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How to build/compile a project programmatically. Visual Studio 2019, C#
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I have a solution with 2 projects. I want to build/compile one project from another. To be more exact I want a user that will be using ProjectNR1 to enter the information then the information should be passed to ProjectNR2 and then the project(ProjectNR2) builds/compiles. So the question I have is: How to compile a VisualStudio 2019 project programmatically using C# (It's a windows forms application). I have been trying to figure out this all day with no luck.
I have a solution with 2 projects. I want to build/compile one project from another. To be more exact I want a user that will be using ProjectNR1 to enter the information then the information should be passed to ProjectNR2 and then the project(ProjectNR2) builds/compiles. So the question I have is: How to compile a VisualStudio 2019 project programmatically using C# (It's a windows forms application). I have been trying to figure out this all day with no luck.
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I have seen it, but it doesn't fit my situation. I want to compile/build the entire project, not just the source code. I have timers and other stuff like that I think won't work if I just compile the source code. (Its a windows forms applications)
Never done it myself, and it sounds like an "advanced" procedure, but you might take a look at MSBUILD.
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>>I want to compile/build the entire project, not just the source code.
Erm. You do understand that a compile/build converts the source code into code the computer understands. When you compile a project you ARE compiling the source code.
Erm. You do understand that a compile/build converts the source code into code the computer understands. When you compile a project you ARE compiling the source code.
You can use a ProjectInstance to compile a project.
new Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectInstance(PROJECT_FILE_PATH).Build();ASKER
I tried using
Where the "PROJECT_FILE_PATH" is I put a path to my "Project.sln" file. Am I doing this wrong or there is another reason why I'm getting this error?
new Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectInstance(PROJECT_FILE_PATH).Build();Where the "PROJECT_FILE_PATH" is I put a path to my "Project.sln" file. Am I doing this wrong or there is another reason why I'm getting this error?
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>> Erm. You do understand that a compile/build converts the source code into code the computer understands. When you compile a project you ARE compiling the source code.
I understand it, but in my case, I'm using windows forms application with timers, datasets table adapters, etc. And I'm pretty sure that if I only compile the Form1.cs source code these things wouldn't work anymore. Am I wrong?
I understand it, but in my case, I'm using windows forms application with timers, datasets table adapters, etc. And I'm pretty sure that if I only compile the Form1.cs source code these things wouldn't work anymore. Am I wrong?
Correct, you are wrong. All source code including that for controls such as timers, other classes such as adaptors are compiled (when necessary - certain things are already compiled as part of the .net runtime environment) with the form.
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>> Where the "PROJECT_FILE_PATH" is I put a path to my "Project.sln" file.
You have to put the project file path, not the solution.
If you use ProjectInstance, you compile each project one after the other.
You have to put the project file path, not the solution.
If you use ProjectInstance, you compile each project one after the other.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/304655/how-to-programmatically-compile-code-using-c-compiler