How to: Run Code When Deployment Steps are Executed
If you want to perform additional tasks for a deployment step in a SharePoint project, you can handle events that are raised by SharePoint project items before and after Visual Studio executes each deployment step. For more information, see Extending SharePoint Packaging and Deployment.
To run code when deployment steps are executed
Create a project item extension, a project extension, or a definition of a new project item type. For more information, see the following topics:
In the extension, handle the DeploymentStepStarted and DeploymentStepCompleted events of an ISharePointProjectItemType object (in a project item extension or project extension) or an ISharePointProjectItemTypeDefinition object (in a definition of a new project item type).
In the event handlers, use the DeploymentStepStartedEventArgs and DeploymentStepCompletedEventArgs parameters to get information about the deployment step. For example, you can determine which deployment step is executing and whether the solution is being deployed or retracted.
Example
The following code example demonstrates how to handle the DeploymentStepStarted and DeploymentStepCompleted events in an extension for the List Instance project item. This extension writes an additional message to the Output window when Visual Studio recycles the application pool while deploying and retracting the solution.
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.Deployment
Imports System.ComponentModel.Composition
Namespace Contoso.ListInstanceDeploymentExtension
<Export(GetType(ISharePointProjectItemTypeExtension))> _
<SharePointProjectItemType("Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.ListInstance")> _
Friend Class ExampleDeploymentStepExtension
Implements ISharePointProjectItemTypeExtension
Private Sub Initialize(ByVal projectItemType As ISharePointProjectItemType) _
Implements ISharePointProjectItemTypeExtension.Initialize
AddHandler projectItemType.DeploymentStepStarted, AddressOf DeploymentStepStarted
AddHandler projectItemType.DeploymentStepCompleted, AddressOf DeploymentStepCompleted
End Sub
Private Sub DeploymentStepStarted(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As DeploymentStepStartedEventArgs)
If e.DeploymentStepInfo.Id = DeploymentStepIds.RecycleApplicationPool AndAlso
e.DeploymentContext.IsDeploying Then
e.DeploymentContext.Logger.WriteLine("The application pool is about to be " &
"recycled while the solution is being deployed.", LogCategory.Status)
End If
End Sub
Private Sub DeploymentStepCompleted(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal e As DeploymentStepCompletedEventArgs)
If e.DeploymentStepInfo.Id = DeploymentStepIds.RecycleApplicationPool AndAlso
e.DeploymentContext.IsRetracting Then
e.DeploymentContext.Logger.WriteLine("The application pool was " &
"recycled while the solution is being retracted.", LogCategory.Status)
End If
End Sub
End Class
End Namespace
using System;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.Deployment;
using System.ComponentModel.Composition;
namespace Contoso.ListInstanceDeploymentExtension
{
[Export(typeof(ISharePointProjectItemTypeExtension))]
[SharePointProjectItemType("Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint.ListInstance")]
internal class ExampleDeploymentStepExtension : ISharePointProjectItemTypeExtension
{
public void Initialize(ISharePointProjectItemType projectItemType)
{
projectItemType.DeploymentStepStarted += DeploymentStepStarted;
projectItemType.DeploymentStepCompleted += DeploymentStepCompleted;
}
private void DeploymentStepStarted(object sender, DeploymentStepStartedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.DeploymentStepInfo.Id == DeploymentStepIds.RecycleApplicationPool &&
e.DeploymentContext.IsDeploying)
{
e.DeploymentContext.Logger.WriteLine("The application pool is about to be " +
"recycled while the solution is being deployed.", LogCategory.Status);
}
}
private void DeploymentStepCompleted(object sender, DeploymentStepCompletedEventArgs e)
{
if (e.DeploymentStepInfo.Id == DeploymentStepIds.RecycleApplicationPool &&
e.DeploymentContext.IsRetracting)
{
e.DeploymentContext.Logger.WriteLine("The application pool was " +
"recycled while the solution is being retracted.", LogCategory.Status);
}
}
}
}
Compiling the Code
This example requires references to the following assemblies:
Microsoft.VisualStudio.SharePoint
System.ComponentModel.Composition
Deploying the Extension
To deploy the extension, create a Visual Studio extension (VSIX) package for the assembly and any other files that you want to distribute with the extension. For more information, see Deploying Extensions for the SharePoint Tools in Visual Studio.
See Also
Tasks
Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Deployment Step for SharePoint Projects
Concepts
Extending SharePoint Packaging and Deployment
How to: Run Code When a SharePoint Project is Deployed or Retracted