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AL Class
Visual Studio 2010
This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.
Implements the AL task. Use the AL element in your project file to create and execute this task. For usage and parameter information, see AL (Assembly Linker) Task.
Assembly: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0 (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll)
The AL type exposes the following members.
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | AlgorithmId | Infrastructure. Gets or sets an algorithm to hash all files in a multifile assembly except the file that contains the assembly manifest. |
![]() | Bag | Infrastructure. Gets the collection of parameters used by the derived task class. (Inherited from ToolTaskExtension.) |
![]() | BaseAddress | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the address at which a DLL will be loaded on the user’s computer at run time. |
![]() | BuildEngine | Gets or sets the instance of the IBuildEngine object used by the task. (Inherited from Task.) |
![]() | BuildEngine2 | Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine2 object used by the task. (Inherited from Task.) |
![]() | BuildEngine3 | Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine3 object used by the task. (Inherited from Task.) |
![]() | CompanyName | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the Company field in the assembly. |
![]() | Configuration | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the Configuration field in the assembly. |
![]() | Copyright | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the Copyright field in the assembly. |
![]() | Culture | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the culture string to associate with the assembly. |
![]() | DelaySign | Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether to place only the public key in the assembly (true) or to fully sign the assembly (false). |
![]() | Description | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the Description field in the assembly. |
![]() | EchoOff | Indicates that command line echoing is turned off. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | EmbedResources | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the resources to embed in the image that contains the assembly manifest. |
![]() | EnvironmentOverride | Obsolete. Gets a set of environment variable name-value pairs. Designed to be overridden in a custom task class (derived from ToolTask) to return a set of new or altered environment variables to create the execution context of the associated tool. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | EnvironmentVariables | Array of equals-separated pairs of environment variables that should be passed to the spawned executable, in addition to (or selectively overriding) the regular environment block. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | EvidenceFile | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the file to embed in the assembly with the resource name of Security.Evidence. |
![]() | ExitCode | Gets the returned exit code of the executable file. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | FileVersion | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the File Version field in the assembly. |
![]() | Flags | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the Flags field in the assembly. |
![]() | GenerateFullPaths | Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether to cause the task to use the absolute path for any files that are reported in an error message. |
![]() | HasLoggedErrors | Infrastructure. Returns whether this ToolTask has logged any errors. (Inherited from ToolTaskExtension.) |
![]() | HelpKeywordPrefix | Gets or sets the prefix used to compose Help keywords from resource names. (Inherited from Task.) |
![]() | HostObject | Gets or sets the host object associated with the task. (Inherited from Task.) |
![]() | KeyContainer | Infrastructure. Gets or sets a container that holds a key pair. |
![]() | KeyFile | Infrastructure. Gets or sets a file that contains a key pair or just a public key to sign an assembly. |
![]() | LinkResources | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the resource files to link to an assembly. |
![]() | Log | Gets an instance of a TaskLoggingHelperExtension class containing task logging methods. (Inherited from ToolTaskExtension.) |
![]() | LogStandardErrorAsError | Should ALL messages received on the standard error stream be logged as errors. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | MainEntryPoint | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the fully qualified name (class.method) of the method to use as an entry point when converting a module to an executable file. |
![]() | OutputAssembly | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the name of the file generated by this task. |
![]() | Platform | Infrastructure. Gets or sets a string that limits which platform this code can run on; must be one of x86, Itanium, x64, or anycpu. |
![]() | ProductName | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the Product field in the assembly. |
![]() | ProductVersion | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the ProductVersion field in the assembly. |
![]() | ResponseFileEncoding | Gets the Encoding of the response file. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | ResponseFiles | Gets or sets the names of the response files that contain commands for the AL tool. |
![]() | SdkToolsPath | Gets or sets the path to the SDK tools. |
![]() | SourceModules | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the modules to be compiled into an assembly. |
![]() | StandardErrorEncoding | Gets the Encoding of the standard error stream of the task. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | StandardErrorImportance | Task Parameter: Importance with which to log text from the standard error stream. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | StandardErrorImportanceToUse | Gets the actual importance at which standard error messages will be logged. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | StandardErrorLoggingImportance | Gets the MessageImportance with which to log errors. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | StandardOutputEncoding | Gets the Encoding of the standard output stream of the task. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | StandardOutputImportance | Task Parameter: Importance with which to log text from the standard out stream. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | StandardOutputImportanceToUse | Gets the actual importance at which standard out messages will be logged. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | StandardOutputLoggingImportance | Gets the MessageImportance with which to log errors. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | TargetType | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the file format of the output file: library (code library), exe (console application), or win (Windows-based application). |
![]() | TaskProcessTerminationTimeout | A timeout to wait for a task to terminate before killing it. In milliseconds. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | TaskResources | Gets or sets the culture-specific resources associated with the task. (Inherited from Task.) |
![]() | TemplateFile | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the assembly from which to inherit all assembly metadata, except the culture field. |
![]() | Timeout | Gets or sets the amount of time after which the task executable is terminated. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | Title | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the Title field in the assembly. |
![]() | ToolCanceled | Used to signal when a tool has been cancelled. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | ToolExe | Projects may set this to override a task's ToolName. Tasks may override this to prevent that. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | ToolName | Gets the name of the tool (Al.exe). (Overrides ToolTask::ToolName.) |
![]() | ToolPath | Gets or sets the path of the executable file to run. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | Trademark | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the Trademark field in the assembly. |
![]() | UseCommandProcessor | Gets or sets a switch that specifies whether the tool task will create a batch file for the command-line and execute that using the command-processor, rather than executing the command directly. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | Version | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the version information for this assembly. |
![]() | Win32Icon | Infrastructure. Gets or sets the .ico file to insert in the assembly. |
![]() | Win32Resource | Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Win32 resource (.res file) to insert in the output file. |
![]() | YieldDuringToolExecution | Indicates if the task will yield the node during tool execution. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
![]() | AddCommandLineCommands | Infrastructure. Fills the specified CommandLineBuilderExtension with the switches and other information that the command line tool must run from the command line and not from a response file. (Inherited from ToolTaskExtension.) |
![]() | AddResponseFileCommands | Infrastructure. Fills the specified commandLine parameter with switches and other information that can go into a response file. (Overrides ToolTaskExtension::AddResponseFileCommands(CommandLineBuilderExtension).) |
![]() | CallHostObjectToExecute | Calls the host object to perform the work of the task. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | Cancel | Cancels the process executing the task by asking it to close nicely, then after a short period, forcing termination. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | DeleteTempFile | Deletes the specified temporary file. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | Equals(Object) | Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | Execute | Infrastructure. Executes the AL task. (Overrides ToolTask::Execute().) |
![]() | ExecuteTool | Creates a temporoary response (.rsp) file and runs the executable file. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | Finalize | Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GenerateCommandLineCommands | Infrastructure. Gets the switches and other information that the command line tool must run directly from the command line and not from a response file. (Inherited from ToolTaskExtension.) |
![]() | GenerateFullPathToTool | Infrastructure. Returns the full file path to the AL tool. (Overrides ToolTask::GenerateFullPathToTool().) |
![]() | GenerateResponseFileCommands | Infrastructure. Gets the switch used by the command line tool to specify the response file. (Inherited from ToolTaskExtension.) |
![]() | GetBoolParameterWithDefault | Infrastructure. Gets the value of the specified Boolean parameter. (Inherited from ToolTaskExtension.) |
![]() | GetHashCode | Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetIntParameterWithDefault | Infrastructure. Gets the value of the specified integer parameter. (Inherited from ToolTaskExtension.) |
![]() | GetProcessStartInfo | Initializes the information required to spawn the process executing the tool. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | GetResponseFileSwitch | Returns the command line switch used by the executable file to specifiy a response (.rsp) file. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | GetType | Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | GetWorkingDirectory | Returns the directory in which to run the executable file. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | HandleTaskExecutionErrors | Handles execution errors raised by the executable file. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | InitializeHostObject | Initializes the host object of the task. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | LogEventsFromTextOutput | Parses a single line of text to identify any errors or warnings in canonical format. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | LogPathToTool | Logs the tool name and path to all registered loggers. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | LogToolCommand | Logs the starting point of the run to all registered loggers. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | MemberwiseClone | Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | SkipTaskExecution | Indicates whether task execution should be skipped. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
![]() | ToString | Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.) |
![]() | ValidateParameters | Indicates whether all task paratmeters are valid. (Inherited from ToolTask.) |
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.
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