#MSBuild Community Tasks

The MSBuild Community Tasks Project is an open source project for MSBuild tasks.

##Download

The latest nightly build of can be downloaded from the following location. http://code.google.com/p/msbuildtasks/downloads/list

The MSBuild Community Tasks library is also available on nuget.org via package name MSBuildTasks.

To install MSBuildTasks, run the following command in the Package Manager Console

PM> Install-Package MSBuildTasks

More information about NuGet package avaliable at https://nuget.org/packages/MSBuildTasks

##Join Project

Please join the MSBuild Community Tasks Project and help contribute in building the tasks.

Google Group for MSBuild Community Tasks https://groups.google.com/d/forum/msbuildtasks

##Current Community Tasks

Task	Description
Add	Add numbers
AddTnsName	Defines a database host within the Oracle TNSNAMES.ORA file.
AppPoolController	Allows control for an application pool on a local or remote machine with IIS installed. The default is to control the application pool on the local machine. If connecting to a remote machine, you can specify the and for the task to run under.
AppPoolCreate	Creates a new application pool on a local or remote machine with IIS installed. The default is to create the new application pool on the local machine. If connecting to a remote machine, you can specify the and for the task to run under.
AppPoolDelete	Deletes an existing application pool on a local or remote machine with IIS installed. The default is to delete an existing application pool on the local machine. If connecting to a remote machine, you can specify the and for the task to run under.
AssemblyInfo	Generates an AssemblyInfo files
Attrib	Changes the attributes of files and/or directories
Beep	A task to play the sound of a beep through the console speaker.
BuildAssembler	BuildAssembler task for Sandcastle.
ChmBuilder	ChmBuilder task for Sandcastle.
ChmCompiler	Html Help 1x compiler task.
Computer	Provides information about the build computer.
DBCSFix	DBCSFix task for Sandcastle.
Divide	Divide numbers
ExecuteDDL	MSBuild task to execute DDL and SQL statements.
FileUpdate	Replace text in file(s) using a Regular Expression.
FtpCreateRemoteDirectory	Creates a full remote directory on the remote server if not exists using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). This can be one directory or a full path to create.
FtpDirectoryExists	Determ if a remote directory exists on a FTP server or not.
FtpUpload	Uploads a group of files using File Transfer Protocol (FTP).
FtpUploadDirectoryContent	Uploads a full directory content to a remote directory.
FxCop	Uses FxCop to analyse managed code assemblies and reports on their design best-practice compliance.
GacUtil	MSBuild task to install and uninstall asseblies into the GAC
GetSolutionProjects	Retrieves the list of Projects contained within a Visual Studio Solution (.sln) file
HxCompiler	A Html Help 2.0 compiler task.
ILMerge	A wrapper for the ILMerge tool.
InstallAspNet	Installs and register script mappings for ASP.NET
InstallAssembly	Installs assemblies.
JSCompress	Compresses JavaScript source by removing comments and unnecessary whitespace. It typically reduces the size of the script by half, resulting in faster downloads and code that is harder to read.
Mail	Sends an email message
Merge	Merge files into the destination file.
Modulo	Performs the modulo operation on numbers.
MV	Moves files on the filesystem to a new location.
MRefBuilder	MRefBuilder task for Sandcastle.
Multiple	Multiple numbers
NDoc	Runs the NDoc application.
NUnit	Run NUnit 2.4 on a group of assemblies.
Prompt	Displays a message on the console and waits for user input.
RegexMatch	Task to filter an Input list with a Regex expression. Output list contains items from Input list that matched given expression
RegexReplace	Task to replace portions of strings within the Input list Output list contains all the elements of the Input list after performing the Regex Replace.
RegistryRead	Reads a value from the Registry
RegistryWrite	Writes a value to the Registry
RoboCopy	Task wrapping the Window Resource Kit Robocopy.exe command.
Sandcastle	The Sandcastle task.
Script	Executes code contained within the task.
ServiceController	Task that can control a Windows service.
ServiceQuery	Task that can determine the status of a specified service on a target server.
Sleep	A task for sleeping for a specified period of time.
Sound	A task to play a sound from a .wav file path or URL.
SqlExecute	Executes a SQL command.
SqlPubWiz	The Database Publishing Wizard enables the deployment of SQL Server databases (both schema and data) into a shared hosting environment.
Subtract	Subtract numbers
SvnCheckout	Checkout a local working copy of a Subversion repository.
SvnClient	Subversion client base class
SvnCommit	Subversion Commit command
SvnCopy	Copy a file or folder in Subversion
SvnExport	Export a folder from a Subversion repository
SvnInfo	Run the "svn info" command and parse the output
SvnUpdate	Subversion Update command
SvnVersion	Summarize the local revision(s) of a working copy.
TaskSchema	A Task that generates a XSD schema of the tasks in an assembly.
TemplateFile	MSBuild task that replaces tokens in a template file and writes out a new file.
TfsVersion	Determines the changeset in a local Team Foundation Server workspace
Time	Gets the current date and time.
UninstallAssembly	Uninstalls assemblies.
Unzip	Unzip a file to a target directory.
User	Provides information about the build user.
Version	Generates version information based on various algorithms
VssAdd	Task that adds files to a Visual SourceSafe database.
VssCheckin	Task that executes a checkin against a VSS Database.
VssCheckout	Task that executes a checkout of files or projects against a Visual SourceSafe database.
VssClean	Task that can strip the source control information from a Visual Studio Solution and subprojects.
VssDiff	Task that records differences between the latest version of all the items in a Visual SourceSafe project and another version or label to a file.
VssGet	Task that retireves an item or project from a Visual SourceSafe database.
VssHistory	Generates an XML file containing details of all changes made to a Visual SourceSafe project or file between specified labels or dates.
VssLabel	Task that applies a label to a Visual SourceSafe item.
VssUndoCheckout	Task that undoes a checkout of files or projects against a Visual SourceSafe database.
WebDirectoryCreate	Creates a new web directory on a local or remote machine with IIS installed. The default is to create the new web directory on the local machine. The physical path is required to already exist on the target machine. If connecting to a remote machine, you can specify the and for the task to run under.
WebDirectoryDelete	Deletes a web directory on a local or remote machine with IIS installed. The default is to delete the web directory on the local machine. If connecting to a remote machine, you can specify the and for the task to run under.
WebDirectoryScriptMap	Sets an application mapping for a filename extension on an existing web directory.
WebDirectorySetting	Reads and modifies a web directory configuration setting.
WebDownload	Downloads a resource with the specified URI to a local file.
XmlMassUpdate	Performs multiple updates on an XML file
XmlQuery	Reads a value or values from lines of XML
XmlRead	Reads a value from a XML document using a XPath.
XmlUpdate	Updates a XML document using a XPath.
Xslt	A task to merge and transform a set of xml files.
XslTransform	XslTransform task for Sandcastle.
Zip	Create a zip file with the files specified.
* Items not complete or have not been released.

##Getting Started

In order to use the tasks in this project, you need to import the MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets files.

If you installed the project with the msi installer, you can use the following.

<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\MSBuildCommunityTasks\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets"/>

Alternatively if you want to get started with the nuget packages please add the following.

<PropertyGroup>
    <MSBuildCommunityTasksPath>$(SolutionDir)\.build</MSBuildCommunityTasksPath>
</PropertyGroup>  

<Import Project="$(MSBuildCommunityTasksPath)\MSBuild.Community.Tasks.Targets" />

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