Conditional postbuild in C#

Some Examples:

if “$(ConfigurationName)”==”Debug” “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\gacutil.exe” /i $(TargetPath)

Do not put the “if clause” and the “action clause“ in seperate two lines
Use “” if the command contains spaces, and if the command does not contain spaces, e.g. “SomeCommand” (not the “Some Command”, the quotation mark can be omitted;
This is the same as above
if $(ConfigurationName)==”Debug” “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\gacutil.exe” /i $(TargetPath)

if “$(PlatformName)”==”x86″ “C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\Bin\gacutil.exe” /i $(TargetPath)

Other variables:

Public property

$(Collection) Returns the collection containing the Configuration object supporting this property.
$(ConfigurationName) Gets the project configuration to be built.
$(DTE) Gets the top-level extensibility object.
$(Extender) Returns the requested Extender if it is available for this object.
$(ExtenderCATID) Gets the Extender category ID (CATID) for the object.
$(ExtenderNames) Gets a list of available Extenders for the object.
$(IsBuildable) Gets whether the project or project item configuration can be built.
$(IsDeployable) Gets whether the project or project item configuration can be deployed.
$(IsRunable) Returns whether the project or project item configuration can be run.
$(Object) Gets an object that can be accessed by name at run time.
$(OutputGroups) Gets a collection of OutputGroup objects that contains the names of the files that are outputs for the project.
$(Owner) Gets the project or project item for the configuration.
$(PlatformName) Gets the name of the platform supported by this assignment.
$(Properties) Gets a collection of all properties that pertain to the Configuration object.
$(Type) Gets a constant indicating the object type.

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