Announcement The MSBuild Community Tasks Project releases version v1.1.0.145. There are many new tasks in this release. Special thanks to all the contributors to the project. Current Community Tasks Task Description AppPoolController Allows control for an application pool on a local or remote machine with IIS installed. AppPoolCreate Creates a new application pool on a local or remote machine. AppPoolDelete Deletes an existing application pool on a local or remote machine. AssemblyInfo Generates an AssemblyInfo file using the attributes given.
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- The MSBuild Extension Pack provides a collection of over 480 MSBuild Tasks, MSBuild Loggers and MSBuild TaskFactories.
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Attrib Changes the attributes of files and/or directories FileUpdate Replace text in file(s) using a Regular Expression. FtpUpload Uploads a file using File Transfer Protocol (FTP). FxCop Uses FxCop to analyze managed code assemblies and reports on their design best-practice compliance. Mail Sends an email message. Math.Add Add numbers. Math.Divide Divide numbers. Math.Multiple Multiple numbers.
Math.Subtract Subtract numbers. Move Moves files on the filesystem to a new location. NDoc Runs NDoc to create documentation. NUnit Runs tests using the NUnit. RegistryRead Reads a value from the Registry. RegistryWrite Writes a value to the Registry.
Script Executes code contained within the task. ServiceController Task that can control a Windows service. ServiceQuery Task that can determine the status of a service. Sleep A task for sleeping for a specified period of time. SqlExecute Executes a SQL command SvnCheckout Checkout files from Subversion SvnClient Subversion Client SvnCommit Commit files to Subversion SvnExport Export files from Subversion SvnInfo Get Subversion information for a file or directory.
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SvnUpdate Update files from Subversion SvnVersion Get Subversion revision number of a local copy TaskSchema Generates a XSD schema of the MSBuild tasks in an assembly. Time Gets the current date and time. Unzip Unzip a file to a target directory. Version Increments a four-part version number stored in a text file VssAdd Adds files to a Visual SourceSafe database. VssCheckin Checks in files to a Visual SourceSafe database.
VssCheckout Checks out files from a Visual SourceSafe database. VssClean Removes Visual SourceSafe binding information and status files from a Visual Studio solution tree. VssDiff Generates a diff between two versions of an item in a Visual SourceSafe database. VssGet Gets the latest version of a file or project from a Visual SourceSafe database. VssHistory Generates an XML file containing the history of an item in a Visual SourceSafe database between two dates or labels. VssLabel Labels an item in a Visual SourceSafe database. VssUndoCheckout Cancels a checkout of an item from a Visual SourceSafe database.
WebDirectoryCreate Creates a new web directory on a local or remote machine. WebDirectoryDelete Deletes a web directory on a local or remote machine WebDownload Downloads a resource with the specified URI to a local file. XmlRead Reads a value from a XML document using a XPath. XmlWrite Updates a XML document using a XPath.
Xslt Merge and transform a set of xml files. Zip Create a zip file with the files specified. Join Project Please join the MSBuild Community Tasks Project and help contribute in building the tasks. Download The Latest Release The latest binaries, source and installer for Windows can be found in of the Tigris file-sharing area.
MSBuild Community Tasks Setup. MSBuild Community Tasks v1.1.0.145 Source.