How to run MSBuild from Powershell without spawning msbuild.exe process?

Question

I am considering running MSBuild from a Powershell script by tapping directly to the MSBuild assemblies (as opposed to looking up MSBuild install path and starting msbuild.e

Answer 1

I was looking for this same thing. Following JaredPar's lead I found the following:

This is a how-to on making a cmdlet.

http://bartdesmet.net/blogs/bart/archive/2008/02/03/easy-windows-powershell-cmdlet-development-and-debugging.aspx

The MSBuild API is part of these namespaces:

Microsoft.Build.Framework

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine

And the MSBuild documentation can be found here (this is more for completeness than in response to your question):

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wea2sca5.aspx