/Build (devenv.exe)

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Builds a solution using a specified solution configuration file.

Syntax

Devenv SolutionName /build SolnConfigName [/project ProjName [/projectconfig ProjConfigName]]

Arguments

SolutionName Required. The full path and name of the solution file.

SolnConfigName Required. The name of the solution configuration that will be used to build the solution named in SolutionName.

/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 used when building the /project named.

Remarks

This switch performs the same function as the Build Solution menu command within the integrated development environment (IDE).

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.

This command only builds projects that have changed since the last build. To build all projects in a solution, use /Rebuild (devenv.exe).

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

Building and Cleaning Projects and Solutions in Visual Studio Devenv Command Line Switches /Rebuild (devenv.exe) /Clean (devenv.exe) /Out (devenv.exe)