Within Visual Studio 2010 SharePoint projects you might want to use the SharePoint Site Url that you have specified for your SharePoint project in Pre or Post Deployment scripts.

The SharePoint Site Url value can be retrieved using the $(SharePointSiteUrl) variable.

Usage

For example, this variable could be used in a pre-deployment script to deactivate certain features for the debug configuration.

To add the Pre Deployment script do the following:-

• From Visual Studio 2010
• Open your SharePoint Solution/Project
• Click Project Properties
• Click the SharePoint Tab
• Add the following script to the Pre Deployment Script text box.

echo SiteUrl: $(SharePointSiteUrl)

if "$(ConfigurationName)" == "Debug" (

stsadm -o deactivatefeature -name "Feature1" -url $(SharePointSiteUrl) -force

stsadm -o deactivatefeature -name "Feature2" -url $(SharePointSiteUrl) -force

stsadm -o deactivatefeature -name "Feature3" -url $(SharePointSiteUrl) -force

stsadm -o deactivatefeature -name "Feature4" -url $(SharePointSiteUrl) -force

stsadm -o deactivatefeature -name "Feature5" -url $(SharePointSiteUrl) -force

)

Hope that helps.

For more information on Pre and Post-Deployment steps see this MSDN Link:

How to: Set SharePoint Deployment Commands (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee231534.aspx)

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