Pre-build/Post-build Event Command Line Dialog Box
Clicking the browse (...) button of the PreBuildEvent or PostBuildEvent property for a deployment project brings up the Pre-build or Post-build Event Command Line dialog box.
Remarks
You can type pre- or post-build events directly in the edit box, or you can select pre- and post-build macros from a list of available macros.
Pre-build events do not run if the project is up-to-date and no build is triggered.
UI Element List
Command line edit box
Contains the events to run either for pre-build or post-build.Macros
Expands the edit box to display a list of macros to insert in the command-line edit box.Macro table
Lists the available macros and its value. See "Macros" below for a description of each. You can select only one macro at a time to insert into the command-line edit box.Insert
Inserts into the command line edit box the macro selected in the macro table.
Macros
You can use any of these macros to specify locations for files, or to get the actual name of the input file in the case of multiple selections. These macros are not case-sensitive.
Macro |
Description |
|---|---|
$(BuiltOutputPath) |
The absolute path name to the output file directory. |
$(Configuration) |
The name of the current project configuration, for example, "Debug". |
$(ProjectDir) |
The directory of the project (defined as drive + path); includes the trailing backslash '\'. |
See Also
Reference
PreBuildEvent Property (Windows Installer)