MSBuild Property Scope

Question

Once again I\'m battling MSBuild. I want to have a property value defined with a root path. As part of the build, the path will get updated with version information. Howe

Answer 1

Building on sll's answer, making the target that sets the new path a dependency instead of using CallTarget will yield the expected behaviour:

  
    \\server\folder
  

  
    
    
    
  

  
    
      $(MyPath)\version5
    
  

  
    
  

Build Output:

Main:
  In Main Before - MyPath = \\server\folder\version5
Task1:
  In Task1 - MyPath = \\server\folder\version5
Main:
  In Main After - MyPath = \\server\folder\version5

Making SetMyPathProperty a dependency of Task1 instead of Main will result in identical behaviour to your PropertyScopeTest1.proj.