ProjectRootElement.Create Method (String, ProjectCollection)

Creates and initializes an in-memory, empty ProjectRootElement instance and adds it to the specified project collection. The new project root is initialized from data found at the specified file path.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function Create ( _
    path As String, _
    projectCollection As ProjectCollection _
) As ProjectRootElement

public static ProjectRootElement Create(
    string path,
    ProjectCollection projectCollection
)

public:
static ProjectRootElement^ Create(
    String^ path, 
    ProjectCollection^ projectCollection
)

static member Create : 
        path:string * 
        projectCollection:ProjectCollection -> ProjectRootElement

public static function Create(
    path : String, 
    projectCollection : ProjectCollection
) : ProjectRootElement

Parameters

• path
  Type: System.String

  The file path to the data used for initialization.

• projectCollection
  Type: Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.ProjectCollection

  The project collection to be added to.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectRootElement
Returns the new project root.

.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

ProjectRootElement Class

Create Overload

Microsoft.Build.Construction Namespace