BuildPropertyGroup.AddNewProperty Method (String, String)
Adds a new BuildProperty with the specified Name and Value to the BuildPropertyGroup.
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Namespace: Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine
Assembly: Microsoft.Build.Engine (in Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll)
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Function AddNewProperty ( _
propertyName As String, _
propertyValue As String _
) As BuildProperty
public BuildProperty AddNewProperty(
string propertyName,
string propertyValue
)
public:
BuildProperty^ AddNewProperty(
String^ propertyName,
String^ propertyValue
)
member AddNewProperty :
propertyName:string *
propertyValue:string -> BuildProperty
public function AddNewProperty(
propertyName : String,
propertyValue : String
) : BuildProperty
Parameters
propertyName
Type: System.StringThe Name property value to assign the new BuildProperty.
propertyValue
Type: System.StringThe Value property value to assign the new BuildProperty.
Return Value
Type: Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildProperty
The new BuildProperty.
Examples
The following example creates a Project object and uses the LoadXml method to add content to the project. The BuildProperty, BuildPropertyGroup, and BuildPropertyGroupCollection classes are used to add, remove, and change items in the project.
Module Module1
''' <summary>
''' This code demonstrates the use of the following methods:
''' Engine constructor
''' Project constructor
''' Project.LoadFromXml
''' Project.Xml
''' BuildPropertyGroupCollection.GetEnumerator
''' BuildPropertyGroup.GetEnumerator
''' BuildProperty.Name (get)
''' BuildProperty.Value (set)
''' BuildPropertyGroup.RemoveProperty
''' BuildPropertyGroup.AddNewProperty
''' </summary>
''' <remarks></remarks>
Sub Main()
' Create a new Engine object.
Dim engine As New Engine(Environment.CurrentDirectory)
' Create a new Project object.
Dim project As New Project(engine)
' Load the project with the following XML, which contains
' two PropertyGroups.
project.LoadXml( _
"<Project xmlns='https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003'>" & _
"<PropertyGroup>" & _
"<Optimize>true</Optimize>" & _
"<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>" & _
"</PropertyGroup>" & _
"<PropertyGroup>" & _
"<OutputPath>bin\debug\</OutputPath>" & _
"<RemoveThisPropertyPlease>1</RemoveThisPropertyPlease>" & _
"</PropertyGroup>" & _
"</Project>")
' Iterate through each PropertyGroup in the Project. There are two.
For Each pg As BuildPropertyGroup In project.PropertyGroups
Dim propertyToRemove As BuildProperty
propertyToRemove = Nothing
' Iterate through each Property in the PropertyGroup.
For Each buildProperty As BuildProperty In pg
' If the property's name is "RemoveThisPropertyPlease", then
' store a reference to this property in a local variable,
' so we can remove it later.
If buildProperty.Name = "RemoveThisPropertyPlease" Then
propertyToRemove = buildProperty
End If
' If the property's name is "OutputPath", change its value
' from "bin\debug\" to "bin\release\".
If buildProperty.Name = "OutputPath" Then
buildProperty.Value = "bin\release\"
End If
Next
' Remove the property named "RemoveThisPropertyPlease" from the
' PropertyGroup
If Not propertyToRemove Is Nothing Then
pg.RemoveProperty(propertyToRemove)
End If
' For each PropertyGroup that we found, add to the end of it
' a new property called "MyNewProperty".
pg.AddNewProperty("MyNewProperty", "MyNewValue")
Next
' The project now looks like this:
'
' <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
' <Project xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
' <PropertyGroup>
' <Optimize>true</Optimize>
' <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
' <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
' </PropertyGroup>
' <PropertyGroup>
' <OutputPath>bin\release</OutputPath>
' <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
' </PropertyGroup>
' </Project>
Console.WriteLine(project.Xml)
End Sub
End Module
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine;
namespace AddNewProperty
{
class Program
{
/// <summary>
/// This code demonstrates the use of the following methods:
/// Engine constructor
/// Project constructor
/// Project.LoadFromXml
/// Project.Xml
/// BuildPropertyGroupCollection.GetEnumerator
/// BuildPropertyGroup.GetEnumerator
/// BuildProperty.Name (get)
/// BuildProperty.Value (set)
/// BuildPropertyGroup.RemoveProperty
/// BuildPropertyGroup.AddNewProperty
/// </summary>
static void Main()
{
// Create a new Engine object.
Engine engine = new Engine(Environment.CurrentDirectory);
// Create a new Project object.
Project project = new Project(engine);
// Load the project with the following XML, which contains
// two PropertyGroups.
project.LoadXml(@"
<Project xmlns='https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003'>
<PropertyGroup>
<Optimize>true</Optimize>
<WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
</PropertyGroup>
<PropertyGroup>
<OutputPath>bin\debug\</OutputPath>
<RemoveThisPropertyPlease>1</RemoveThisPropertyPlease>
</PropertyGroup>
</Project>
");
// Iterate through each PropertyGroup in the Project. There are two.
foreach (BuildPropertyGroup pg in project.PropertyGroups)
{
BuildProperty propertyToRemove = null;
// Iterate through each Property in the PropertyGroup.
foreach (BuildProperty property in pg)
{
// If the property's name is "RemoveThisPropertyPlease", then
// store a reference to this property in a local variable,
// so we can remove it later.
if (property.Name == "RemoveThisPropertyPlease")
{
propertyToRemove = property;
}
// If the property's name is "OutputPath", change its value
// from "bin\debug\" to "bin\release\".
if (property.Name == "OutputPath")
{
property.Value = @"bin\release\";
}
}
// Remove the property named "RemoveThisPropertyPlease" from the
// PropertyGroup
if (propertyToRemove != null)
{
pg.RemoveProperty(propertyToRemove);
}
// For each PropertyGroup that we found, add to the end of it
// a new property called "MyNewProperty".
pg.AddNewProperty("MyNewProperty", "MyNewValue");
}
// The project now looks like this:
//
// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
// <Project xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
// <PropertyGroup>
// <Optimize>true</Optimize>
// <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
// <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
// </PropertyGroup>
// <PropertyGroup>
// <OutputPath>bin\release</OutputPath>
// <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
// </PropertyGroup>
// </Project>
Console.WriteLine(project.Xml);
}
}
}
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