BuildTask Class

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07/25/2011

Provides the base class for MSBuild tasks that are used by the Office development tools in Visual Studio to build projects.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task
    Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks.BuildTask
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Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<ComVisibleAttribute(False)> _
<PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name := "FullTrust")> _
Public MustInherit Class BuildTask _
    Inherits Task

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction.Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
public abstract class BuildTask : Task

The BuildTask type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	BuildTask	Initializes a new instance of the BuildTask class.

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Properties

	Name	Description
	BuildEngine	Gets or sets the instance of the IBuildEngine object used by the task. (Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine2	Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine2 object used by the task. (Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine3	Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine3 object used by the task. (Inherited from Task.)
	HelpKeywordPrefix	Gets or sets the prefix used to compose Help keywords from resource names. (Inherited from Task.)
	HostObject	Gets or sets the host object associated with the task. (Inherited from Task.)
	Log	Gets an instance of a TaskLoggingHelper class containing task logging methods. (Inherited from Task.)
	TaskResources	Gets or sets the culture-specific resources associated with the task. (Inherited from Task.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	Execute	When overridden in a derived class, executes the task. (Inherited from Task.)
	Finalize	Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone	Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
	ToString	Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

These build tasks are for the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

The Microsoft Build Engine uses Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks to build and deploy Office solutions. However, you can create your own build system by using these classes and the MSBuild XML-based project files. For more information, see MSBuild Reference.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Inheritance Hierarchy

BuildTask Class

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Syntax

Constructors

Properties

Methods

Remarks

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See Also

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