How do I target a specific .NET project within a Solution using MSBuild from VS2010?

Question

I have an MSBuild command line that can build an entire solution. It looks something like this:

msbuild SomeSolution.sln /p:Configuration:CustomDebug;Platform=Our

Answer 1

You can use the following commandline for building your project using msbuild from commandline

msbuild Solution.sln /p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x86 /t:ProjectName:Rebuild

Answer 2

Invoke MSBuild on the project file instead of the solution file (ref.msbuild /?)

msbuild SomeDotNetProject\SomeDotNetProject.csproj /p:Configuration:CustomDebug;Platform=OurPlatform /nodeReuse:false /maxcpucount:4 /t:Build

Answer 3

You'll need to specify any solution folders in the Visual Studio solution file, and replace any "." in the project name with "_":

msbuild SomeSolution.sln /p:Configuration:CustomDebug;Platform=OurPlatform /t:Folder\Project_Name

For example, if you have a project in the solution folder "Deploy" named "MyApplication.Deployment.csproj", you'll need

msbuild SomeSolution.sln /p:Configuration:CustomDebug;Platform=OurPlatform /t:Deploy\MyApplication_Deployment

Incidentially this is a solution folder, as displayed in Visual Studio, not a file system folder: those are ignored.