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The SeaLights .NET agent can be integrated with MSBuild to scan the binary code and provide the SeaLights server with the build information.

Generating a session ID

Before running the build scan and tests, you need to create a session ID. The session ID is provided for each step in order to link them together as one complete cycle

SL.DotNet.exe config --appName "myApp" --branchName "master" --buildName $(Get-Date -Format "yyyyMMdd_HHmm") --includeNamespace myNameSpace.* --buildSessionIdFile buildSessionId.txt

Automatic setup

The SeaLights agent can automatically set up your MSBuild to work with the SeaLights agent.

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This command creates a file called 'after.{SOLUTION_FILE_NAME}.targets' which sits alongside your solution file with all the needed parameters for the Sealights agent to be executed automatically by MSBuild.

Run MSbuild

When running MSBuild, it will identify the above file and cause our agent to come up and report the details needed from the binary files.

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