Can I get my code to run directly after the Visual Studio "Clean Solution" command?

Question

I'm creating my first Visual Studio extension and everything would just be perfect if I can get my code to run immediately after the Visual Studio "Clean Solution" command finishes execution.

I found EnvDTE._dispBuildEvents_Event.OnBuildDone, but can't seem to find it's cousin OnCleanDone.

Does an event like this exist at all? Or, is there a different approach I could take?

Thanks, giants!

Answer 1

Turns out Clean Solution is considered a BuildEvent and therefore fires EnvDTE._dispBuildEvents_Event.OnBuildDone.

All you need to do, is to check if parameter Action == vsBuildAction.vsBuildActionClean.

My full solution below (with two remarks):

• I get the warning that "One or more extensions were loaded using deprecated APIs", so I have some work to do, and will update this code snippet once I have it fixed. Maybe the naming conventions and lack of Generics should have been an indication that I'm doing this in an out-of-fashion manner 👴

• If I don't keep an active reference to DTE.Events.BuildEvents, OnBuildDone won't fire. I don't know why yet.

  public sealed class OnCleanSolutionDoneExtension : Package
  {
      protected override void Initialize()
      {
          base.Initialize();
  
          this.BuildEvents.OnBuildDone += OnBuildDone;
      }
  
      void OnBuildDone(vsBuildScope scope, vsBuildAction action)
      {
          if (action == vsBuildAction.vsBuildActionClean)
          {
              // 💰
          }
      }
  
      private BuildEvents BuildEvents
      {
          get
          {
              if (this.buildEvents == null)
              {
                  this.buildEvents = this.DevelopmentToolsEnvironment.Events.BuildEvents;
              }
  
              return this.buildEvents;
          }
      }
  
      private BuildEvents buildEvents;
  
      private DTE DevelopmentToolsEnvironment
      {
          get
          {
              return this.GetService(typeof(DTE)) as DTE;
          }
      }
  
      protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
      {
          try
          {
              if (disposing)
              {
                  this.buildEvents.OnBuildDone -= OnBuildDone;
  
                  GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
              }
          }
          finally
          {
              base.Dispose(disposing);
          }
      }
  }