ProjectItemInstance.SetMetadata Method (IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<String, String>>)

Adds metadata with the given names and values. Overwrites any metadata with the same name already in the collection.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Execution
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build (in Microsoft.Build.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub SetMetadata ( _
    metadataDictionary As IEnumerable(Of KeyValuePair(Of String, String)) _
)

public void SetMetadata(
    IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> metadataDictionary
)

public:
void SetMetadata(
    IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<String^, String^>>^ metadataDictionary
)

member SetMetadata : 
        metadataDictionary:IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<string, string>> -> unit

public function SetMetadata(
    metadataDictionary : IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<String, String>>
)

Parameters

• metadataDictionary
  Type: IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<String, String>>

  The metadata to add.

.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

ProjectItemInstance Class

SetMetadata Overload

Microsoft.Build.Execution Namespace