ProjectRootElement.Open Method (String, ProjectCollection)

Initializes a project root in the specified project collection by loading data from the specified file path.

MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Open ( _
    path As String, _
    projectCollection As ProjectCollection _
) As ProjectRootElement

public static ProjectRootElement Open(
    string path,
    ProjectCollection projectCollection
)

public:
static ProjectRootElement^ Open(
    String^ path, 
    ProjectCollection^ projectCollection
)

static member Open : 
        path:string * 
        projectCollection:ProjectCollection -> ProjectRootElement

public static function Open(
    path : String, 
    projectCollection : ProjectCollection
) : ProjectRootElement

Parameters

• path
  Type: System.String

  The file path to the data.

• projectCollection
  Type: Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection

  The project collection containing the project to be initialized.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectRootElement
Returns the initialized project root.

Remarks

May throw InvalidProjectFileException.

.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

ProjectRootElement Class

Open Overload

Microsoft.Build.Construction Namespace