Engine.BuildProject Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll

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Builds the specified project.

Overloads

BuildProject(Project)	Builds the specified Project.
BuildProject(Project, String)	Builds the specified target of the specified Project.
BuildProject(Project, String[])	Builds the specified targets of the specified Project.
BuildProject(Project, String[], IDictionary)	Builds the specified targets of the specified Project, and returns the outputs of the targets.
BuildProject(Project, String[], IDictionary, BuildSettings)	Builds the specified targets of the specified Project with the specified BuildSettings, and returns the outputs of the targets.

BuildProject(Project)

Builds the specified Project.

public:
 bool BuildProject(Microsoft::Build::BuildEngine::Project ^ project);

public bool BuildProject (Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project project);

[System.Runtime.TargetedPatchingOptOut("Performance critical to inline this type of method across NGen image boundaries")]
public bool BuildProject (Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project project);

member this.BuildProject : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project -> bool

[<System.Runtime.TargetedPatchingOptOut("Performance critical to inline this type of method across NGen image boundaries")>]
member this.BuildProject : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project -> bool

Public Function BuildProject (project As Project) As Boolean

Parameters

project: Project

The Project to build.

Returns

Boolean

true if the build was successful; otherwise, false.

Attributes: TargetedPatchingOptOutAttribute

Applies to

BuildProject(Project, String)

Builds the specified target of the specified Project.

public:
 bool BuildProject(Microsoft::Build::BuildEngine::Project ^ project, System::String ^ targetName);

public bool BuildProject (Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project project, string targetName);

member this.BuildProject : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project * string -> bool

Public Function BuildProject (project As Project, targetName As String) As Boolean

Parameters

project: Project

The Project to build.

targetName: String

The Name attribute of the Target element to build.

Returns

Boolean

true if the build was successful; otherwise, false.

Applies to

BuildProject(Project, String[])

Builds the specified targets of the specified Project.

public:
 bool BuildProject(Microsoft::Build::BuildEngine::Project ^ project, cli::array <System::String ^> ^ targetNames);

public bool BuildProject (Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project project, string[] targetNames);

[System.Runtime.TargetedPatchingOptOut("Performance critical to inline this type of method across NGen image boundaries")]
public bool BuildProject (Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project project, string[] targetNames);

member this.BuildProject : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project * string[] -> bool

[<System.Runtime.TargetedPatchingOptOut("Performance critical to inline this type of method across NGen image boundaries")>]
member this.BuildProject : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project * string[] -> bool

Public Function BuildProject (project As Project, targetNames As String()) As Boolean

Parameters

project: Project

The Project to build.

targetNames: String[]

An array that contains the Name attributes of the Target elements to build.

Returns

Boolean

true if the build was successful; otherwise, false.

Attributes: TargetedPatchingOptOutAttribute

Applies to

BuildProject(Project, String[], IDictionary)

Builds the specified targets of the specified Project, and returns the outputs of the targets.

public:
 bool BuildProject(Microsoft::Build::BuildEngine::Project ^ project, cli::array <System::String ^> ^ targetNames, System::Collections::IDictionary ^ targetOutputs);

public bool BuildProject (Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project project, string[] targetNames, System.Collections.IDictionary targetOutputs);

[System.Runtime.TargetedPatchingOptOut("Performance critical to inline this type of method across NGen image boundaries")]
public bool BuildProject (Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project project, string[] targetNames, System.Collections.IDictionary targetOutputs);

member this.BuildProject : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project * string[] * System.Collections.IDictionary -> bool

[<System.Runtime.TargetedPatchingOptOut("Performance critical to inline this type of method across NGen image boundaries")>]
member this.BuildProject : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project * string[] * System.Collections.IDictionary -> bool

Public Function BuildProject (project As Project, targetNames As String(), targetOutputs As IDictionary) As Boolean

Parameters

project: Project

The Project to build.

targetNames: String[]

An array that contains the Name attributes of the Target elements to build.

targetOutputs: IDictionary

The outputs of the built targets. This parameter can be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if outputs are not required.

Returns

Boolean

true if the build was successful; otherwise, false.

Attributes: TargetedPatchingOptOutAttribute

Applies to

BuildProject(Project, String[], IDictionary, BuildSettings)

Builds the specified targets of the specified Project with the specified BuildSettings, and returns the outputs of the targets.

public:
 bool BuildProject(Microsoft::Build::BuildEngine::Project ^ project, cli::array <System::String ^> ^ targetNames, System::Collections::IDictionary ^ targetOutputs, Microsoft::Build::BuildEngine::BuildSettings buildFlags);

public bool BuildProject (Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project project, string[] targetNames, System.Collections.IDictionary targetOutputs, Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildSettings buildFlags);

member this.BuildProject : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Project * string[] * System.Collections.IDictionary * Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildSettings -> bool

Public Function BuildProject (project As Project, targetNames As String(), targetOutputs As IDictionary, buildFlags As BuildSettings) As Boolean

Parameters

project: Project

The Project to build.

targetNames: String[]

An array that contains the Name attributes of the Target elements to build.

targetOutputs: IDictionary

The outputs of the built targets. This parameter can be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if outputs are not required.

buildFlags: BuildSettings

The BuildSettings to apply to the build.

Returns

Boolean

true if the build was successful; otherwise, false.

Applies to

Engine.BuildProject Method

Definition

Overloads

BuildProject(Project)

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BuildProject(Project, String)

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BuildProject(Project, String[])

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BuildProject(Project, String[], IDictionary)

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BuildProject(Project, String[], IDictionary, BuildSettings)

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