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Project Constructor (String)

Constructs a project and evaluates it from the given source project file and with the global project collection global properties and default tools version.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub New ( _
    projectFile As String _
)
public Project(
    string projectFile
)
public:
Project(
    String^ projectFile
)
new : 
        projectFile:string -> Project
public function Project(
    projectFile : String
)

Parameters

  • projectFile
    Type: System.String

    The source project file to be evaluated.

Exceptions

Exception Condition
InvalidProjectFileException

If the evaluation fails.

Remarks

The project is added to the global project collection.

Throws InvalidOperationException if there is already a project in the project collection that evaluates this source project file. May throw IO-related exceptions.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Project Class

Project Overload

Microsoft.Build.Evaluation Namespace