BuildProperty Class

Note: This class is new in the .NET Framework version 2.0.

Represents a single property in an MSBuild project.

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

'Declaration
Public Class BuildProperty
'Usage
Dim instance As BuildProperty

public class BuildProperty
public class BuildProperty

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.

Module Module1

    ''' <summary>
    ''' This code demonstrates the use of the following methods:
    '''     Engine constructor
    '''     Project constructor
    '''     Project.LoadFromXml
    '''     Project.Xml
    '''     BuildPropertyGroupCollection.GetEnumerator
    '''     BuildPropertyGroup.GetEnumerator
    '''     BuildProperty.Name (get)
    '''     BuildProperty.Value (set)
    '''     BuildPropertyGroup.RemoveProperty
    '''     BuildPropertyGroup.AddNewProperty
    ''' </summary>
    ''' <remarks></remarks>
    Sub Main()

        ' Create a new Engine object.
        Dim engine As New Engine(Environment.CurrentDirectory)

        ' Create a new Project object.
        Dim project As New Project(engine)

        ' Load the project with the following XML, which contains
        ' two PropertyGroups.
        project.LoadXml( _
            "<Project xmlns='http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003'>" & _
                "<PropertyGroup>" & _
                    "<Optimize>true</Optimize>" & _
                    "<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>" & _
                "</PropertyGroup>" & _
                "<PropertyGroup>" & _
                    "<OutputPath>bin\debug\</OutputPath>" & _
                    "<RemoveThisPropertyPlease>1</RemoveThisPropertyPlease>" & _
                "</PropertyGroup>" & _
            "</Project>")

        ' Iterate through each PropertyGroup in the Project.  There are two.
        For Each pg As BuildPropertyGroup In project.PropertyGroups

            Dim propertyToRemove As BuildProperty
            propertyToRemove = Nothing

            ' Iterate through each Property in the PropertyGroup.
            For Each buildProperty As BuildProperty In pg

                ' If the property's name is "RemoveThisPropertyPlease", then
                ' store a reference to this property in a local variable,
                ' so we can remove it later.
                If buildProperty.Name = "RemoveThisPropertyPlease" Then
                    propertyToRemove = buildProperty
                End If

                ' If the property's name is "OutputPath", change its value
                ' from "bin\debug\" to "bin\release\".
                If buildProperty.Name = "OutputPath" Then
                    buildProperty.Value = "bin\release\"
                End If

            Next

            ' Remove the property named "RemoveThisPropertyPlease" from the
            ' PropertyGroup
            If Not propertyToRemove Is Nothing Then
                pg.RemoveProperty(propertyToRemove)
            End If

            ' For each PropertyGroup that we found, add to the end of it
            ' a new property called "MyNewProperty".
            pg.AddNewProperty("MyNewProperty", "MyNewValue")

        Next

        '  The project now looks like this:
        ' 
        '      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
        '      <Project xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
        '        <PropertyGroup>
        '          <Optimize>true</Optimize>
        '          <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
        '          <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
        '        </PropertyGroup>
        '        <PropertyGroup>
        '          <OutputPath>bin\release</OutputPath>
        '          <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
        '        </PropertyGroup>
        '      </Project>
        Console.WriteLine(project.Xml)

    End Sub

End Module

System.Object
  Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildProperty

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition

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

.NET Framework

Supported in: 2.0

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