ProjectItem.RemoveMetadata(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Build.Evaluation

Assembly:: Microsoft.Build.dll

Package:: Microsoft.Build v15.9.20

Package:: Microsoft.Build v16.11.0

Package:: Microsoft.Build v17.11.4

Source:: ProjectItem.cs

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Removes any metadata with the specified name. Returns true if the evaluated metadata existed, otherwise false. If the metadata name is one of the built-in metadata, like "FullPath", throws InvalidArgumentException. If the metadata originates in an item definition, and was not overridden, throws InvalidOperationException.

public:
 bool RemoveMetadata(System::String ^ name);

public bool RemoveMetadata (string name);

member this.RemoveMetadata : string -> bool

Public Function RemoveMetadata (name As String) As Boolean

Parameters

name: String

The name of the metadata to remove.

Returns

Boolean

true if metadata with the given name exists before removal; otherwise, false.

Remarks

Throws InvalidArgumentException if the metadata name refers to built-in metadata, like "FullPath".

Throws InvalidOperationException if the metadata name refers to metadata that originates from an item definition.

Applies to

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