/Project (devenv.exe)
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Identifies a single project within the specified solution configuration to build, clean, rebuild, or deploy.
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 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 /ProjectConfig (devenv.exe) /Build (devenv.exe) /Clean (devenv.exe) /Rebuild (devenv.exe) /Deploy (devenv.exe) /Out (devenv.exe)