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Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace
Visual Studio 2010
This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
The Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine namespace represents the MSBuild engine. For information, see MSBuild.
The classes in this namespace are deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead:
| Class | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | BuildItem | Represents a single item in an MSBuild project. |
![]() | BuildItemGroup | Represents a collection of BuildItem objects. |
![]() | BuildItemGroupCollection | Represents a collection of BuildItemGroup objects. |
![]() | BuildProperty | Represents a single property in an MSBuild project. |
![]() | BuildPropertyGroup | Represents a collection of BuildProperty objects. |
![]() | BuildPropertyGroupCollection | Represents a collection of BuildPropertyGroup objects. |
![]() | BuildTask | Represents a Task element in a project. |
![]() | ConfigurableForwardingLogger | Represents the ConfigurableForwardingLogger, a pre-fabricated forwarding logger to be used when building projects on a multi-proc or multi-core system. For more information, see Writing Multi-Processor-Aware Loggers. |
![]() | ConsoleLogger | Implements the standard console logger that outputs event data to the console window during a build. |
![]() | DistributedFileLogger | Represents a text file that contains the build log for a build node. |
![]() | Engine | Obsolete. Represents the MSBuild engine. |
![]() | FileLogger | Extends the ConsoleLogger to log messages to a file rather than the console window. |
![]() | Import | Represents a single Import element in an MSBuild project. |
![]() | ImportCollection | Represents a collection of all Import elements in a project. |
![]() | InternalLoggerException | This exception is used to wrap an unhandled exception from a logger. |
![]() | InvalidProjectFileException | This exception is thrown whenever there is a problem with the user's XML project file. The problem might be semantic or syntactical. If the problem is in the syntax, it can typically be caught by XSD validation. |
![]() | InvalidToolsetDefinitionException | This exception is thrown whenever there is a problem with the user's custom toolset definition file. The problem might be semantic or syntactical. If the problem is in the syntax, it can typically be caught by XSD validation. |
![]() | LocalNode | This class hosts a node class in the child build process. It uses shared memory to communicate with the local node provider. |
![]() | LoggerDescription | Contains information about a logger as a collection of values that can be used to instantiate the logger as well as being serialized to pass between different processes. |
![]() | Project | Obsolete. Represents a project that can be built using MSBuild. |
![]() | RemoteErrorException | Wraps exceptions that occur on a different node. |
![]() | SolutionWrapperProject | This class is used to generate an MSBuild wrapper project for a solution file or standalone VC project. |
![]() | Target | Represents a single Target element in an MSBuild project. |
![]() | TargetCollection | Represents a collection of all Target elements in a project. |
![]() | Toolset | Represents a Toolset in MSBuild. For more information about Toolsets, see Standard and Custom Toolset Configurations. |
![]() | ToolsetCollection | Represents one or more Toolset objects. A Toolset is a combination of a Toolset version (such as "2.0"), a tools path, and an optional set of associated properties. |
![]() | UsingTask | Represents a single UsingTask element in an MSBuild project. |
![]() | UsingTaskCollection | Represents a collection of all UsingTask elements in a project. |
![]() | Utilities | Contains utility methods used by MSBuild. This class cannot be inherited. |
| Delegate | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | ColorResetter | Defines the type of delegate used to reset the console color. |
![]() | ColorSetter | Defines the type of delegate used to set the console color. |
![]() | WriteHandler | Represents the method that writes strings to a certain location, such as the console window or a window in an integrated development environment. |
| Enumeration | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | BuildSettings | Specifies the settings for a build. |
![]() | ProjectLoadSettings | Defines how MSBuild loads a project. |
![]() | PropertyPosition | Specifies constants that define the location in the project to insert a property. |
![]() | ToolsetDefinitionLocations | An enumeration whose values control Toolset initialization. |
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