You can generate an application in two ways:
Using the Build command within Visual Studio.
Use the Build menu of Visual Studio to build an entire AB Suite application solution or a selected project. Refer to One Button Deployment for more information.
Using MSBuild.exe, which is a new build platform for Visual Studio and AB Suite from Microsoft.
Provides an alternative way of generating an AB Suite application without having to work within the Visual Studio development environment. You still need to have Visual Studio installed to build using this method, as it is required to compile and link the generated files, so that they can be deployed to the host. More information on this build method can be found in the Agile Business Suite Developer Online Help.
A system must not be in use when deployment starts. If any system is in use when you trigger deployment, deployment aborts automatically.
Note: As with EAE 3.3, before building any existing system or migrating existing data, you must either create a new database or specify an existing target database. Refer to Using the Administration Tool for more information.