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ProjectRootElement.Open Method (String)

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

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Open ( _
    path As String _
) As ProjectRootElement
public static ProjectRootElement Open(
    string path
)
public:
static ProjectRootElement^ Open(
    String^ path
)
static member Open : 
        path:string -> ProjectRootElement
public static function Open(
    path : String
) : ProjectRootElement

Parameters

Return Value

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

Remarks

May throw InvalidProjectFileException.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

ProjectRootElement Class

Open Overload

Microsoft.Build.Construction Namespace