Saturday, 18 March 2006

Microsoft SDC Tasks

One of the Microsoft teams based in the UK has created a library of MSBuild tasks that is available for you to download at: http://www.codeplex.com/sdctasks You can download binary versions as well as all the source code for these tasks. There is almost 170 tasks that they have made available! Below is a list of them all if you are interested in what they are.

ActiveDirectory.Group.AddUser	SourceDepot.ReverseIntegrate
ActiveDirectory.Group.Create	SourceDepot.Sync
ActiveDirectory.User.Create	SourceSafe.Get
ActiveDirectory.User.GrantPrivilege	SourceSafe.LabelGet
AssignCulture	SourceSafe.LabelLatest
BizTalk2002.Configure	SourceSafe.Changes
Cab.AddFile	Sql.DisconnectUsers
Cab.Create	Sql.Execute
Cab.ExtractFile	Sql.Access.Revoke
Certificates.AddCertificate	Sql.Role.AddUser
CheckComponentInstalled	Sql.Access.Grant
CheckProductInstalled	ShortenPath"/>
CodeCoverage.AddAssembly	StringToItemList"/>
CodeCoverage.Create	StringComparison"/>
CodeCoverage.MergeReports	StringReplace"/>
CodeCoverage.Start	Summary.AddToReport
CodeCoverage.Stop	Time.Get
CompileTestSummary	Time.Diff
ComponentServices.Application.AddComponent	Time.Report
ComponentServices.Application.Delete	Tools.DevEnv
ComponentServices.Application.RemoveComponent	Tools.FxCop
ComponentServices.Application.Shutdown	Tools.Installshield
ComponentServices.Application.Update	Tools.MsTest"/>
ComponentServices.Component.Update	Tools.Ndoc
ConsoleReadLine	Tools.Nunit
CreateGuid	Tools.PreSharp
Email	Tools.PsExec
EventSource.Create	Tools.StrongName.AddSkipVerification
EventSource.Log	Tools.StrongName.ReSign
File.Delete	Tools.StyleCop
File.GetFiles	TrimJavascript
File.RegEx	VersionNumber.CreateSourceFiles
Folder.Copy	VersionNumber.Load
Folder.GetInfo	VersionNumber.SplitBuildNumber
Folder.Share.Connect	VersionNumber.Update
Folder.Share.Create	VersionNumber.VSSUpdate
Folder.Share.Delete	VirtualServer.VirtualMachine.OS.CheckHeartBeat
Folder.Share.Disconnect	VirtualServer.VirtualMachine.OS.Shutdown
Folder.Share.Exists	VirtualServer.VirtualMachine.Start
GetInstalledComponents	VirtualServer.VirtualMachine.Stop
GetInstalledProducts	Web.AppPool.Create
GetMetadataValueFromList	Web.AppPool.Delete
GlobalAssemblyCache.AddAssembly	Web.FtpSite.Create
GlobalAssemblyCache.RemoveAssembly	Web.FtpSite.CreateVirtualDirectory
Help.Compile	Web.FtpSite.Delete
Help.CreateProject	Web.FtpSite.DeleteVirtualDirectory
Help.Decompile	Web.FtpSite.Start
Help.DocumentExceptions	Web.FtpSite.Stop
Help.InsertAfter	Web.ServiceExtension.AddFile
Help.InsertBefore	Web.ServiceExtension.DeleteFile
Help.InsertParent	Web.WebSite.AddBinding
LogicalComparison	Web.WebSite.AddFilter
MessageQueue.Create	Web.WebSite.AddHttpCustomHeader
MessageQueue.Delete	Web.WebSite.AddMimeType
MessageQueue.SetPermissions	Web.WebSite.Continue
Msi.EmbedInstallProperties	Web.WebSite.Create
Msi.EmbedUninstallProperties	Web.WebSite.CreateVirtualDirectory
Msi.GetProperty	Web.WebSite.Delete
Msi.Install	Web.WebSite.Modify
Msi.Repair	Web.WebSite.DeleteFilter
Msi.Uninstall	Web.WebSite.DeleteVirtualDirectory
PerformanceCounters.Add	Web.WebSite.FilterExists
PerformanceCounters.Remove	Web.WebSite.Pause
Registry.CreateKey	Web.WebSite.Start
Registry.DeleteKey	Web.WebSite.Stop
Registry.DeleteKeyTree	Web.WebSite.UnloadVirtualDirectory
Registry.Get	Web.WebSite.UpdateHttpErrorSetting
Registry.Set	Web.WebSite.UpdateLogSettings
Security.AddAcl	Web.WebSite.UpdateServerCertificate
Security.RemoveAcl	Web.Smtp.Create
ServiceProcess.Exists	Web.Smtp.Start
ServiceProcess.Start	Web.Smtp.Stop
ServiceProcess.Stop	Wix.CompileMsi
ServiceProcess.UpdateIdentity	Wix.LinkMsi
Sleep	Wix.Fragment
SourceDepot.Changes	Xml.CanonicalizeFile
SourceDepot.ChangesInInterval	Xml.ModifyFile
SourceDepot.CreateBranch	Xml.GetValue
SourceDepot.CreateClientFromTemplate	Xml.XslTransform
SourceDepot.DeleteBranch	Zip.AddFile
SourceDepot.GetChangelistFromDateTime	Zip.Create
SourceDepot.GetChangelistFromLabel	Zip.ExtractFile
SourceDepot.GetUsersForChangelists	MergeByOrder
SourceDepot.Integrate	MergeByRef
SourceDepot.LabelSync

I’m sure that some of these tasks you’ll find completely useless. For example I presume that most of you will not be needing the SourceDepot.* tasks. But there are several very cool tasks that are made available here. Tasks for code coverage, tasks for invoking common tools and other things. I think its great that they have made this available and hope to see some of these tasks integrated into the next realease of MSBuild.