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Team Build without SolutionToBuild?

I'm wanting to have Team Build execute a MSBuild project that just executes an external program several times with different parameters. There's nothing to checkout of source control although the external program adds/updates files in source control (scripts from our development Sql Server). However, if any of the executions of the external program fail, I'd like for that fact to be fed back into Team System as a work item. What am I missing? Thanks.
[458 byte] By [bpearson] at [2008-2-5]
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# 1

This MSBuild project that you are building, is that checked in into source control?

If executions of your external program fail and cause the project you are building to fail consequently, then a work item will be created for that by default.

Anutthara at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Build Automation...
# 2

You need to do two things -

  1. Set SkipInitializeWorkspace and SkipGet properties to true
  2. Ripe off CoreCompile target to execute your script. If it is MSBuild script, you can insteand just enter your script as SolutionToBuild.

Thanks.

GautamGoenka at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Build Automation...
# 3

Thank! This generally works.

Now I'm trying to massage out some other issues like the label not being able to determine the workspace (which I signaled TFB to skip) and how to send back custom status messages back to TFB instead of "Compiling sources".

bpearson at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Build Automation...
# 4

I am not sure I understand the label problem.

For customizing build steps, check this - https://blogs.msdn.com/nagarajp/archive/2006/02/03/524418.aspx

Thanks.

GautamGoenka at 2007-9-9 > top of Msdn Tech,Visual Studio Team System,Team Foundation Server - Build Automation...
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