Project.Build Method (String)

Builds the specified target in the project.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Build ( _
    targetName As String _
) As Boolean

public bool Build(
    string targetName
)

public:
bool Build(
    String^ targetName
)

member Build : 
        targetName:string -> bool

public function Build(
    targetName : String
) : boolean

Parameters

• targetName
  Type: System.String

  The target to build.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the build was successful; otherwise, false.

.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

Build Overload

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace