There's already a VS.NET plugin on SourceForge :
http://nantrunner.sourceforge.net/
features :
* adds a build tree node for each .nant or .build file found in your
open solution
* reads NAnt file imports adding all reachable targets to a tree
* puts targets with no description in the private sub-tree
* allows you to run targets with a single click
* redirects build output to the VS.Net build output window
* allows you add target specific properties
* allows you to filter targets with a simple show/hide methaphor
* allows you to kill a running build process
Hans
> I don't know if this would interest anyone, but we use a
> vs.net<http://vs.net>addin, at work, that we can release to the
> community. When we do a solution
> build, it'll search for a solution level build file. The addin runs all
> nant
> tasks before it hits the <solution> task. Then it uses
> vs.net<http://vs.net>to build the solution normally... after the
> projects build successfully in
> vs.net <http://vs.net>, nant is run again to execute all tasks after the
> <solution> task. Basically it allows us to run NAnt for all pre/post build
> tasks, while still allowing visual studio to build normally.
>
>
>
> On 6/10/05, Matthew Mastracci <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >> We solved it in-house by creating a new solution configuration based
>> >> on the Release configuration and called it "NAnt". The NAnt
>> >> configuration disables all the projects and uses Makefiles to call
>> >> NAnt to build the debug configuration.
>> >
>> > This sounds very interesting. Please can you describe this more
>> detailed
>> ?
>> > What do you mean with "disable all projects" ?
>>
>> I don't have VS.NET <http://VS.NET> in front of me, so I'll try to
>> remember what we did.
>> Use the build configuration dialog to create a copy of your Release
>> configuration called "NAnt". Once you've created the copy, uncheck the
>> box that selects the projects to build.
>>
>> Use the C++ makefile project to create yourself a new, empty project.
>> For the build command of the project, specify:
>>
>> nant -f:your-nant-file -emacs your-build-target
>>
>> This will run the NAnt build whenever you try to build the Makefile
>> project.
>>
>> Once you've got your NAnt projects, disable the building of all projects
>> except your NAnt ones from your build configuration dialog. This way,
>> VS.NET <http://VS.NET> won't attempt to build them under any
>> circumstances.
>>
>> In the end, this configuration should have Release selected for each of
>> your projects.
>>
>> We've been running with NAnt as our main build engine for some time now
>> (six months or more). I couldn't imagine going back to locked files. :)
>>
>> >> Because VS.NET <http://VS.NET> thinks you are building in release
>> mode,
>> it locks
>> >> release files and lets your debug build work perfectly. The only
>> >> problem with this solution is that VS.NET <http://VS.NET>'s default
>> intellisense
>> >> doesn't work properly in this mode.
>> >>
>> >> The solution for the intellisense problem is to shell out for a copy
>> >> of Resharper from Jetbrains. Their intellisense is source-code based,
>> >> rather than DLL-based like VS.NET <http://VS.NET>. :)
>> >
>> > I use ReSharper since they started theit EAP program and won't miss it
>> any
>> > more ;-)
>>
>> Excellent - this means that you can work around VS.NET <http://VS.NET>'s
>> autocomplete
>> problem. Note that if you did not have Resharper, you'd have to
>> occasionally compile in release mode to update your intellisense.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> Matt.
>>
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