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ProjectInstance.Build Method (array<String , IEnumerable<ILogger>, IDictionary<String, TargetResult>%)

Build a list of targets with specified loggers. Targets may be null. Loggers may be null.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Execution
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build (in Microsoft.Build.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Build ( _
    targets As String(), _
    loggers As IEnumerable(Of ILogger), _
    <OutAttribute> ByRef targetOutputs As IDictionary(Of String, TargetResult) _
) As Boolean
public bool Build(
    string[] targets,
    IEnumerable<ILogger> loggers,
    out IDictionary<string, TargetResult> targetOutputs
)
public:
bool Build(
    array<String^>^ targets, 
    IEnumerable<ILogger^>^ loggers, 
    [OutAttribute] IDictionary<String^, TargetResult^>^% targetOutputs
)
member Build : 
        targets:string[] * 
        loggers:IEnumerable<ILogger> * 
        targetOutputs:IDictionary<string, TargetResult> byref -> bool
public function Build(
    targets : String[], 
    loggers : IEnumerable<ILogger>, 
    targetOutputs : IDictionary<String, TargetResult>
) : boolean

Parameters

  • targets
    Type: array<System.String[]

    List of targets to build. May be null.

  • loggers
    Type: IEnumerable<ILogger>

    Enumerated list of loggers to use for building targets.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
Returns true on success, false on failure.

Remarks

If any of the loggers supplied are already attached to the logging service we were passed, throws InvalidOperationException.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ProjectInstance Class

Build Overload

Microsoft.Build.Execution Namespace