EmbedTypeLibrary Class

Defines an MSBuild task that extracts a type library from an Office customization assembly into a DLL to enable interop with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

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

Inheritance Hierarchy

System::Object
Microsoft.Build.Utilities::Task
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks::BuildTask
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Office.BuildTasks::EmbedTypeLibrary

Syntax

C++

public ref class EmbedTypeLibrary sealed : BuildTask

Constructors

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

Properties

	Name	Description
	Assembly	Gets or sets the assembly from which to extract the type library.
	BuildEngine	(Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine2	(Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine3	(Inherited from Task.)
	BuildEngine4	(Inherited from Task.)
	HostObject	(Inherited from Task.)
	KeyContainer	Gets or sets the path to the cryptographic key container.
	KeyFile	Gets or sets the path to the cryptographic key file.
	Log	(Inherited from Task.)
	ReferencePaths	This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code. Gets or sets an array of MSBuild items that can be consumed and emitted by tasks.
	TypeLibFile	Gets or sets the type library name that is extracted from the Assembly.

Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals(Object^)	(Inherited from Object.)
	Execute()	Extracts a type library from an Office customization assembly into a file, and embeds that file as an unmanaged resource into an assembly.(Overrides Task::Execute().)
	GetHashCode()	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType()	(Inherited from Object.)
	ToString()	(Inherited from Object.)

Remarks

Set all of the EmbedTypeLibrary properties and then call Execute to run this task.

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.