BuildItem.GetEvaluatedMetadata Method

Returns the value of the specified item metadata after after all item and property references have been evaluated.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetEvaluatedMetadata ( _
    metadataName As String _
) As String

public string GetEvaluatedMetadata(
    string metadataName
)

public:
String^ GetEvaluatedMetadata(
    String^ metadataName
)

member GetEvaluatedMetadata : 
        metadataName:string -> string

public function GetEvaluatedMetadata(
    metadataName : String
) : String

Parameters

• metadataName
  Type: System.String

  The item metadata name.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The value of the specified item metadata after after all item and property references have been evaluated.

.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

BuildItem Class

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace