Visual Studio
Name
A friendly name for this action (will be displayed in the actions workflow area).
Enabled
Determines if this action will be run within the relevant stage.
Solution File
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Which Configuration of the solution to build. eg. "Release|AnyCPU" or "Debug|x86".
Action
Action type.
Using
The Using drop down is populated with any property collector whose namespace matches the pattern defined by the Visual Studio .NET Action. The pattern for this action is ^VisualStudio\..*
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Alternatively, you can select the Custom option from the Using drop down list and specify a path in the resulting input field that will be displayed. Please read Why it's a good idea to use a property collector before using this option.
Options
Safe Mode
Tick to use SafeMode command line option.
Timeout (in seconds)
How long to wait for the FinalBuilder project to finish running before timing out. Leaving this blank (or zero) will default to 86400 seconds (24 hours).
Treat failure as warning
Tick to continue build on failure marking the action with a warning status.
Environment
Multiple environment variables can be defined - one per line. These are set before the Gulp command line is run.
Generate system environment variables
Tick this to set new environment variables prefixed with 'ContinuaCI.' for system objects and variables.