Microsoft.Build.Tasks Namespace

Contains the implementation of all tasks shipping with MSBuild. For information, see MSBuild.

Classes

AddToWin32Manifest	Generates an application manifest or adds an entry to the existing one when PreferNativeArm64 property is true.
AL	This class defines the "AL" XMake task, which enables using al.exe to link modules and resource files into assemblies.
AspNetCompiler	The AspNetCompiler task, which is a wrapper around aspnet_compiler.exe
AssignCulture	Class: AssignCulture This task takes a list of resource file names and sets an attribute that contains the culture name embedded in the file name: MyResources.fr.resx ==> Culture='fr' The task can also return a list of "Culture-neutral" file names, like: MyGlyph.fr.bmp ==> MyGlyph.bmp [Culture='fr'] This is because embedded resources are referred to this way. There are plenty of corner cases with this task. See the unit test for more details.
AssignLinkMetadata	Task to assign a reasonable "Link" metadata to the provided items.
AssignProjectConfiguration	Assigns XML project configurations to project reference task items.
AssignTargetPath	Create a new list of items that have <TargetPath> attributes if none was present in the input.
CallTarget	Implements the CallTarget task. Use the CallTarget element in your project file to create and execute this task. For usage and parameter information, see CallTarget Task.
CodeTaskFactory	A task factory which can take code dom supported languages and create a task out of it
CombinePath	Task to call Path.Combine.
CombineTargetFrameworkInfoProperties	Combines items that represent properties and values into an XML representation.
CombineXmlElements	Combines multiple XML elements
CommandLineBuilderExtension	CommandLineBuilder derived class for specialized logic specific to MSBuild tasks
ConvertToAbsolutePath	Task to call Path.GetFullPath
Copy	A task that copies files.
CreateCSharpManifestResourceName	Base class for task that determines the appropriate manifest resource name to assign to a given resx or other resource.
CreateItem	Forward a list of items from input to output. This allows dynamic item lists.
CreateManifestResourceName	Base class for task that determines the appropriate manifest resource name to assign to a given resx or other resource.
CreateProperty	Just a straight pass-through of the inputs through to the outputs.
CreateVisualBasicManifestResourceName	Base class for task that determines the appropriate manifest resource name to assign to a given resx or other resource.
Delete	Delete files from disk.
DownloadFile	Represents a task that can download a file.
Error	Task that simply emits an error. Engine will add project file path and line/column information.
ErrorFromResources	Task that emits an error given a resource string. Engine will add project file path and line/column information.
Exec	This class defines an "Exec" MSBuild task, which simply invokes the specified process with the specified arguments, waits for it to complete, and then returns True if the process completed successfully, and False if an error occurred.
FindAppConfigFile	Finds the app.config file, if any, in the provided lists. For compat reasons, it has to follow a particular arbitrary algorithm. It also adds the TargetPath metadata.
FindInList	A task that finds an item with the specified itemspec, if present, in the provided list.
FindInvalidProjectReferences	Returns the reference assembly paths to the various frameworks
FindUnderPath	Given a list of items, determine which are in the cone of the folder passed in and which aren't.
FormatUrl	Formats a url by canonicalizing it (i.e. " " -> "%20") and transforming "localhost" to "machinename".
FormatVersion	Formats a version by combining version and revision.
GenerateApplicationManifest	Generates an application manifest for ClickOnce projects.
GenerateBindingRedirects	Take suggested redirects (from the ResolveAssemblyReference and GenerateOutOfBandAssemblyTables tasks) and add them to an intermediate copy of the App.config file.
GenerateBootstrapper	Generates a bootstrapper for ClickOnce deployment projects.
GenerateDeploymentManifest	Generates a deploy manifest for ClickOnce projects.
GenerateLauncher	Generates a bootstrapper for ClickOnce deployment projects.
GenerateManifestBase	Base class for all manifest generation tasks.
GenerateResource	This class defines the "GenerateResource" MSBuild task, which enables using resource APIs to transform resource files.
GenerateTrustInfo	This task generates the application trust from the base manifest and the TargetZone and ExcludedPermissions properties.
GetAssemblyIdentity	Sniffs input files for their assembly identities, and outputs a set of items with the identity information.
GetCompatiblePlatform	Performs SetPlatform negotiation for all project references when opted in via the EnableDynamicPlatformResolution property. See ProjectReference-Protocol.md for details.
GetFileHash	Computes the checksum for a single file.
GetFrameworkPath	Returns the paths to the various frameworks versions.
GetFrameworkSdkPath	Returns paths to the frameworks SDK.
GetInstalledSDKLocations	Gathers the list of installed SDKS in the registry and on disk and outputs them into the project so they can be used during SDK reference resolution and RAR for single files.
GetReferenceAssemblyPaths	Returns the reference assembly paths to the various frameworks
GetSDKReferenceFiles	Resolves an SDKReference to a full path on disk
Hash	Generates a hash of a given ItemGroup items. Metadata is not considered in the hash.
LC	The License Compiler task
MakeDir	A task that creates a directory
Message	Task that simply emits a message. Importance defaults to high if not specified.
Move	Task to move one or more files.
MSBuild	Implements the MSBuild task. Use the MSBuild element in your project file to create and execute this task. For usage and parameter information, see MSBuild Task.
MSBuildInternalMessage	Represents a task that produces localized messages based on the specified resource name. This task is intended to be called from internal targets only.
ReadLinesFromFile	Read a list of items from a file.
RegisterAssembly	Registers a managed assembly for COM interop (equivalent of regasm.exe functionality, but this code doesn't actually call the exe).
RemoveDir	Remove the specified directories.
RemoveDuplicates	Given a list of items, remove duplicate items. Attributes are not considered. Case insensitive.
RequiresFramework35SP1Assembly	This task determines if this project requires VS2008 SP1 assembly.
ResolveAssemblyReference	Given a list of assemblyFiles, determine the closure of all assemblyFiles that depend on those assemblyFiles including second and nth-order dependencies too.
ResolveCodeAnalysisRuleSet	Determines which file, if any, to be used as the code analysis rule set based on the supplied code analysis properties.
ResolveComReference	Main class for the COM reference resolution task for .NET Core
ResolveKeySource	Determine the strong name key source
ResolveManifestFiles	This task resolves items in the build process (built, dependencies, satellites, content, debug symbols, documentation, etc.) to files for manifest generation.
ResolveNativeReference	Main class for the native reference resolution task.
ResolveNonMSBuildProjectOutput	Determines the output files for non-MSBuild project references.
ResolveProjectBase	Base class for ResolveNonMSBuildProjectOutput and AssignProjectConfiguration, since they have similar architecture
ResolveSDKReference	Resolves an SDKReference to a full path on disk
RoslynCodeTaskFactory
SetRidAgnosticValueForProjects
SGen	Genererates a serialization assembly containing XML serializers for the input assembly.
SignFile	This task signs the passed in file using the Authenticode cert provided and optionally uses a timestamp if a URL is provided. It can sign ClickOnce manifests as well as exe's.
TaskExtension	A small intermediate class for MSBuild tasks, see also TaskLoadInSeparateAppDomainExtension
TaskLoggingHelperExtension	Helper logging class for tasks, used for dealing with two resource streams.
TaskRequiresFramework
Telemetry	Task that logs telemetry.
ToolTaskExtension	A small intermediate class between ToolTask and classes using it in XMakeTasks, implementing functionality that we didn't want to expose in Utilities
Touch	This class defines the touch task.
UnregisterAssembly	Registers a managed assembly for COM interop (equivalent of regasm.exe functionality, but this code doesn't actually call the exe).
Unzip	Represents a task that can extract a .zip archive.
UpdateManifest	Updates selected properties in a manifest and resigns.
VerifyFileHash	Verifies that a file matches the expected file hash.
Warning	Task that simply emits a warning. Engine will add the project path because we do not specify a filename.
WinMDExp	Exports a managed assembly to a windows runtime metadata.
WriteCodeFragment	Generates a temporary code file with the specified generated code fragment. Does not delete the file.
WriteLinesToFile	Appends a list of items to a file. One item per line with carriage returns in-between.
XamlTaskFactory	The task factory provider for XAML tasks.
XmlPeek	A task that returns values as specified by XPath Query from an XML file.
XmlPoke	A task that sets values as specified by XPath Query into a XML file.
XslTransformation	A task that transforms a XML input with an XSLT or Compiled XSLT and outputs to screen or specified file.
ZipDirectory

Structs

ExtractedClassName

Extracted class name from the source file.

Interfaces

IFixedTypeInfo	The original ITypeInfo interface in the CLR has incorrect definitions for GetRefTypeOfImplType and GetRefTypeInfo. It uses ints for marshalling handles which will result in a crash on 64 bit systems. This is a temporary interface for use until the one in the CLR is fixed. When it is we can go back to using ITypeInfo.
IUnregisterAssemblyTaskContract