How to execute a program using MSBuild?

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Hello,

My main problem is the lack of documentation for the Post/Pre-Build in Delphi 2009.The goal is to execute another program on the Pre-build event of my project.

Example I tried this,but it fails: Exec "E:\somepath\some.exe".

Where is the problem,how do I execute another executable on Pre-Build using MSBuild?

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