TaskBody Element (MSBuild)

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11/15/2016

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Contains the data that is passed to a UsingTask``TaskFactory. For more information, see UsingTask Element (MSBuild).

Syntax

<TaskBody Evaluate="true/false" />

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

Attribute	Description
`Evaluate`	Optional Boolean attribute. If `true`, MSBuild evaluates any inner elements, and expands items and properties before it passes the information to the `TaskFactory` when the task is instantiated.

Child Elements

Element	Description
Data	The text between the `TaskBody` tags is sent verbatim to the `TaskFactory`.

Parent Elements

Element	Description
UsingTask	Provides a way to register tasks in MSBuild. There may be zero or more `UsingTask` elements in a project.

Example

The following example shows how to use the TaskBody element with an Evaluate attribute.

<UsingTask TaskName="MyTask" AssemblyName="My.Assembly" TaskFactory="MyTaskFactory">  
       <ParameterGroup>  
              <Parameter1 ParameterType="System.String" Required="False" Output="False"/>  
              <Parameter2 ParameterType="System.Int" Required="True" Output="False"/>  
              ...  
</ParameterGroup>  
       <TaskBody Evaluate="true">  
      ... Task factory-specific data ...  
       </TaskBody>  
</UsingTask>

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