c# - Calling a target from csproj file -

this question related clickonce project trying publish.

basically, want have target run publish each testing environment can set publishurl , publishdir accordingly.

when building project, want able call new target without using defaulttargets or adding in msbuild param. how can call target without these steps?

ex: can call target target like:

<target name="clientpublish">     <calltarget targets="publishforeachenv" /> </target> 

but how call publishforeachenv target directly csproj?

hope makes sense

i'm not quite sure mean, i'll take crack @ it.

to edit csproj, right click on in solution explorer, select unload project. once becomes greyed out , unavailable in solution explorer, right click on again , select edit [your project name].

the file in xml, can sort in there. if towards bottom you'll see target file imports, , should see empty target each beforebuild , afterbuild. can add call custom target here, afterbuild appropriate you. include custom target inline in csproj, or in import file.

you'll have go solution explorer, right click on project , select reload project changes take effect.

additionally there option: add post build event prints value interested in build ouput window:

so, means solution explorer, right click on project, select properties, build events, edit post-build.

you should able want entering line

echo "my publish url is: '$(publishurl)' "

note publishurl not available in macros list, can still use entering manually - list contains common macros.