/ProjectConfig (devenv.exe)
Applies to: Visual Studio Visual Studio for Mac
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Specifies a project build configuration to be applied when you build, clean, rebuild, or deploy the project named in the /Project
argument.
Syntax
devenv SolutionName {/Build|/Clean|/Deploy|/Rebuild} [SolnConfigName [/Project ProjName [/ProjectConfig ProjConfigName]] [/Out OutputFilename]]
Arguments
SolutionName
Required. The full path and name of the solution file.
{
/Build
|/Clean
|/Deploy
|/Rebuild
}SolnConfigName
Optional. The name of the solution configuration (such as
Debug
orRelease
) to be applied to the solution named in SolutionName. If more than one solution platform is available, you must also specify the platform (for example,Debug|Win32
). If this argument is unspecified or an empty string (""
), the tool uses the solution's active configuration./Project
ProjNameOptional. The path and name of a project file within the solution. You can enter the project's display name or a relative path from the SolutionName folder to the project file. You can also enter the full path and name of the project file.
/ProjectConfig
ProjConfigNameOptional. The project's build configuration name (such as
Debug
orRelease
) to be applied to the/Project
named. If more than one solution platform is available, you must also specify the platform (for example,Debug|Win32
)./Out
OutputFilenameOptional. The name of a file that you want to send the tool's output to. If the file already exists, the tool appends the output to the end of the file.
Remarks
The /ProjectConfig
switch must be used with the /Project
switch as part of a /Build
, /Clean
, /Deploy
, or /Rebuild
command.
Enclose strings that include spaces in double quotes.
Summary information for builds, including errors, can be displayed in the command window, or in any log file specified with the /Out
switch.
Example
The following command builds the project CSharpWinApp
, using the Debug
project build configuration within MySolution
:
devenv "%USERPROFILE%\source\repos\MySolution\MySolution.sln" /build Debug /project "CSharpWinApp\CSharpWinApp.csproj" /projectconfig Debug