This tutorial is about NAnt, a free .NET build tool. It also deals with the integration of NAnt in Visual Studio 2005.

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1. Installation

Please find here the steps to install NAnt:

• Download NAnt
• Unzip the zip file in c:\Program Files\NAnt
• Add the c:\Program Files\NAnt path in your PATH environment variable
• Create a HelloNAnt.build file somewhere on your hard disk with the following content:
  

  <?xml version="1.0"?>
  <project name="Hello World" default="hello">
      <target name="hello">
          <echo>Hello</echo>
      </target>
  </project>
      

• Go in the directory where you have put this file, open a Command Prompt and type NAnt.

  You should have the following display:

  NAnt 0.85 (Build 0.85.1869.0; rc2; 12/02/2005)
  Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Gerry Shaw
  http://nant.sourceforge.net
  
  Buildfile: file:///C:/My Documents/HelloNAnt.build
  Target framework: Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1
  Target(s) specified: hello
  
  
  hello:
  
       [echo] Hello
  
  BUILD SUCCEEDED
  
  Total time: 0 seconds.
  

2. Integration of NAnt in Visual Studio 2005

• Create a solution for a console application named "Application" (this application displays "Hello World" on the console).
• Create a Application.build file with the same content as the previous one (using notepad by instance)
• In the solution explorer, click on the "Show All Files" icon
• Right-click on Application.build and choose "Include In Project"
• Now you must say that .build files are XML files using the following menu: Tools > Options > Text Editor > File Extension. Associate ".build" extension with XML Editor.

6 comments

Comments:

Comment from: ochekroun [Visitor] · http://sourceforge.net/projects/nantaddin

You can also use the NAnt addin for Visual Studio.

Permalink 05/20/06 @ 09:34

Comment from: Yogesh [Visitor]

Thanks,
Its really very nice tutorial that cover
a easy script building example , There should be some example related to this,
It will be useful to bignners.

Thanks again

Permalink 08/24/06 @ 05:33

Comment from: Cosimo Carbonelli [Visitor] · http://www.otherbit.com/modules/blog/BlogContent.aspx?blogID=4

OK, but how do you compile a solution
made with Visual Studio 2005 ? The task "solution" works only with Visual
Studio 2003 solutions...

Permalink 12/04/06 @ 09:07

Comment from: Serge Baccou [Member] · http://www.baccoubonneville.com

For Visual Studio 2005, you'd better use MS-Build if possible.

Permalink 12/04/06 @ 09:41

Comment from: Cosimo Carbonelli [Visitor] · http://www.otherbit.com/modules/blog/BlogContent.aspx?blogID=4

OK, in effects, I'd tried this option
and it seems to be the best...
thanks

Permalink 12/06/06 @ 15:51

Comment from: Shilpa [Visitor]

Hi,
i'm building a set of cs files which will generate dll file when build is succeeded. along
with this i want to copy a file into the same location where the dll has been generated.
How can i go about with this?

Permalink 09/20/07 @ 10:23

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