Any MSBuild Experts?

[SimonMac]

Did you find a solution in the end?

Yeah, get the developers to rewrite the application properly!

[Ketchup]

Did you find a solution in the end?

[Spacecadet]

There's no "\" to double up:

msbuild.exe %applicationname%.sln /target:Transformations

This works

msbuild.exe %applicationname%.sln /target:"Solution Items"

And various variations does not work

how about  

msbuild.exe %applicationname%.sln /target:Solution Items

[Ketchup]

Think msbuild uses xml so the " will be reserved, try using &quot

[SimonMac]

There's no "\" to double up:

msbuild.exe %applicationname%.sln /target:Transformations

This works

msbuild.exe %applicationname%.sln /target:"Solution Items"

And various variations does not work

[Ketchup]

Already tried that, as well as project%20name (I was running out of ideas)

We had the same thing and tried to double up our "\"'s and that fixed it. We then encountered it on a nother project (same team had developed it) but didnt work, we had to use "/"

[stek]

If it was Unix you could escape the space....

[SimonMac]

are you specifying the full path for the project name?
you might need to double up the "\"'s

"c:\\SimonMac\\Projects\\Badly named project.proj"

I am specifying a solution file (which it is finding), in the file there is 6 projects, if I specify a target without spaces it is compiling, if I specify the target with the space it is failing saying it can't find it

[Spacecadet]

Already tried that, as well as project%20name (I was running out of ideas)

are you specifying the full path for the project name?
you might need to double up the "\"'s

"c:\\SimonMac\\Projects\\Badly named project.proj"

[SimonMac]

can you not quote the project name?

/target "project name"

Already tried that, as well as project%20name (I was running out of ideas)

[Spacecadet]

Trying to call a solutions file with several targets only two of which I need to call, however in someones infinite wisdom they have put a " " in one of the project name which running MSBuild from the command line will not accept with the /target switch.

Does any know either how to call a target with a space in its project name, or alternatively, if its possible to list projects that I want to EXCLUDE rather than include when running from the command line

(Suggestions to beat the code monkeys around the head will be welcomed)

can you not quote the project name?

/target "project name"

[SimonMac]

Trying to call a solutions file with several targets only two of which I need to call, however in someones infinite wisdom they have put a " " in one of the project name which running MSBuild from the command line will not accept with the /target switch.

Does any know either how to call a target with a space in its project name, or alternatively, if its possible to list projects that I want to EXCLUDE rather than include when running from the command line

(Suggestions to beat the code monkeys around the head will be welcomed)