/Deploy (devenv.exe)

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Deploys a solution after a build or rebuild. Applies to managed code projects only.

Syntax

devenv SolutionName /Deploy [SolnConfigName [/Project ProjName [/ProjectConfig ProjConfigName]] [/Out OutputFilename]]

Arguments

  • SolutionName

    Required. The full path and name of the solution file.

  • SolnConfigName

    Optional. The name of the solution configuration (such as Debug or Release) to be used to build the solution named in SolutionName. If more than one solution platform is available, you must also specify the platform (for example, Debug|Win32). If this argument is unspecified or an empty string (""), the tool uses the solution's active configuration.

  • /Project ProjName

    Optional. The path and name of a project file within the solution. You can enter the project's display name or a relative path from the SolutionName folder to the project file. You can also enter the full path and name of the project file.

  • /ProjectConfig ProjConfigName

    Optional. The names of a project build configuration (such as Debug or Release) to be used when building the /Project named. If more than one solution platform is available, you must also specify the platform (for example, Debug|Win32). If this switch is specified, it overrides the SolnConfigName argument.

  • /Out OutputFilename

    Optional. The name of a file that you want to send the tool's output to. If the file already exists, the tool appends the output to the end of the file.

Remarks

The specified project must be a deployment project. If the specified project isn't a deployment project, when the project that has been built is passed for deployment, it fails with an error.

Enclose strings that include spaces in double quotation marks.

Summary information for builds, including errors, can be displayed in the Command window, or in any log file specified with the /Out switch.

Example

This example deploys the project CSharpWinApp, using the Release project build configuration within MySolution.

devenv "%USERPROFILE%\source\repos\MySolution\MySolution.sln" /deploy Release /project "CSharpWinApp\CSharpWinApp.csproj" /projectconfig Release

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