Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace ()

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Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace

This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

The Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine namespace represents the MSBuild engine. For more information, see MSBuild.

Classes

	Class	Description
	BuildItem	Represents a single item in an MSBuild project.
	BuildItemGroup	Represents a collection of BuildItem objects.
	BuildItemGroupCollection	Represents a collection of BuildItemGroup objects.
	BuildProperty	Represents a single property in an MSBuild project.
	BuildPropertyGroup	Represents a collection of BuildProperty objects.
	BuildPropertyGroupCollection	Represents a collection of BuildPropertyGroup objects.
	BuildTask	Represents a Task element in a project.
	ConfigurableForwardingLogger	Represents the ConfigurableForwardingLogger, a pre-fabricated forwarding logger to be used when building projects on a multi-proc or multi-core system. For more information, see Writing Multi-Processor-Aware Loggers.
	ConsoleLogger	Implements the standard console logger that outputs event data to the console window during a build.
	DistributedFileLogger	Represents a text file that contains the build log for a build node.
	Engine	Represents the MSBuild engine.
	FileLogger	Extends the ConsoleLogger to log messages to a file rather than the console window.
	Import	Represents a single Import element in an MSBuild project.
	ImportCollection	Represents a collection of all Import elements in a project.
	InternalLoggerException	This exception is used to wrap an unhandled exception from a logger.
	InvalidProjectFileException	This exception is thrown whenever there is a problem with the user's XML project file. The problem might be semantic or syntactical. If the problem is in the syntax, it can typically be caught by XSD validation.
	InvalidToolsetDefinitionException	This exception is thrown whenever there is a problem with the user's custom toolset definition file. The problem might be semantic or syntactical. If the problem is in the syntax, it can typically be caught by XSD validation.
	LoggerDescription	Contains information about a logger as a collection of values that can be used to instantiate the logger as well as being serialized to pass between different processes.
	Project	Represents a project that can be built using MSBuild.
	RemoteErrorException	Wraps exceptions that occur on a different node.
	Target	Represents a single Target element in an MSBuild project.
	TargetCollection	Represents a collection of all Target elements in a project.
	Toolset	Represents a Toolset in MSBuild. For more information about Toolsets, see Standard and Custom Toolset Configurations.
	ToolsetCollection	Represents one or more Toolset objects. A Toolset is a combination of a Toolset version (such as "2.0"), a tools path, and an optional set of associated properties.
	UsingTask	Represents a single UsingTask element in an MSBuild project.
	UsingTaskCollection	Represents a collection of all UsingTask elements in a project.
	Utilities	Contains utility methods used by MSBuild. This class cannot be inherited.

Delegates

	Delegate	Description
	ColorResetter	Defines the type of delegate used to reset the console color.
	ColorSetter	Defines the type of delegate used to set the console color.
	WriteHandler	Represents the method that writes strings to a certain location, such as the console window or a window in an integrated development environment.

Enumerations

	Enumeration	Description
	BuildSettings	Specifies the settings for a build.
	ProjectLoadSettings	Defines how MSBuild loads a project.
	PropertyPosition	Specifies constants that define the location in the project to insert a property.
	ToolsetDefinitionLocations	An enumeration whose values control Toolset initialization.