ParameterGroup Element

Contains an optional list of parameters that will be present on the task that is generated by a UsingTaskTaskFactory. For more information, see UsingTask Element (MSBuild).

<Project>
   <UsingTask>
     <ParameterGroup>

<ParameterGroup />

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element

Description

Parameter

Contains information about a specific parameter for a task that is generated by a UsingTaskTaskFactory. The name of the element is the name of the parameter.

Parent Elements

Element

Description

UsingTask

Provides a way to register tasks in MSBuild. There may be zero or more UsingTask elements in a project.

Example

The following example shows how to use the ParameterGroup element.

<UsingTask TaskName="MyTask" AssemblyName="My.Assembly" TaskFactory="MyTaskFactory">
       <ParameterGroup>
              <Parameter1 ParameterType="System.String" Required="False" Output="False"/>
              <Parameter2 ParameterType="System.Int" Required="True" Output="False"/>
             ...
</ParameterGroup>
       <TaskBody Evaluate="true">
      ... Task factory-specific data ...
       </TaskBody>
</UsingTask>

See Also

Concepts

MSBuild Tasks

MSBuild Project File Schema Reference

Other Resources

MSBuild Task Reference