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Document that MSBuild is now able to automatically consume root props files of MSBuildToolchain & MSBuildDeps #2885

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28 changes: 24 additions & 4 deletions reference/conanfile/tools/microsoft.rst
Expand Up @@ -289,16 +289,28 @@ Available since: `1.32.0 <https://github.com/conan-io/conan/releases/tag/1.32.0>

The ``MSBuild`` build helper is a wrapper around the command line invocation of MSBuild. It will abstract the
calls like ``msbuild "MyProject.sln" /p:Configuration=<conf> /p:Platform=<platform>`` into Python method calls.
This helper externally injects root props files eventually generated by ``MSBuildToolchain`` and ``MSBuildDeps``.
Therefore manual edition of Visual Studio solutions is not required when you use this helper.

The ``MSBuild`` helper can be used like:
This helper is intended to be used in the ``build()`` method, to call msbuild command automatically
when a package is being built directly by Conan (create, install):

.. code:: python
.. code-block:: python

from conan import ConanFile
from conan.tools.microsoft import MSBuild
from conan.tools.microsoft import MSBuild, MSBuildDeps, MSBuildToolchain

class App(ConanFile):
settings = "os", "arch", "compiler", "build_type"
requires = "hello/0.1"
options = {"shared": [True, False], "fPIC": [True, False]}
default_options = {"shared": False, "fPIC": True}

def generate(self):
tc = MSBuildToolchain(self)
tc.generate()
deps = MSBuildDeps(self)
deps.generate()

def build(self):
msbuild = MSBuild(self)
Expand All @@ -308,7 +320,7 @@ The ``MSBuild.build()`` method internally implements a call to ``msbuild`` like:

.. code:: bash

$ <vcvars-cmd> && msbuild "MyProject.sln" /p:Configuration=<configuration> /p:Platform=<platform> /target=mytarget
$ <vcvars-cmd> && msbuild "MyProject.sln" /p:Configuration=<configuration> /p:Platform=<platform> /p:PlatformToolset=<toolset> /p:ForceImportBeforeCppTargets="<props_files>" /target=mytarget

Where:

Expand All @@ -317,6 +329,11 @@ Where:
but this will be configurable with ``msbuild.build_type``.
- ``platform`` is the architecture, a mapping from the ``settings.arch`` to the common 'x86', 'x64', 'ARM', 'ARM64'.
This is configurable with ``msbuild.platform``.
- ``toolset`` (since `1.57.0 <https://github.com/conan-io/conan/releases/tag/1.57.0>`_) is the platform toolset.
It's ``settings.compiler.toolset`` if defined, otherwise a mapping from ``settings.compiler.version`` to default
values like 'v142' or 'v143' etc. This is configurable with ``msbuild.toolset``.
- ``props_files`` (since `1.57.0 <https://github.com/conan-io/conan/releases/tag/1.57.0>`_) is a semi colon separated
list of root props files eventually generated by ``MSBuildToolchain`` and ``MSBuildDeps``.
- ``targets`` (since `1.52.0 <https://github.com/conan-io/conan/releases/tag/1.52.0>`_) is an optional argument,
defaults to ``None``, and otherwise it is a list of targets to build

Expand All @@ -329,6 +346,8 @@ You can customize the following attributes in case you need to change them:
- **build_type** (default ``settings.build_type``): Value for the ``/p:Configuration``.
- **platform** (default based on ``settings.arch`` to select one of these values: (``'x86', 'x64', 'ARM', 'ARM64'``):
Value for the ``/p:Platform``.
- **toolset** (since `1.57.0 <https://github.com/conan-io/conan/releases/tag/1.57.0>`_) (default ``settings.compiler.toolset``
if defined, otherwise based on ``settings.compiler.version``): Value for the ``/p:PlaftormToolset``.

Example:

Expand All @@ -344,6 +363,7 @@ Example:
msbuild = MSBuild(self)
msbuild.build_type = "MyRelease"
msbuild.platform = "MyPlatform"
msbuild.toolset = "MyToolset"
msbuild.build("MyProject.sln")


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