[How To] How to use property sheet in c# project

At the beginning the property sheet has been integrate from Visual Studio for C++ project.
You can centralize common information in this file and he can be used from all projects.

I would like to centralize the output directory of my all c# project.

Step 1 : 

Create a *.targets file.
Example : ( MainPropertySheet.targets)

<Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<PropertyGroup>
<MainOutDir>$(SolutionDir)..\libs\VS2013\$(Configuration)\$(Platform)\</MainOutDir>
<MainConfiguration Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">Debug</MainConfiguration>
<MainConfiguration Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">Release</MainConfiguration>
<MainConfiguration Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release_with_PDB'">Release</MainConfiguration>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>

As you can see, I created 2 variables, « MainOutDir » and « MainConfiguration ».
For using this variable, you should write $(MainOutDir).

 

Step 2 :

Use our *.targets file in a other projects.
Open your *.csproj file with notepad.
Add this at the top of your file :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\Build\VS2013\MainPropertySheet.targets" />
<PropertyGroup Condition="'$(MainConfiguration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|x64'">
<OutputPath>$(MainOutDir)</OutputPath>
...
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>

Save your file and reopen with visual. Enjoy !