Share via

Specifying Build Rules that Run After the Build Process

  • Article

Home Page (Projects) |  Overviews |  How Do I... Topics |  NMAKE Reference

You can use the Post-build step tab to specify build rules that run after the build process is finished. These rules will run after any steps specified on other build rule tabs. You can also use this tab to perform steps that do not necessarily run on specific files, for example to copy an output file to a drop point, generate an e-mail message reporting that the build has finished, or run a process that doesn't create an output file.

To specify post-build steps

  1. From the FileView tab of the project workspace, select the project for which you want to specify the build steps.

  2. From the Project menu, choose Settings, and select the Post-build step tab.

  3. In the Post-builddescription field, type a description of this step. The description you type here is echoed to the output window when this step is executed.

  4. Use the Post-build command(s): area to type your operating-system batch file commands, environment variables and build-rule macros.

What do you want to know more about?

When custom build rules run