A detailed introduction to custom build events in Visual Studio

Custom build event opening method

By specifying a custom build event, you can automatically run a command before the build starts or after it completes. In Visual Studio, right-click the project -> Properties to enter the project properties menu.

Syntax for custom build events

Build events follow the same syntax as DOS commands. For example, when starting debugging, create a folder in a certain directory

mkdir c:\logs

You can enter the directory about the project more quickly through the built-in macro list

Click [Macro]-》From Select the macro to be inserted in [Macro List] -> click [Insert].

Application of custom generated events

Perform some file operations before/after the project generates events. For example, you can synchronize your configuration files and dynamic library files when writing unit tests; Synchronize Debug and Release files,...

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