CreateItem.PreserveExistingMetadata Property

This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Gets or sets a Boolean value that indicates whether to apply the additional metadata only if none already exists.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Tasks.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property PreserveExistingMetadata As Boolean
public bool PreserveExistingMetadata { get; set; }
public:
property bool PreserveExistingMetadata {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
member PreserveExistingMetadata : bool with get, set
function get PreserveExistingMetadata () : boolean 
function set PreserveExistingMetadata (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the CreateItem task should apply the additional metadata only if none already exists; otherwise, false.

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

CreateItem Class

Microsoft.Build.Tasks Namespace