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BuildProperty Class

Represents a single property in an MSBuild project.

System::Object
  Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine::BuildProperty

Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Engine (in Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll)

public ref class BuildProperty

The BuildProperty type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public methodBuildPropertyInitializes a new instance of the BuildProperty class with the specified name and value.
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  NameDescription
Public propertyConditionGets or sets the Condition attribute value of the property.
Public propertyFinalValueGets the final value of the property after all property evaluations have been performed.
Public propertyIsImportedGets or sets a value indicating whether the property was imported into the project.
Public propertyNameGets the property name.
Public propertyValueGets or sets the property value.
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  NameDescription
Public methodCloneCreates a deep or shallow copy of the BuildProperty.
Public methodEquals(Object)Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodFinalizeAllows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetHashCodeServes as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodToStringReturns the string that represents the property Value. (Overrides Object::ToString().)
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  NameDescription
Public operatorStatic memberExplicit(BuildProperty to String)Converts a BuildProperty to a String.
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The following example creates a Project object and uses the LoadXml method to add content to the project. The BuildProperty, BuildPropertyGroup, and BuildPropertyGroupCollection classes are used to add, remove, and change items in the project.

No code example is currently available or this language may not be supported.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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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