MSBuild to copy dynamically generated files as part of project dependency

Question

I have a custom msbuild task that is generating some output files to the output directory ($(TargetDir)) of a ProjectA. Current code is something like this:

Answer 1

As I understand you want to add additional step by writing only this line in ProjectB.msbuild:

To achieve it you can write something like in ProjectA:

  $(BuildDependsOn);MyCustomTask

This adds your task to the list of dependencies of Build task.

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