How do I import the msbuildcommunitytasks project from another msbuild project with a relative file path?

Question

Please go easy I am new to msbuild and msbuildtasks!

How can I set a property which represents a relative file path to a targets file which I want to import? I need

Answer 1

Ok, I've found the answer. Essentially you have to set the property MSBuildCommunityTasksPath as a relative path back to the original containing directory.

For example, given a folder structure like this:

Root---project---Build---{My msbuild project}
           |
           |-Tools---MSBuildCommunityTasks---{Binaries and Targets}

Where :
{My msbuild project} is in Root\Project\Build\
{MSbuildCommunityTasks} is in Root\Project\Tools\MsBuildCommunityTasks

To get the targets project to reference its binaries via the property MSBuildCommunityTasksPath, it will find the tasks file like this:

    ..\MSBuildCommunityTasks\ 

Then you can import the targets file with another relative file reference :