MSBuild, custom task to run custom tool to generate classes for linq to sql model?

Question

I have the following scenario. We use stored procedures to access the database and we use LiNQ 2 SQL to generate the classes or namely we use Unplugged LINQ to SQL Generator

Answer 1

You haven't declared an output property in your task. You have to use the Output attribute on OutputFiles property.

public class GenerateDesignerDC : Task
{
    [Required]
    public ITaskItem[] InputFiles { get; set; }

    [Output]
    public ITaskItem[] OutputFiles { get; set; }

    public override bool Execute()
    {
        var generatedFileNames = new List();
        foreach (var task in InputFiles)
        {

            string inputFileName = task.ItemSpec;
            string outputFileName = Path.ChangeExtension(inputFileName, ".Designer.cs");
            string result;

            // Build code string
            var generator = new ULinqCodeGenerator("CSharp");
            string fileContent;
            using (FileStream fs = File.OpenRead(inputFileName))
            using (StreamReader rd = new StreamReader(fs))
            {
                fileContent = rd.ReadToEnd();
            }

            using (var destination = new FileStream(outputFileName, FileMode.Create))
            {
                byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(generator.BuildCode(inputFileName, fileContent));
                destination.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
            }
            generatedFileNames.Add(outputFileName);
        }

        OutputFiles = generatedFileNames.Select(name => new TaskItem(name)).ToArray();

        return true;
    }
}