Project.GetMetadataValueEscaped Method (ProjectItemDefinition, String)

Gets the escaped value of the metadatum with the provided name on the provided item definition.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetMetadataValueEscaped ( _
    item As ProjectItemDefinition, _
    name As String _
) As String

public static string GetMetadataValueEscaped(
    ProjectItemDefinition item,
    string name
)

public:
static String^ GetMetadataValueEscaped(
    ProjectItemDefinition^ item, 
    String^ name
)

static member GetMetadataValueEscaped : 
        item:ProjectItemDefinition * 
        name:string -> string

public static function GetMetadataValueEscaped(
    item : ProjectItemDefinition, 
    name : String
) : String

Parameters

• item
  Type: Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectItemDefinition

  The item definition whose metadata is to be escaped.

• name
  Type: System.String

  The name of the metadata to be escaped.

Return Value

Type: System.String
Returns the escaped value of the metadatum with the provided name on the provided item definition.

.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

Project Class

GetMetadataValueEscaped Overload

Microsoft.Build.Evaluation Namespace