Compiling VS 2012 project programmatically?

Question

I have this class library project sitting in a solution.

My need is to be able to embed resources (all files from 'Resources' folder) into DatabaseResources.resx and compile it all into an assembly, on the fly.

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I tried CSC and was able to compile it

csc /target:library /out:MyClassLibrary.dll  /res:ContentChangeLog.gz /res:CountryBillingRules.gz /res:Finance.gz /res:Instructions.xml /res:Language.gz /res:Masters.gz /res:wbs.gz /res:wbsList.gz

But, MyClassLibrary.dll should be exposing these resources thru DatabaseResources.resx so that others can find it- MyClassLibrary.DatabaseResources.(resource name)

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I couldn't find a way to do the same with CSC.

Any help appreciated.

A DLL is a pretty miserable "database". Surely the real problem is with "others can find it"? Those others have to use the ResourceManager class, a notoriously fickle class. — Hans Passant
– Hans Passant, Commented Feb 19, 2014 at 8:25
The XY problem - you have most likely chosen whrong solution to your problem. Ask about the problem, not solution. — DarkWanderer
– DarkWanderer, Commented Feb 19, 2014 at 9:06

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:28:43Z

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I guess what you are looking for is MsBuild.

a good explanation here - Some confusions about Command Line Compiler and MSBuild

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:28

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answered Feb 19, 2014 at 7:55

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Arpit Khandelwal Over a year ago

MSBuild was what I was looking for. Thanks Rex.

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