问题:

I am copying .exe file form a separate to my main project's folder on prebuild event but I need to build that project before build my main project so i want to build that project on prebuild event of my main project.

回答1:

Not that this is the best solution, but it will definately work for what you want to do:

Put the below into your pre-build event

"$(VS100COMNTOOLS)..\IDE\devenv" "csproj location OR sln location" /Rebuild "configuration required if you have more than configuration ex: Debug|x64"

回答2:

This is what worked for me:

"$(DevEnvDir)\devenv" "$(SolutionDir)\MySolution.sln" /Build $(configuration) /project "$(SolutionDir)\MyProjectFolder\MyProject.csproj"

Here $(DevEnvDir), $(SolutionDir), $(configuration) are Visual Studio Macros, so this command will be translated into:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Professional\Common7\IDE\\devenv" "D:\Learning\MySolutionFolder\MySolutionName.sln" /Build Debug /project "D:\Learning\MySolutionFolder\MyProjectFolder\MyProject.csproj"