How to copy .exe from C++ project to the output directory of a C# project?

Question

Say you have a Visual Studio solution containing 2 projects:

1. Project A: C++ console application
2. Project B: C# console application

Project B depends upon the output .exe of Project A. Is there a way to set this .exe to be automatically copied to Project B's output folder during build?

Answer 1

You can use Buildevents in the properties for the project.

Here you can define Post and Prebuild Tasks with Wildcards.

like:

copy "$(TargetPath)" "$(SolutionDir)UploaderClient\bin\Debug\Plugins\$(TargetFileName)"

Answer 2

Yes, in VS go into the project properties for A. Look under "Configuration Properties" for a sub item of "Build Events", expand that and add a "Post-Build Event". These are simple dos commands, so you can just copy the .exe where-ever you want.