How to set a custom tfs build parameter using powershell

Question

I am using powershell to automate a TFS Build

    [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TfsTeamProjectCollection]$tfsc = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TfsTeamProjectCollectionFactory]::GetTeamProjectCollection($TFSServer)
    $IBS = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildServer]

    [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildServer] $buildserver = $tfsc.GetService($IBS)
    [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildDefinition] $BuildDef = $buildserver.GetBuildDefinition($Project,$Definition)
    [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildRequest] $BuildReq = $BuildDef.CreateBuildRequest();
    $buildserver.QueueBuild($BuildReq)

My build defintion includes parameters that are set when the build is queued

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The question is how do I set the Version and Publish parameter from the PS script?

Update: This script script does the job

[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TfsTeamProjectCollection]$tfsc = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Client.TfsTeamProjectCollectionFactory]::GetTeamProjectCollection($TFSServer)
$IBS = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildServer]
[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildServer] $buildserver = $tfsc.GetService($IBS)
[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildDefinition] $BuildDef = $buildserver.GetBuildDefinition($Project,$Definition)
[Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildRequest] $BuildReq = $BuildDef.CreateBuildRequest();
$processParameters = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.WorkflowHelpers]::DeserializeProcessParameters($BuildReq.ProcessParameters)
$processParameters.Version = "8.4.1.TEST"
$processParameters.PublishToDevEnv = $false
$BuildReq.processParameters = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.WorkflowHelpers]::SerializeProcessParameters($processParameters)
$buildserver.QueueBuild($BuildReq)

ds19 · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-23 08:45:23Z

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You can try this:

Add-Type -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\Common7\IDE\ReferenceAssemblies\v2.0\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.dll"
Add-Type -Path $PathToCustomBuildActivities
$processParameters = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.WorkflowHelpers]::DeserializeProcessParameters($BuildDef.ProcessParameters)
$processParameters.Version = "foo"
$processParameters.PublishToDevEnv = "bar"
$BuildDef.processParameters = [Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.WorkflowHelpers]::SerializeProcessParameters($processParameters)

answered Apr 23, 2015 at 8:45

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Salguod Over a year ago

Yep, this was the clue I needed, although the $BuildReq is where the process parameters need to be serialised.

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