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Can a file name of a .vxproj be used as a variable within the file itself?


My intention is to use the file-name as Projectname:

So I do have (for example) a vs project-file: "MyAwesomeProject.vxproj"

And I would like to use it (for example) this way: <ProjectName>$(ProjectFileName)</ProjectName>

$(Projectname) now would have the value "MyAwesomeProject"

Now I do know that "ProjectFileName" is a not existing variable, but is there an other variable that I can make this work with?


Solution

  • I found the solution! I just had to dig a little bit deeper over here:

    https://learn.microsoft.com/nl-nl/previous-versions/visualstudio/visual-studio-2015/msbuild/msbuild-reserved-and-well-known-properties?view=vs-2015

    $(MSBuildProjectName) is the variable that I needed. It is the file-name without the extension.