ProjectTaskElement Class

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05/05/2015

Represents a Task element in an MSBuild project.

MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectElement
    Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectElementContainer
      Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectTaskElement

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class ProjectTaskElement _
    Inherits ProjectElementContainer

public class ProjectTaskElement : ProjectElementContainer

public ref class ProjectTaskElement : public ProjectElementContainer

type ProjectTaskElement =  
    class 
        inherit ProjectElementContainer 
    end

public class ProjectTaskElement extends ProjectElementContainer

The ProjectTaskElement type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AllChildren	Gets a recursive depth-first enumerator over all child elements.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	AllParents	All parent elements of this element, going up to the ProjectRootElement. None if this is a ProjectRootElement. None if this has not been attached to a parent yet.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	Children	Gets all child elements.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	ChildrenReversed	Gets all child elements, starting from the last child.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	Condition	Gets or sets the Condition value. It will return empty string IFF a condition attribute is legal but it’s not present or has no value. It will return null IFF a Condition attribute is illegal on that element. Removes the attribute if the value to set is empty. It is possible for derived classes to throw an InvalidOperationException if setting the condition is not applicable for those elements.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	ConditionLocation	Location of the "Condition" attribute on this element, if any. If there is no such attribute, returns null.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	ContainingProject	ProjectRootElement (possibly imported) that contains this Xml. Cannot be null.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	ContinueOnError	Gets or sets the ContinueOnError attribute value. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	ContinueOnErrorLocation	Location of the "ContinueOnError" attribute on this element, if any. If there is no such attribute, returns null;MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	Count	Gets the number of child elements.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	FirstChild	Gets the first child element. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	Label	Gets or sets the Label value. Returns empty string if it is not present. Removes the attribute if the value to set is empty.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	LabelLocation	Location of the "Label" attribute on this element, if any. If there is no such attribute, returns null;MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	LastChild	Gets the last child element.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	Location	Location of the corresponding Xml element. May not be correct if file is not saved, or file has been edited since it was last saved. In the case of an unsaved edit, the location only contains the path to the file that the element originates from.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	MSBuildArchitecture	Gets or sets the architecture value for the task. Returns empty string if it is not present. Removes the attribute if the value to set is empty.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	MSBuildArchitectureLocation	Location of the "MSBuildArchitecture" attribute on this element, if any. If there is no such attribute, returns null;MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	MSBuildRuntime	Gets or sets the runtime value for the task. Returns empty string if it is not present. Removes the attribute if the value to set is empty.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	MSBuildRuntimeLocation	Location of the "MSBuildRuntime" attribute on this element, if any. If there is no such attribute, returns null;MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	Name	Gets the name of this task.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	NextSibling	Next sibling element. May be null.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	Outputs	Gets all Output element children.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	ParameterLocations	Enumerable over the locations of parameters on the task. Condition and ContinueOnError, which have their own properties, are not included in this collection. If parameters differ only by case only the last one will be returned. Hosts can still remove the other parameters by using RemoveAllParameters().MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	Parameters	Gets all unevaluated parameters of this task. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	Parent	Null if this is a ProjectRootElement. Null if this has not been attached to a parent yet.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	PreviousSibling	Previous sibling element. May be null.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)

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Methods

	Name	Description
	AddOutputItem(String, String)	Adds an Output item after the last child.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AddOutputItem(String, String, String)	Adds a conditioned Output item to this task after the last child.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AddOutputProperty(String, String)	Adds an Output property to this task after the last child.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AddOutputProperty(String, String, String)	Adds a conditioned Output property to this task after the last child.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	AppendChild	Appends the child element as the last child of this project container. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	Clone()	(Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	Clone(ProjectRootElement)	(Inherited from ProjectElement.)
	CopyFrom	(Overrides ProjectElement.CopyFrom(ProjectElement).)
	CreateNewInstance	(Overrides ProjectElement.CreateNewInstance(ProjectRootElement).)
	DeepClone	(Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	DeepCopyFrom	(Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	Finalize	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetParameter	Gets the value of the parameter with the specified name.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	InsertAfterChild	Inserts the child element after the reference element. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	InsertBeforeChild	Inserts the child element before the reference element.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	MemberwiseClone	(Inherited from Object.)
	PrependChild	Prepends the child element as the first child of this project container. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	RemoveAllChildren	Removes all the children, if any, from this project container.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	RemoveAllParameters	Removes all parameters from the task. Does not remove any ContinueOnError and/or Condition attributes.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	RemoveChild	Removes a child element from this project container.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
	RemoveParameter	Removes any parameter on this task with the specified name. If no parameter by that name exists in the task, does nothing.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	SetParameter	Updates or adds a parameter on this taskMSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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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.

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