Generating an MSBUILD project file from a visual studio solution file and project files

Question

I know that I can pass MSBuild a VS solution file (.sln) and it will build the solution but somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember using a MSBuild command line switch

Answer 1

The easiest way to do this is to run MSBuild from the command line, with an environment variable set:

  Set MSBuildEmitSolution=1

The output will be in the format SolutionName.metaproj