VCConfiguration.Evaluate(String) Method
Definition
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Evaluates the value of a project model or environment macro. See Common Macros for Build Commands and Properties for more information about these macros.
public:
System::String ^ Evaluate(System::String ^ In);public:
Platform::String ^ Evaluate(Platform::String ^ In);std::wstring Evaluate(std::wstring const & In);[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(709)]
public string Evaluate (string In);[<System.Runtime.InteropServices.DispId(709)>]
abstract member Evaluate : string -> stringPublic Function Evaluate (In As String) As StringParameters
- In
- String
Required. The macro you want to expand.
Returns
A string with the expanded macro.
- Attributes
Examples
See How to: Compile Example Code for Project Model Extensibility for information about how to compile and run this example.
The following example uses Evaluate in the integrated development environment (IDE):
' add reference to Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.
Imports EnvDTE
Imports Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine
Public Module Module1
Sub Test()
Dim file As VCFile
Dim col As IVCCollection
Dim fileconfig As VCFileConfiguration
Dim strng As String
Dim prj As VCProject
prj = DTE.Solution.Projects.Item(1).Object
col = prj.Files
file = col.Item(1)
col = file.FileConfigurations
fileconfig = col.Item("Debug|Win32")
col = prj.Files
file = col.Item(1)
col = file.FileConfigurations
fileconfig = col.Item("Debug|Win32")
strng = fileconfig.Evaluate("$(TargetDir)")
End Sub
End Module
Remarks
If the string you want to evaluate contains no macros, then you get exactly the same string back.