Running program during VS project build?

Question

visual studio

Hello. I found here such a thing in the project properties as build events. I read something on MSDN, but I did not fully understand it. That is, I can register any console command here and it will be executed before building the project? For example, can I write a command to open a program?

Answer 1

That's right, in addition, you can add an assembly node to the project itself according to the conditions and not.
For example
, StsServerIdentity.csproj

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>net5.0</TargetFramework>
    <Version>5.1.2</Version>
    <Description>IdentityServer4 template with ASP.NET Core 3.1 and ASP.NET Core Identity</Description>
    <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/damienbod/IdentityServer4AspNetCoreIdentityTemplate</PackageProjectUrl>
    <PackageIconUrl>http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/61d005637f57b5c3da8ba662cf04a9d6.png</PackageIconUrl>
    <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/damienbod/IdentityServer4AspNetCoreIdentityTemplate</RepositoryUrl>
    <PackageLicenseFile>LICENSE</PackageLicenseFile>
    <PackageTags>oidc identityserver4 identity aspnetcore</PackageTags>
    <PackageReleaseNotes>Updated security headers, updated packages</PackageReleaseNotes>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Extensions.AspNetCore.Configuration.Secrets" Version="1.2.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Identity" Version="1.5.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Azure.Security.KeyVault.Certificates" Version="4.2.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="IdentityServer4.EntityFramework" Version="4.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication" Version="1.6.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="BuildBundlerMinifier" Version="3.2.449" />
    <PackageReference Include="IdentityServer4" Version="4.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="IdentityServer4.AspNetIdentity" Version="4.1.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Diagnostics.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="5.0.9" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFrameworkCore" Version="5.0.9" />
    <PackageReference Include="Pomelo.EntityFrameworkCore.MySql" Version="5.0.3" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Tools" Version="5.0.9">
      <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
      <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers; buildtransitive</IncludeAssets>
    </PackageReference>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Debug" Version="5.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Design" Version="5.0.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="Remotion.Linq" Version="2.2.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.IdentityModel.Clients.ActiveDirectory" Version="5.2.9" />
    <PackageReference Include="Sendgrid" Version="9.25.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog" Version="2.10.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.AspNetCore" Version="4.1.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Settings.Configuration" Version="3.3.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.Console" Version="4.0.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="Serilog.Sinks.File" Version="5.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Fido2" Version="2.0.2" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" Version="5.0.9" />
    <PackageReference Include="NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders" Version="0.16.1" />
    <PackageReference Include="NetEscapades.AspNetCore.SecurityHeaders.TagHelpers" Version="0.16.1" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <ItemGroup>
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools" Version="2.0.0" />
  </ItemGroup>


  <ItemGroup>
    <None Update="sts_dev_cert.pfx">
      <CopyToOutputDirectory>PreserveNewest</CopyToOutputDirectory>
    </None>
    <None Include="..\LICENSE">
      <Pack>True</Pack>
      <PackagePath></PackagePath>
    </None>
  </ItemGroup>
   
   <Target Name="DebugEnsureNodeEnv" BeforeTargets="Build" Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == 'Debug' And !Exists('node_modules') ">
    <!-- Ensure Node.js is installed -->
    <Exec Command="node --version" ContinueOnError="true">
      <Output TaskParameter="ExitCode" PropertyName="ErrorCode" />
    </Exec>
    <Error Condition="'$(ErrorCode)' != '0'" Text="Node.js is required to build and run this project. To continue, please install Node.js from https://nodejs.org/, and then restart your command prompt or IDE." />
    <Message Importance="high" Text="Restoring dependencies using 'npm'. This may take several minutes..." />
    <Exec WorkingDirectory="" Command="npm install" />
  </Target>
   
</Project>