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Visual Studio: Move referenced DLL to different directory after Build

Jul 20th

Posted by Zachary in Visual Studio

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If you need to move a referenced DLL to a different directory after build, add these commands to the “Post Build event command line” box in the “Build Events” tab of the project properties:

mkdir $(TargetDir)dir
move $(TargetDir)myDLL.dll $(TargetDir)dir\myDLL.dll

Changing the PlatformTarget in Visual C# Express

Jan 18th

Posted by Zachary in C#

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Some project types in Visual C# Express (Empty Project) will not allow you to change the PlatformTarget from the UI. You can still change the target platform though by editing the .csproj file in a text editor. Close the project and open it up in your favorite text editor (I use Notpad++). The .csproj file is really just a XML file. You should see somewhere in the file something like:

	<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
		....
	</PropertyGroup>
	<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
		....
	</PropertyGroup>

Inside the PropertyGroup elements, add the PlatformTarget element:

	<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
		....
		<PlatformTarget>x86*</PlatformTarget>
	</PropertyGroup>
	<PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
		....
		<PlatformTarget>x86</PlatformTarget>
	</PropertyGroup>

Save the file and open your project back up. Your project’s output should now target only x86.

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