Manifest.ReadOnly Property

Gets or sets a value indicating whether the manifest is operating in read-only or read-write mode.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property ReadOnly As Boolean
public bool ReadOnly { get; set; }
public:
property bool ReadOnly {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
member ReadOnly : bool with get, set
function get ReadOnly () : boolean 
function set ReadOnly (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value indicating whether the manifest is operating in read-only or read-write mode.

Remarks

If you only need to read a manifest, set this flag to True. If you need to write a new manifest, set this flag to False. The default is False. This property provides additional context for the manifest generator, and affects how some error messages are reported.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Manifest Class

Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Deployment.ManifestUtilities Namespace