How to build using VBP in the Visual Studio IDE

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Quite often, building a solution with VBP can be faster than building via the VS IDE itself. You can configure to build via VBP from the IDE using the following steps (for VS .NET 2002, 2003 and 2005):

1) Save the attached .bld file to C:\vs.bld
2) Add an external tool in Visual Studio (Tools | External Tools) configured like so:
Title: Visual Build
Command: C:\Program Files\VisBuildPro6\VisBuildCmd.exe
Arguments: "c:\vs.bld" "SLN_FILE=$(SolutionDir)\$(SolutionFileName)" "CONFIG=Debug|Any CPU"
Use Output window: checked

Note: You'll need to change the config as needed in the Arguments field to match the solution configuration you wish to build.

Build the solution by choosing Tools | Visual Build on the menu (you can also tie a keystroke to the Tools.ExternalCommandx for that external tool via Tools | Options -> Environment -> Keyboard if desired). The output will be captured to the VS Output window.