ProjectRootElement.AddProperty(String, String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Build.Construction

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.dll

Package:: Microsoft.Build v15.9.20

Package:: Microsoft.Build v16.11.0

Package:: Microsoft.Build v17.11.4

Source:: ProjectRootElement.cs

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Convenience method that picks a location based on a heuristic. Updates the last existing property with the specified name that has no condition on itself or its property group, if any. Otherwise, adds a new property in the first property group without a condition, creating a property group if necessary after the last existing property group, else at the start of the project.

public:
 Microsoft::Build::Construction::ProjectPropertyElement ^ AddProperty(System::String ^ name, System::String ^ value);

public Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectPropertyElement AddProperty (string name, string value);

member this.AddProperty : string * string -> Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectPropertyElement

Public Function AddProperty (name As String, value As String) As ProjectPropertyElement

Parameters

name: String

The name of the property to be updated or added.

value: String

The value of the property to be updated or added.

Returns

ProjectPropertyElement

The updated or added property.

Remarks

Updates the last existing property with the specified name that has no Condition attribute on itself or on the property group that contains it. Otherwise, creates a property and adds it to the first property group that has no Condition attribute. If no such property group exists, creates a property group after the last existing property group, if any, and adds the property to it . Otherwise, creates and adds a property group to the start of the project, and adds the property to it.

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