Exec.ExecuteTool(String, String, String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Build.Tasks

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.dll

Assemblies:: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.dll, Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v3.5.dll

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.v4.0.dll

Package:: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core v15.9.20

Package:: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core v16.11.0

Package:: Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core v17.9.5

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Executes cmd.exe and waits for it to complete

This API supports the product infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

protected:
 override int ExecuteTool(System::String ^ pathToTool, System::String ^ responseFileCommands, System::String ^ commandLineCommands);

protected override int ExecuteTool (string pathToTool, string responseFileCommands, string commandLineCommands);

override this.ExecuteTool : string * string * string -> int

Protected Overrides Function ExecuteTool (pathToTool As String, responseFileCommands As String, commandLineCommands As String) As Integer

Parameters

pathToTool: String

The path to the tool to execute.

responseFileCommands: String

Command line arguments that should go into a temporary response file.

commandLineCommands: String

Command line arguments that should be passed to the tool directly.

Returns

Int32

Upon completion of the process, returns True if successful, False if not.

Remarks

Overridden to clean up the batch file afterwards.

Applies to