Visual Studio project build as an executable AND a DLL

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In Visual Studio 2008 project properties, Application tab, I can set the Output type to Windows Application, Console Application, or Class Library. I have a project that I want to build as a stand-alone tool (console app) and be available to a couple other tools I'm working on as a class library.

The VS GUI only lets me choose one or the other, and building the proj twice all the time is inconvenient.

How can I set it up to build both output types in a single build job? Do I write some custom MSBuild .targets file or what?

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