Project.ExpandString(String) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Build.Evaluation

Assembly:

Microsoft.Build.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Build v17.11.4

Source:

Project.cs

Evaluates the provided string by expanding items and properties, as if it was found at the very end of the project file. This is useful for some hosts for which this kind of best-effort evaluation is sufficient. Does not expand bare metadata expressions.

public:
 System::String ^ ExpandString(System::String ^ unexpandedValue);

public string ExpandString (string unexpandedValue);

member this.ExpandString : string -> string

Public Function ExpandString (unexpandedValue As String) As String

Parameters

unexpandedValue

String

The string to be evaluated.

Returns

String

The evaluated string.

Remarks

This method can be used when best-effort evaluation is sufficient.