Is there a way to modify Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 project pre-build events from within your code in C#?

Is there a way to modify Visual Studio 2008 or 2010 project pre-build events from within your code in C#? Does C# have such preprocessor directives that would allow one to configure what gets run before project compilation and buil开发者_运维百科d?

The purpose of this is to scan the project for shader effect files (.fx) and recompile them without editing the pre-build events manually each time I add a new shader effect file. If you know anything that would favor this scenario, you're more than welcomed to contribute.

There is not a way to have the build process execute the code it's building (think about it for a minute...).

However, you can use DynamicExecute from the MSBuild Extension Pack to include C# code in your MSBuild file that will be executed during the build. This works in both VS2008 and VS2010.