How do I get the output directories from the last build? - build

Question

Let's say I've got a solution with one or more projects, and I've just kicked off a build using the following method:
_dte.Solution.SolutionBuild.Build(true); // EnvDTE.DTE
How can I get the output paths for each project that just built? For example...
c:\MySolution\Project1\Bin\x86\Release\
c:\MySolution\Project2\Bin\Debug

Answer 1

Please don't tell me this is the only way...
// dte is my wrapper; dte.Dte is EnvDte.DTE
var ctxs = dte.Dte.Solution.SolutionBuild.ActiveConfiguration
.SolutionContexts.OfType<SolutionContext>()
.Where(x => x.ShouldBuild == true);
var temp = new List<string>(); // output filenames
// oh shi
foreach (var ctx in ctxs)
{
// sorry, you'll have to OfType<Project>() on Projects (dte is my wrapper)
// find my Project from the build context based on its name. Vomit.
var project = dte.Projects.First(x => x.FullName.EndsWith(ctx.ProjectName));
// Combine the project's path (FullName == path???) with the
// OutputPath of the active configuration of that project
var dir = System.IO.Path.Combine(
project.FullName,
project.ConfigurationManager.ActiveConfiguration
.Properties.Item("OutputPath").Value.ToString());
// and combine it with the OutputFilename to get the assembly
// or skip this and grab all files in the output directory
var filename = System.IO.Path.Combine(
dir,
project.ConfigurationManager.ActiveConfiguration
.Properties.Item("OutputFilename").Value.ToString());
temp.Add(filename);
}
This makes me want to retch.

Answer 2

You can get to the output folder(s) by traversing the file names in the Built output group of each project in EnvDTE:
var outputFolders = new HashSet<string>();
var builtGroup = project.ConfigurationManager.ActiveConfiguration.OutputGroups.OfType <EnvDTE.OutputGroup>().First(x => x.CanonicalName == "Built");
foreach (var strUri in ((object[])builtGroup.FileURLs).OfType<string>())
{
var uri = new Uri(strUri, UriKind.Absolute);
var filePath = uri.LocalPath;
var folderPath = Path.GetDirectoryName(filePath);
outputFolders.Add(folderPath.ToLower());
}