Build Event For Clean

[sindizzy]

In a VF project I know there are Build Events in properties. What I would like to do is delete some files in a directory if the project is Cleaned. There does not seem to be an option for that. There is also General>Extensions to Delete on Clean but that only deletes from the default folder. I would like to delete from a different folder as well.

[andrew_4619]

You can define your own pre and post build events to do whatever you want.

[sindizzy]

I get that but that is when you Build the Solution.

What I am looking for is an event when you Clean the solution.

How do I trigger an action when I click on Build>Clean Solution or Clean Project?

[jimdempseyatthecove]

Open a oneAPI CMD prompt

cd to your solution folder

devenv YourSolutionNameHere.sln /clean
del YourExtraFilesHere.xxx

Once you have that working to your satisfaction, enter those commands into a batch file, and place a shortcut (or the batch file) on your desktop (or task bar). Then use that.

Note, with additional effort, you can add an external tool to the MS VS tool bar to run that batch file. But I will leave that for you as an exercise.

Jim Dempsey