FlexDeploy - MSBuild Plugin Guide

The MSBuild plugin provides a means to compile your .NET and Visual Studio projects using MSBuild.exe.

Supported Versions

The MSBuild plugin doesnā€™t include Microsoft Visual Studio or .NET Framework needed for using MSBuild.exe. Please download the necessarilyĀ licensed versions according to your organization requirement

  • Supports the standard MSBuild Lifecycle Phases for .NET Framework.

  • Supports 16.3.7 and lower versions.Ā 

  • Allows to pass arguments as well as properties.

Key Features

  • Supports multiple .NET project extensions like "sln", "csproj", "vbproj", "vcxproj", "dbproj", "fsproj", "pyproj", "rbproj", "wixproj", "vdproj", "isproj", "pssproj", "modelproj".

  • A plugin can execute based on a project source folder or an MSBuild project file name with any one of the extensions mentioned above.

  • The plugin will always look for the first matching extension or a file name to execute the build.

Plugin Operations

The following macros are not currently supported in the footer:
  • style