TFS2010 - Logging inside custom build activity

Question

We have a custom build activity, which performs the execution of our build. We use a custom activity, because the compilers we use are very special and the system is quite old a

Answer 1

You could try setting the following attribute on the Build Process Template XAML (cannot be done via the designer) to suppress the messages:

mtbwt:BuildTrackingParticipant.Importance="None"

example from my template:

<InvokeMethod DisplayName="Delete File" mtbwt:BuildTrackingParticipant.Importance="None" ... />

Answer 2

mtbwt:BuildTrackingParticipant.Importance="Low"/"None" only controls the call (I guess). Instead use mtbwt:BuildTrackingParticipant.TrackingOption="None", which seems to get completely rid of all tracking messages in the call.