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MSBuild.ToolsVersion Property

.NET Framework 4

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

Gets or sets a target .NET Framework version to build the project with, which enables an MSBuild task to build a project that targets a different version of the .NET Framework than the one specified in the project. Valid values are 2.0, 3.0 and 3.5.

Namespace: Microsoft.Build.Tasks
Assembly: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0 (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll)

Syntax

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public string ToolsVersion { get; set; }

Property Value

Type: System.String
The target .NET Framework version to build the project with.

Remarks

The default value is 3.5.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5

.NET Framework Security

Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

Platforms

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

MSBuild Class

Microsoft.Build.Tasks Namespace

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FAQ

Missing entry for .NET 4.0

"2.0", "3.0", "3.5", and "4.0"

History

8/17/2011
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