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ProjectTaskElement Class

Represents a Task Element (MSBuild) in an MSBuild project.

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

public ref class ProjectTaskElement : public ProjectElementContainer

The ProjectTaskElement type exposes the following members.

  NameDescription
Public propertyAllChildrenGets a recursive depth-first enumerator over all child elements. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public propertyAllParentsAll parent elements of this element, going up to the ProjectRootElement. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
Public propertyChildrenGets all child elements. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public propertyChildrenReversedGets all child elements, starting from the last child. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public propertyConditionGets or sets the Condition attribute of this project element. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
Public propertyContainingProjectGets the project root container that contains this project. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
Public propertyContinueOnErrorGets or sets the ContinueOnError attribute value.
Public propertyCountGets the number of child elements. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public propertyFirstChildGets the first child element. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public propertyLabelGets or sets the Label value. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
Public propertyLastChildGets the last child element. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public propertyNameGets the name of this task.
Public propertyNextSiblingGets the next sibling of this project element. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
Public propertyOutputsGets all Output Element (MSBuild) children.
Public propertyParametersGets all unevaluated parameters of this task.
Public propertyParentGets the project element container that contains this project. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
Public propertyPreviousSiblingGets the previous sibling of this project element. (Inherited from ProjectElement.)
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  NameDescription
Public methodAddOutputItem(String, String)Adds an Output item after the last child.
Public methodAddOutputItem(String, String, String)Adds a conditioned Output item to this task after the last child.
Public methodAddOutputProperty(String, String)Adds an Output property to this task after the last child.
Public methodAddOutputProperty(String, String, String)Adds a conditioned Output property to this task after the last child.
Public methodAppendChildAppends the child element as the last child of this project container. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
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 methodGetParameterGets the value of the parameter with the specified name.
Public methodGetTypeGets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodInsertAfterChildInserts the child element after the reference element. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public methodInsertBeforeChildInserts the child element before the reference element. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Protected methodMemberwiseCloneCreates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public methodPrependChildPrepends the child element as the first child of this project container. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public methodRemoveAllChildrenRemoves all the children, if any, from this project container. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public methodRemoveAllParametersRemoves all parameters from the task. Does not remove any ContinueOnError and/or Condition attributes.
Public methodRemoveChildRemoves a child element from this project container. (Inherited from ProjectElementContainer.)
Public methodRemoveParameterRemoves any parameter on this task with the specified name. If no parameter by that name exists in the task, does nothing.
Public methodSetParameterUpdates or adds a parameter on this task
Public methodToStringReturns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)
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.NET Framework

Supported in: 4

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, 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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