Touch Class

Visual Studio 2015

This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Implements the Touch task. Use the Touch element in your project file to create and execute this task. For usage and parameter information, see Touch Task.

MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
  Microsoft.Build.Utilities::Task
    Microsoft.Build.Tasks::TaskExtension
      Microsoft.Build.Tasks::Touch

Syntax

C++

public ref class Touch : TaskExtension

Constructors

	Name	Description
	Touch()	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Initializes a new instance of the Touch class. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

Properties

	Name	Description
	AlwaysCreate	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether to create any files that do not already exist. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	BuildEngine	Gets or sets the instance of the IBuildEngine object used by the task. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.(Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine2	Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine2 object used by the task. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.(Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine3	Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine3 object used by the task. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.(Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine4	Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine4 object used by the task. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.(Inherited from Task.)
	Files	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets or sets the files to touch. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	ForceTouch	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether to force a file touch even if the files are read-only. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	HelpKeywordPrefix	Gets or sets the prefix used to compose Help keywords from resource names. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.(Inherited from Task.)
	HostObject	Gets or sets the host object associated with the task. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.(Inherited from Task.)
	Log	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets an instance of a TaskLoggingHelperExtension containing task logging methods. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.(Inherited from TaskExtension.)
	TaskResources	Gets or sets the culture-specific resources associated with the task. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.(Inherited from Task.)
	Time	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets or sets a time other than the current time. The format must be a format that is acceptable to the Parse method. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
	TouchedFiles	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets or sets the items that were successfully touched. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Execute()	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Executes the Touch task. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.(Overrides Task::Execute().)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

Thread Safety

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