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Utilities.Escape(String) Method

Definition

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.ConstructionMicrosoft.Build.EvaluationMicrosoft.Build.Execution

Escapes given string, that is replaces special characters with escape sequences that allow MSBuild hosts to treat MSBuild-interpreted characters literally (';' becomes "%3b" and so on).

public:
 static System::String ^ Escape(System::String ^ unescapedExpression);
public static string Escape (string unescapedExpression);
static member Escape : string -> string
Public Shared Function Escape (unescapedExpression As String) As String

Parameters

unescapedExpression
String

string to escape

Returns

escaped string

Remarks

Warning

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.Construction Microsoft.Build.Evaluation Microsoft.Build.Execution

Applies to