Customize Build Tasks

To customize an existing build task:

1. Click Terminal > Configure Tasks.
2. Select the task to configure - for example, COBOL: MSBuild (projname.cblproj).

   This creates a tasks.json file in your folder. This file contains the custom build tasks for the current workspace:

   {
       "version": "2.0.0",
       "tasks": [
           {
               "type": "COBOL",
               "msBuildExe": "path to \\MSBuild.exe",
               "buildTarget": "path\\projname.cblproj",
               "group": "build",
               "problemMatcher": [
                    "$COBOLMSBuild"
               ],
               "group": "build",
               "label": "COBOL: MSBuild (projname.cblproj)",
           }
       ]

   If you choose the PL/I build task, PL/I: MSBuild (projname.pliproj), the tasks.json file looks similar to the one for COBOL:

   	"version": "2.0.0",
   	"tasks": [
   		{
   			"type": "PLI-MSBuild",
   			"command": "path to \\MSBuild.exe",
   			"buildTarget": "path\\projname.pliproj",
   			"problemMatcher": [
   				"$PLIMSBuild"
   			],
   			"group": "build",
   			"label": "PL/I: MSBuild (projname.pliproj)"
   		}
   	]

3. You can add any settings as required. For example, add the following to the list of argument in your task, if you want this build to compile for release:

               "args": ["/p:configuration=release"]

   The following examples show how you can specify multiple arguments:

   • Specify them separately:

                 "args": ["/p:Configuration=Release", "/p:Platform=x86"]

   • Specify them as a single argument:

                 "args": ["/p:Configuration=Release,Platform=x86" ]

     Or, enclosed in single quotes if separated by a semicolon:

                 "args": ["'/p:Configuration=Release;Platform=x86'" ]