Project.GetEvaluatedItemsByName Method

Returns all evaluated items belonging to the specified item collection.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetEvaluatedItemsByName ( _
    itemName As String _
) As BuildItemGroup

public BuildItemGroup GetEvaluatedItemsByName(
    string itemName
)

public:
BuildItemGroup^ GetEvaluatedItemsByName(
    String^ itemName
)

member GetEvaluatedItemsByName : 
        itemName:string -> BuildItemGroup

public function GetEvaluatedItemsByName(
    itemName : String
) : BuildItemGroup

Parameters

• itemName
  Type: System.String

  The name of the item collection.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildItemGroup
A BuildItemGroup containing all of the evaluated items belonging to the specified item collection.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

Project Class

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace