BuildTask Class

Provides the base class for MSBuild tasks that are used by the Office development tools in Visual Studio to build projects.

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks
Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks.dll)

Inheritance Hierarchy

Syntax

C++

[ComVisibleAttribute(false)]
[PermissionSetAttribute(SecurityAction::Demand, Name = "FullTrust")]
public ref class BuildTask abstract : Task

Constructors

	Name	Description
	BuildTask()	Initializes a new instance of the BuildTask class.

Properties

	Name	Description
	BuildEngine	(Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine2	(Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine3	(Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine4	(Inherited from Task.)
	HelpKeywordPrefix	(Inherited from Task.)
	HostObject	(Inherited from Task.)
	Log	(Inherited from Task.)
	TaskResources	(Inherited from Task.)

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Execute()	(Inherited from Task.)
	Finalize()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	MemberwiseClone()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

Remarks

These build tasks are for the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

The Microsoft Build Engine uses Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks to build and deploy Office solutions. However, you can create your own build system by using these classes and the MSBuild XML-based project files. For more information, see MSBuild Reference.

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.