Thursday, Dec 12, 2002, 2:50 PM in .NET
VS.NET 2003 Pre/Post-Build Steps in C# Projects
Here. "[I]n VS.NET 2003, the latest version that supports the .NET Framework 1.1 and available in beta version to MSDN subscribers, C# projects allow you to add your shell commands to the pre-build and post-build events during the project build."
A cool VS.NET trick from my VS.NET Info Center Q&A Forum.