Stop windows service before CruiseControl.NET get latest - cruisecontrol.net

Question

I'm trying to figure out how to run a bat file that stops a windows service before the CruiseControl.NET project gets latest, as it'll fail saying the files are in use (by the running windows service.) I can't figure out how to run a task before it gets latest, as the source control block isn't a task, it's directly under the project node.
<project name="projectname" queue="queuename" queuePriority="1">
<workingDirectory>C:\Build</workingDirectory>
<category>companyname</category>
<webURL>http://ip/ccnet/server/local/project/projectname/ViewProjectReport.aspx</webURL>
<triggers>
<intervalTrigger seconds="60" />
</triggers>
<modificationDelaySeconds>60</modificationDelaySeconds>
&sc;
<tasks>
<msbuild>
<executable>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe</executable>
<workingDirectory>C:\Build\Web\H4</workingDirectory>
<projectFile>solution.sln</projectFile>
<buildArgs>/v:quiet /noconlog /p:Configuration=Debug</buildArgs>
<targets>Build</targets>
<timeout>900</timeout>
<logger>C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\server\Rodemeyer.MsBuildToCCnet.dll</logger>
</msbuild>
<exec>
<executable>deleteTestResults.bat</executable>
<baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\H4Test</baseDirectory>
<buildArgs></buildArgs>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>30</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</exec>
<exec>
<executable>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\mstest.exe</executable>
<baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\</baseDirectory>
<buildArgs>/testcontainer:testproject\bin\debug\testproject.dll /runconfig:localtestrun.Testrunconfig /resultsfile:H4Test\testResults.trx</buildArgs>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>900</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</exec>
</tasks>
<publishers>
<merge>
<files>
<file>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\testproject\testResults.trx</file>
</files>
</merge>
<xmllogger logDir="C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\Logs\companyname\projectname\" />
</publishers>
</project>
Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks,
Justin

Answer 1

Can't you just add a new exec before the msbuild task:
i.e.
<tasks>
<exec>
<executable>StopMyServices.bat</executable>
<baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\H4Test</baseDirectory>
<buildArgs></buildArgs>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>30</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</exec>
<msbuild>
<executable>C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v3.5\MSBuild.exe</executable>
<workingDirectory>C:\Build\Web\H4</workingDirectory>
<projectFile>solution.sln</projectFile>
<buildArgs>/v:quiet /noconlog /p:Configuration=Debug</buildArgs>
<targets>Build</targets>
<timeout>900</timeout>
<logger>C:\Program Files\CruiseControl.NET\server\Rodemeyer.MsBuildToCCnet.dll</logger>
</msbuild>
<exec>
<executable>deleteTestResults.bat</executable>
<baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\H4Test</baseDirectory>
<buildArgs></buildArgs>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>30</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</exec>
<exec>
<executable>C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0\Common7\IDE\mstest.exe</executable>
<baseDirectory>C:\Build\Test\TestCases\</baseDirectory>
<buildArgs>/testcontainer:testproject\bin\debug\testproject.dll /runconfig:localtestrun.Testrunconfig /resultsfile:H4Test\testResults.trx</buildArgs>
<buildTimeoutSeconds>900</buildTimeoutSeconds>
</exec>
</tasks>