msbuild SLN and still get separate project outputs?

Question

I have a normal SLN file, and I\'m compiling it fine with msbuild from the command line. I do this:

C:\\slndir> msbuild /p:OutDir=C:\\slnbin\\

And it dumps every

Answer 1

Like John Saunders said, you need to have a master MSBuild file that handles the process.

Here is a sample using MSBuild Community Tasks : GetSolutionProjects that gets the projects for a given solution

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" DefaultTargets="Package">

  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets"/>

  <!-- Specify here, the solution you want to compile-->
  <ItemGroup>
    <Solution Include="C:\slndir\solution.sln"/>
  </ItemGroup>

  <PropertyGroup>
    <Platform>AnyCPU</Platform>
    <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>

    <!-- Your deployment directory -->
    <DeployDir>C:\slbin\Deploy</DeployDir>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <!-- Gets the projects composing the specified solution -->
  <Target Name="GetProjectsFromSolution">
    <GetSolutionProjects Solution="%(Solution.Fullpath)">
      <Output ItemName="ProjectFiles" TaskParameter="Output"/>
    </GetSolutionProjects>
  </Target>

  <Target Name="CompileProject" DependsOnTargets="GetProjectsFromSolution">
    <!-- 
      Foreach project files
        Call MSBuild Build Target specifying the outputDir with the project filename.
    -->
    <MSBuild Projects="%(ProjectFiles.Fullpath)"
             Properties="Platform=$(Platform);
             Configuration=$(Configuration);
             OutDir=$(DeployDir)\%(ProjectFiles.Filename)\"
             Targets="Build">
    </MSBuild>
  </Target>
</Project>

Answer 2

You'll have to do this "by hand". Create a master MSBUILD project file that builds the solution, then copies all the solution outputs where it wants them. This is (roughly) how Visual Studio Team Build does it.