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| The Visual Studio action in Continua is a wrapper around the devenv.com command line. If you're having trouble using the Visual Studio action, please refer to the Command Line Reference. |
The Visual Studio action lets you set various options for the IDE, build projects, debug projects, and deploy projects.
Visual Studio
Name
A friendly name for this action (will be displayed in the actions workflow area).
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Which Configuration of the solution to build. eg. "Release|AnyCPU" or "Debug|x86".
Action
The action type. Select one of the following:
- Build - Builds a solution or project using a specified solution configuration file. [/build]
- Clean - Cleans all intermediary files and output directories. [/clean]
- Deploy - Deploys a solution after a build or rebuild. Applies to managed code projects only. [/deploy]
- Rebuild - Cleans and then builds the specified solution configuration. [/rebuild]
Using
The Using drop down is populated with any property collector whose namespace matches the pattern defined by the Visual Studio .NET Actionaction. 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. [/safemode]
Timeout (in seconds)
How long to wait for the FinalBuilder project action to finish running before timing out. Leaving this blank (or zero) will default to 86400 seconds (24 hours).
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If this is ticked, any warnings logged will not mark the action with a warning status.
Environment
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Environment Variables
Multiple environment variables can be defined - one per line. These are set before the command line is run.
Log environment variables
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Tick this checkbox to set up a list of new environment variables prefixed with 'ContinuaCI.' for all current system expression objects and variables.
Mask sensitive variable values in system environment variables
This checkbox is visible only if the 'Generate system environment variables' checkbox is ticked.
If this is ticked, the values of any variables marked as sensitive will be masked with **** when setting system environment variables. Clear this to expose the values.