Setting up a build dependency without using a reference?

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Right click the root node in Solution Explorer -> Properties -> Project Dependencies. (VS 2008 users: this feature gets its own dialog box that’s directly accessible from the context menu.)

The dependency graph is represented as an adjacency list of checkboxes. Each project you select will have its direct references checked & disabled [assuming you use project refs, not assembly refs]. Other checkboxes might be disabled if they would create a circular dependency.

For any checkbox not disabled, checking/unchecking will write a ProjectSection(ProjectDepedencies) section into your solution file. So your settings will propagate to other developers via source control.

Fair warning though: if you use MSBuild (including any version of Team Build), it does not always handle *.sln file customizations the same way that builds inside Visual Studio do. *.sln is not a native MSBuild file type, unlike *.??proj files. I myself have run into the problem described here; I’ve also seen the opposite behavior on occasion.

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