Utilities.Escape(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine

Assembly:

Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Build.Engine v17.11.4

Source:

Utilities.cs

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.ConstructionMicrosoft.Build.EvaluationMicrosoft.Build.Execution

Escapes given string, that is replaces special characters with escape sequences that allow MSBuild hosts to treat MSBuild-interpreted characters literally (';' becomes "%3b" and so on).

public:
 static System::String ^ Escape(System::String ^ unescapedExpression);

public static string Escape (string unescapedExpression);

static member Escape : string -> string

Public Shared Function Escape (unescapedExpression As String) As String

Parameters

unescapedExpression

String

string to escape

Returns

String

escaped string

Remarks

Warning

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.Construction Microsoft.Build.Evaluation Microsoft.Build.Execution