ProjectInstance.AddItem Method (String, String)

Adds an item with no metadata to the project.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Execution
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build (in Microsoft.Build.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function AddItem ( _
    itemType As String, _
    evaluatedInclude As String _
) As ProjectItemInstance

public ProjectItemInstance AddItem(
    string itemType,
    string evaluatedInclude
)

public:
ProjectItemInstance^ AddItem(
    String^ itemType, 
    String^ evaluatedInclude
)

member AddItem : 
        itemType:string * 
        evaluatedInclude:string -> ProjectItemInstance

public function AddItem(
    itemType : String, 
    evaluatedInclude : String
) : ProjectItemInstance

Parameters

• itemType
  Type: System.String

  The item type of the item to be added.

• evaluatedInclude
  Type: System.String

  The evaluated Include attribute of the item.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Build.Execution.ProjectItemInstance
Returns the new item.

Remarks

We don't take a ProjectItemInstance to make sure we don't have one that's already in use by another ProjectInstance.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

ProjectInstance Class

AddItem Overload

Microsoft.Build.Execution Namespace