ICscHostObject.SetTargetType Method

Specifies the file format of the output file.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Function SetTargetType ( _
    targetType As String _
) As Boolean

bool SetTargetType(
    string targetType
)

bool SetTargetType(
    String^ targetType
)

abstract SetTargetType : 
        targetType:string -> bool

function SetTargetType(
    targetType : String
) : boolean

Parameters

• targetType
  Type: System.String

  The file format of the output file. This value can be library, exe, module, or winexe.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the method was successful; otherwise, false.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

ICscHostObject Interface

Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Hosting Namespace