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AssignProjectConfiguration Task

This task accepts a list configuration strings and assigns them to specified projects.

Task Parameters

The following table describes the parameters of the AssignProjectConfiguration task.

Parameter

Description

SolutionConfigurationContents

Optional string output parameter.

Contains an XML string containing a project configuration for each project. The configurations are assigned to the named projects.

DefaultToVcxPlatformMapping

Optional string output parameter.

Contains a semicolon-delimited list of mappings from the platform names used

by most types to those used by .vcxproj files.

For example:

"AnyCPU=Win32;X86=Win32;X64=X64"

VcxToDefaultPlatformMapping

Optional

string output parameter.

Contains a semicolon-delimited list of mappings from .vcxproj platform names to the platform names use by most types.

For example:

"Win32=AnyCPU;X64=X64"

CurrentProjectConfiguration

Optional string output parameter.

Contains the configuration for the current project.

CurrentProjectPlatform

Optional string output parameter.

Contains the platform for the current project.

OnlyReferenceAndBuildProjectsEnabledInSolutionConfiguration

Optional bool output parameter.

Contains a flag indicating that references should be built even if they were disabled in the project configuration.

ShouldUnsetParentConfigurationAndPlatform

Optional bool output parameter.

Contains a flag indicating if the parent configuration and platform should be unset.

OutputType

Optional string output parameter.

Contains the output type for the project.

ResolveConfigurationPlatformUsingMappings

Optional bool output parameter.

Contains a flag indicating if the build should use the default mappings to resolve the configuration and platform of the passed in project references.

AssignedProjects

Optional ITaskItem[] output parameter.

Contains the list of resolved reference paths.

UnassignedProjects

Optional ITaskItem[] output parameter.

Contains the list of project reference items that could not be resolved using the pre-resolved list of outputs.

Remarks

In addition to the parameters listed above, this task inherits parameters from the TaskExtension class, which itself inherits from the Task class. For a list of these additional parameters and their descriptions, see TaskExtension Base Class.

See Also

Concepts

MSBuild Tasks

Other Resources

MSBuild Task Reference