Below are the settings required to set up external tools in Visual Studio, and how to use Powershell to generate build numbers.
Visual Studio External ToolsCreate GUID
| Item |
Value |
| Title |
Create &GUID |
| Command |
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\Tools\guidgen.exe |
| Initial directory |
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\Tools |
Get Build Number
| Item |
Value |
| Title |
Get Build Number (Today) |
| Command |
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\Tools\guidgen.exe |
| Arguments |
[string]([int](Get-Date).Month) + ([string]((Get-Date).Day)).PadLeft(2,'0') |
Get Build Revision
| Item |
Value |
| Title |
Get Build Number (Today) |
| Command |
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\Common7\Tools\guidgen.exe |
| Arguments |
[int](Get-Date).TimeOfDay.TotalMinutes |
