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MSBuild provides a set of reserved properties that store information about the project fille and the MSBuild binaries. These properties are evaluated the same as other MSBuild properties. For example, to use the MSBuildProjectFile property, you would type:
$(MSBuildProjectFile)
The following table describes the MSBuild reserved properties.
MSBuildProjectDirectory
The absolute path of the directory where the project file is located, for example, C:\MyCompany\MyProduct.
MSBuildProjectFile
The complete file name of the project file, including the file name extension, for example, MyApp.proj.
MSBuildProjectExtension
The file name extension of the project file, including the period, for example, .proj.
MSBuildProjectFullPath
The absolute path and complete file name of the project file, for example, C:\MyCompany\MyProduct\MyApp.proj.
MSBuildProjectName
The file name of the project file without the file name extension, for example, MyApp.
MSBuildBinPath
The absolute path of the directory where the MSBuild binaries that are currently being used are located, for example, C:\Windows\Microsoft.Net\Framework\v2.0. This property is useful if you need to refer to files in the MSBuild directory.
MSBuildProjectDefaultTargets
The complete list of targets specified in the DefaultTargets attribute of the Project element. For example, the following Project element would have an MSBuildDefaultTargets property value of A;B;C.
<Project DefaultTargets="A;B;C" >
MSBuildExtensionsPath
The MSBuild folder under the Program Files directory. This location is a useful place to put custom target files. For example, your targets files could be installed at \Program Files\MSBuild\MyFiles\Northwind.targets and then imported in project files with the following XML.
<Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\MyFiles\Northwind.targets"/>
If you are running Team Build on a 64-bit server, the MSBuild folder is in C:\Program Files (X86). if you happen to forget, you may have a hard time finding the files in the actual location.