WinMDExp Class
Exports a managed assembly to a windows runtime metadata.
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.
Assembly: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll)
Microsoft.Build.Utilities::Task
Microsoft.Build.Utilities::ToolTask
Microsoft.Build.Tasks::ToolTaskExtension
Microsoft.Build.Tasks::WinMDExp
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | WinMDExp() | Creates an instance of WinMDExp. 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. |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AssemblyUnificationPolicy | Gets or sets the policy used for assembly unification. |
 | Bag | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets the collection of parameters used by the derived task 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.(Inherited from ToolTaskExtension.) |
| 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.) |
| DisabledWarnings | Warning codes to disable 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. |
| EchoOff | Indicates that command line echoing is turned off. 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 ToolTask.) |
| 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. 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 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. 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 ToolTask.) |
| ExitCode | Gets the returned exit code of the executable file. 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 ToolTask.) |
| HasLoggedErrors | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Returns whether this ToolTask has logged any errors. 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 ToolTaskExtension.) |
| 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.) |
| InputDocumentationFile | Input documentation file 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. |
| InputPDBFile | Input PDB file 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. |
| Log | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets an instance of a TaskLoggingHelperExtension class 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 ToolTaskExtension.) |
| LogStandardErrorAsError | Should ALL messages received on the standard error stream be logged as errors. 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 ToolTask.) |
| OutputDocumentationFile | Output documentation file 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. |
| OutputPDBFile | Output PDB file 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. |
| OutputWindowsMetadataFile | Output windows metadata file .winmd 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. |
| References | Set of references to pass to the winmdexp tool. 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. |
| ResponseFileEncoding | Gets the Encoding of the response file. 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 ToolTask.) |
| SdkToolsPath | Path to the SDK directory which contains this tool 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. |
| StandardErrorEncoding | Gets the value which specifies the encoding of the captured task standard error stream. 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 ToolTask::StandardErrorEncoding.) |
| StandardErrorImportance | Task Parameter: Importance with which to log text from the standard error stream. 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 ToolTask.) |
| StandardErrorImportanceToUse | Gets the actual importance at which standard error messages will be logged. 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 ToolTask.) |
| StandardErrorLoggingImportance | Gets the MessageImportance with which to log errors. 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 ToolTask.) |
| StandardOutputEncoding | Gets the value which specifies the encoding of the captured task standard output stream. 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 ToolTask::StandardOutputEncoding.) |
| StandardOutputImportance | Task Parameter: Importance with which to log text from the standard out stream. 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 ToolTask.) |
| StandardOutputImportanceToUse | Gets the actual importance at which standard out messages will be logged. 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 ToolTask.) |
| StandardOutputLoggingImportance | Gets the MessageImportance with which to log errors. 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 ToolTask.) |
| TaskProcessTerminationTimeout | A timeout to wait for a task to terminate before killing it. In milliseconds. 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 ToolTask.) |
| 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.) |
| Timeout | Gets or sets the amount of time after which the task executable is terminated. 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 ToolTask.) |
| ToolCanceled | Used to signal when a tool has been cancelled. 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 ToolTask.) |
| ToolExe | Projects may set this to override a task's ToolName. Tasks may override this to prevent that. 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 ToolTask.) |
| ToolName | The name of the tool to execute. 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 ToolTask::ToolName.) |
| ToolPath | Gets or sets the path of the executable file to run. 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 ToolTask.) |
| TreatWarningsAsErrors | Gets or sets the flag indicating whether to treat warnings as errors. 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. |
| 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. 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 ToolTask.) |
| UTF8Output | Gets or sets the flag indicating whether to use UTF-8 output stream encoding. 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. |
| WinMDModule | WinMDModule to generate the WinMDFile for. 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. |
| YieldDuringToolExecution | Indicates if the task will yield the node during tool execution. 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 ToolTask.) |
| Name | Description | |
|---|---|---|
 | AddCommandLineCommands(CommandLineBuilderExtension^) | Fills the provided CommandLineBuilderExtension with all the command line options used when executing this tool 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 ToolTaskExtension::AddCommandLineCommands(CommandLineBuilderExtension^).) |
| AddResponseFileCommands(CommandLineBuilderExtension^) | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Fills the specified CommandLineBuilderExtension with the switches and other information that the command line tool can run from a response file. 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 ToolTaskExtension.) |
| CallHostObjectToExecute() | Calls the host object to perform the work of 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 ToolTask.) |
| Cancel() | Cancels the process executing the task by asking it to close nicely, then after a short period, forcing termination. 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 ToolTask.) |
| DeleteTempFile(String^) | Deletes the specified temporary file. 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 ToolTask.) |
| Equals(Object^) | (Inherited from Object.) |
| Execute() | Runs the exectuable file with the specified task parameters. 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 ToolTask.) |
| ExecuteTool(String^, String^, String^) | Creates a temporoary response (.rsp) file and runs the executable file. 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 ToolTask.) |
| Finalize() | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GenerateCommandLineCommands() | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets the switches and other information that the command line tool must run directly from the command line and not from a response file. 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 ToolTaskExtension.) |
| GenerateFullPathToTool() | The full path of the tool to execute. 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 ToolTask::GenerateFullPathToTool().) |
| GenerateResponseFileCommands() | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets the switch used by the command line tool to specify the response file. 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 ToolTaskExtension.) |
| GetBoolParameterWithDefault(String^, Boolean) | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets the value of the specified Boolean parameter. 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 ToolTaskExtension.) |
| GetHashCode() | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetIntParameterWithDefault(String^, Int32) | This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets the value of the specified integer parameter. 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 ToolTaskExtension.) |
| GetProcessStartInfo(String^, String^, String^) | Initializes the information required to spawn the process executing the tool. 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 ToolTask.) |
| GetResponseFileSwitch(String^) | Returns the command line switch used by the executable file to specifiy a response (.rsp) file. 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 ToolTask.) |
| GetType() | (Inherited from Object.) |
| GetWorkingDirectory() | Returns the directory in which to run the executable file. 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 ToolTask.) |
| HandleTaskExecutionErrors() | Handles execution errors raised by the executable file. 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 ToolTask.) |
| InitializeHostObject() | Initializes the host object of 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 ToolTask.) |
| LogEventsFromTextOutput(String^, MessageImportance) | Parses a single line of text to identify any errors or warnings in canonical format. 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 ToolTask.) |
| LogPathToTool(String^, String^) | Logs the tool name and path to all registered loggers. 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 ToolTask.) |
| LogToolCommand(String^) | Logs the starting point of the run to all registered loggers. 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 ToolTask.) |
| MemberwiseClone() | (Inherited from Object.) |
| ResponseFileEscape(String^) | Overridable method to escape the content of the response file. 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 ToolTask.) |
| SkipTaskExecution() | Returns true if task execution is not necessary. Executed after ValidateParameters 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 ToolTask::SkipTaskExecution().) |
| ToString() | (Inherited from Object.) |
| ValidateParameters() | Validate parameters, log errors and warnings and return true if Execute should proceed. 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 ToolTask::ValidateParameters().) |
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.