFinish
  Type: System.Boolean

  Optional. Determines whether Build retains control until the build operation is complete. Default value is false.

Remarks

If you set WaitForBuildToFinish to false — that is, control returns immediately after initiating a build — you can use the OnBuildDone event to determine when the build is complete.

Examples

This example sets the first solution configurations item to "release" and then builds the solution. Open a project in the Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE) before running this add-in.

For more information about how to run this example as an add-in, see How to: Compile and Run the Automation Object Model Code Examples.

Imports EnvDTE
Imports EnvDTE80
Public Sub OnConnection(ByVal application As Object, _
 ByVal connectMode As ext_ConnectMode, ByVal addInInst As Object, _
 ByRef custom As Array) Implements IDTExtensibility2.OnConnection
    _applicationObject = CType(application, DTE2)
    _addInInstance = CType(addInInst, AddIn)
    SolutionBuild2BuildExample(_applicationObject)
End Sub
Sub SolutionBuild2BuildExample(ByVal dte As DTE2)
    ' Open a solution in Visual Studio before running this example.
    Try
        Dim soln As Solution2 = CType(_applicationObject.Solution, _
        Solution2)
        Dim sb As SolutionBuild2
        Dim bld As BuildDependencies
        sb = CType(soln.SolutionBuild, SolutionBuild2)
        bld = sb.BuildDependencies
        MsgBox("The project " & bld.Item(1).Project.Name & " has "  _
        & bld.Count.ToString() & " build dependencies.")
        MsgBox("Set the configuration to release and build...")
        sb.SolutionConfigurations.Item("Release").Activate()
        sb.Build()
    Catch ex As System.Exception
        MsgBox(ex.ToString)
    End Try
End Sub

using EnvDTE;
using EnvDTE80;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public void OnConnection(object application, 
ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref Array custom)
{
    _applicationObject = (DTE2)application;
    _addInInstance = (AddIn)addInInst;
    SolutionBuild2BuildExample(_applicationObject);
}
public void SolutionBuild2BuildExample(DTE2 dte)
{
    try
    {
        Solution2 soln = (Solution2)_applicationObject.Solution;
        SolutionBuild2 sb;
        BuildDependencies bld;
        // Open a solution in Visual Studio before 
        // running this example.
        sb = (SolutionBuild2)soln.SolutionBuild;
        bld = sb.BuildDependencies;
        MessageBox.Show("The project " + bld.Item(1).Project.Name 
+ " has " + bld.Count.ToString() + " build dependencies.");
        MessageBox.Show("Set the configuration to release 
and build...");
        sb.SolutionConfigurations.Item("Release").Activate();
        sb.Build(true);
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

SolutionBuild2 Interface

EnvDTE80 Namespace