You can write a Visual Studio macro, something like this:
Dim WithEvents MyBuildEvents as BuildEvents Private Sub BuildEvents_OnBuildBegin(ByVal Scope As EnvDTE.vsBuildScope, ByVal Action As EnvDTE.vsBuildAction) Handles MyBuildEvents.OnBuildBegin OpenBuildOrderOutputPane() End Sub Private Sub OpenBuildOrderOutputPane() Dim window As Window = DTE.Windows.Item(EnvDTE.Constants.vsWindowKindOutput) ' Get Output Window Dim output As OutputWindow = CType(window.Object, OutputWindow) For Each pane As OutputWindowPane In output.OutputWindowPanes ' Browse panes If (pane.Guid = "{2032B126-7C8D-48AD-8026-0E0348004FC0}") Then ' Build Order guid pane.Activate() End If Next window.Activate() End Sub
You need to paste this code into the MyMacros module, EnvironmentEvents.
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