在MsBuild文件中包含.sln文件？

Question

I'm trying to build Visual Studio project from .msbuild file. The idea is to do some things before the build, then execute build of .sln from the same place.

Something like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="BuildClient" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Release</Configuration>
    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
    <Tools>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\tools</Tools>
    <NugetExe>$(Tools)\nuget\nuget.exe</NugetExe>
    <ClientFolder>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\src\Client</ClientFolder>
    <ClientSolution>$(ClientFolder)\ClientProject.sln</ClientSolution>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <Target Name="BuildClient">
    <!--Restore Nuget-->
    <Message Text="Starting Restoring Nuget Packages" />
    <Exec Command=" $(NugetExe) restore $(ClientSolution)" />
    <Message Text="Finished Restoring Nuget Packages" />


    <Import Project="$(ClientSolution)" />

    <!--build project-->
  </Target>
</Project>

But line with <Import> is underlined in VS, saying import should be on level up, not within <Target> . When I move <Import> a level up as suggested I get an execution error:

errorMSB4025: The project file could not be loaded. Data at the root level is invalid.

Any idea how to build whole project without major rewriting?

Answer 1

Silly me! the solution turns out to be very simple:

<MSBuild Projects="..\..\MySolution.sln" "/>

This did the trick with executing the build on .sln file

I got the pointer from this answer .