以编程方式编译/构建C＃项目

Question

I have a project in c# that I would like to compile programmatically and put it in Release folder.

I am using CodeDomProvider, here below is my code:

 class Compiler
    {
      public static void Build(string filename,string outputAssemblyPath)
        {

            CodeDomProvider cdp = CodeDomProvider.CreateProvider("CSharp");
            CompilerParameters cp = new CompilerParameters()
            {
                GenerateExecutable = true,
                GenerateInMemory = true,
                IncludeDebugInformation = true,
                OutputAssembly = outputAssemblyPath
            };
            CompilerResults result = cdp.CompileAssemblyFromFile(cp, filename);

            foreach (string s in result.Output)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(s);
            }
        }
}

I am calling Build method the following way:

 class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Compiler.Build("C:/Projects/Project1/alan.project/Project1.csproj", "C:/Projects/Project1/alan.project/bin/Release/");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }

All I want to do is instead of clicking "Rebuild" and have my project compiled in the Release directory, I want it done programmatically.

Answer 1

One of decision it's using MSBuild SDK , that allows create custom task on C# . Through it you can controll build process, describe own logic.

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using Microsoft.Build.Construction;
using Microsoft.Build.Framework;
using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;
using System.Linq;

namespace MSBuild.Common
{
    class Build : Task
    {
        [Required]
        public string Solution
        {
            get;
            set;
        }

        public override bool Execute()
        {
            return BuildEngine2.BuildProjectFilesInParallel(SolutionFile.Parse(Solution).ProjectsByGuid.Select(p => p.Value.AbsolutePath).ToArray(), null, null, null, null, true, false);
        }
    }
}

This is task example. It's accept path to the solution and perform parallel compile its projects. You can add properties to BuildProjectFilesInParallel that will describe build process.

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Call of created task will be from the custom target:

<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" InitialTargets="EntryBuild">

    <UsingTask AssemblyFile="Build.dll" TaskName="Build" />

    <Target Name="EntryBuild">
        <Build Solution="$(Solution)" />
    </Target>

</Project>

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Execute it through MSBuild CLI :

msbuild.exe /t:Build.targets /p:Solutin=%pathToSolution%

MSBuild Targets | Task Writing