[wix-users] BeforeBuild vs. PreBuildEvent

Brian Enderle brianke at gmail.com
Mon Nov 16 07:16:45 PST 2015


Can someone explain the difference(s) between the following?  Do they
actually run at different times or provide different funcitons?


<Target Name="BeforeBuild">some tasks</Target>

and

  <PropertyGroup>
    <PreBuildEvent>
      some tasks
    </PreBuildEvent>
  <PropertyGroup>


TIA

Brian

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