Post build event execute PowerShell

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Here is an example :

First of all : you must be aware of the fact that PowerShell must be configure to execute scripts. The following line allow PowerShell to execute scripts :

Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned

Special mention here : if you are running a 64bits system you’ve got to take care of the fact that ‘devenv.exe‘ the Visual Studio 2010 executable is a 32Bits exe, so you need to allow PowerShell 32 to execute scripts.

Once here you can go in your project properties and configure post build as shown here under (sorry in french) :

Post build in VS 2010

For example :

Example of postbuild with powershell

Here is the file ‘psbuild.ps1‘, it creates a ‘test.txt‘ in the target path with the configuration name inside. I put in comment different ways to debug your postbuild script (message box, sound, message on the output)

param ([string]$config, [string]$target)

#[void][Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.Windows.Forms")
#[void][System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox]::Show("It works.")
#[Console]::Beep(600, 800)
#Write-Host 'coucou'
set-content $target -Value $config -Force

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