Project.RemoveItemsByName Method

Removes all items in the specified item collection from the project, but does not modify imported projects.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub RemoveItemsByName ( _
    itemName As String _
)

public void RemoveItemsByName(
    string itemName
)

public:
void RemoveItemsByName(
    String^ itemName
)

member RemoveItemsByName : 
        itemName:string -> unit

public function RemoveItemsByName(
    itemName : String
)

Parameters

• itemName
  Type: System.String

  The item collection to remove.

.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