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Engine.BuildProject Method (Project, array<String , IDictionary, BuildSettings)

Builds the specified targets of the specified Project with the specified BuildSettings, and returns the outputs of the targets.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Engine (in Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function BuildProject ( _
    project As Project, _
    targetNames As String(), _
    targetOutputs As IDictionary, _
    buildFlags As BuildSettings _
) As Boolean
public bool BuildProject(
    Project project,
    string[] targetNames,
    IDictionary targetOutputs,
    BuildSettings buildFlags
)
public:
bool BuildProject(
    Project^ project, 
    array<String^>^ targetNames, 
    IDictionary^ targetOutputs, 
    BuildSettings buildFlags
)
member BuildProject : 
        project:Project * 
        targetNames:string[] * 
        targetOutputs:IDictionary * 
        buildFlags:BuildSettings -> bool
public function BuildProject(
    project : Project, 
    targetNames : String[], 
    targetOutputs : IDictionary, 
    buildFlags : BuildSettings
) : boolean

Parameters

  • targetNames
    Type: array<System.String[]

    An array that contains the Name attributes of the Target elements to build.

  • targetOutputs
    Type: System.Collections.IDictionary

    The outputs of the built targets. This parameter can be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if outputs are not required.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the build was successful; otherwise, false.

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See Also

Reference

Engine Class

BuildProject Overload

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace