Incremental MSBuild with vcxproj file

Question

With the following fragment of my standard .vcxproj file, how can I have a msbuild 4.0 process run incrementally for C++? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms171483.aspx is unclear on the specific format for what I'm looking for.

Thanks

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

....

  <Target Name = "BuildIncremental"
        Inputs="@(ClInclude);@(ClCompile)"
        Outputs="$(TargetDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)">
<!--<MSBuild Projects="$(ProjectName).vcxproj" />--> <!-- will cause a circular dependency-->
  </Target>
</Project>

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bcasner

Answer 1

Brad,

The question is being investigated, please wait some time.

thanks.

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Forrest Guo | MSDN Community Support | Feedback to manager

Answer 2

You write incremental build target correctly, but the "msbuild" task has unexpected parameter. It's supposed to build *other* project with this task.  That's why it build same project recursively.

See msbuild task reference here

thanks.

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Forrest Guo | MSDN Community Support | Feedback to manager