Using relative path for “Start external program” in VS.NET 2010

Question

I\'ve seen a few posts related to this topic but none with any conclusive answers...

When debugging my VS.NET 2010 app, I\'m trying to start an external program whos

Answer 1

I know this is a little late to the party, but here's how we do it. The key to this is to set the 'OutputPath' explicitly to the Build directory. This re-bases it to working directory and not the VS install directory.

1. Update output path for the project to be:
   $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\bin\

2. Update StartProgram for the project to be:
   $(OutputPath)Relative.exe

Here is a sample configuration PropertyGroup:

   
   AnyCPU
   true
   full
   DEBUG;TRACE
   prompt

   
   $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\bin\
   Program
   $(OutputPath)NServiceBus.Host.exe
   NServiceBus.Integration