Once Ntools is installed, Open a Developer Command prompt for Visual Studio 2022 and navigate to your solution folder (i.e. c:\source\ntools). The Nb.exe is the main executable for the Ntools. The following are some examples of how to use the Ntools:

  • Build a solution: Compiles the solution in the solution directory
Nb.exe solution
  • Clean a solution: Deletes the release/Debug, bin and obj folders in the solution directory
Nb.exe clean
  • Test solution: runs all the tests in the solution
Nb.exe test
  • Create a stage release: Creates a stage build which includes the following steps:
    • Clean the solution
    • Build the solution
    • Run tests
    • Create a stage build
    • Publish the stage build
    • Create a zip file of the stage build file
Nb.exe stage
  • Display available targets: Lists all the available targets in the targets file
Nb.exe targets