Project.GetItems Method

Gets all the items in the project of the given item type. If there are none, returns an empty list. Use AddItem or RemoveItem to modify items in this project.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetItems ( _
    itemType As String _
) As ICollection(Of ProjectItem)

public ICollection<ProjectItem> GetItems(
    string itemType
)

public:
ICollection<ProjectItem^>^ GetItems(
    String^ itemType
)

member GetItems : 
        itemType:string -> ICollection<ProjectItem> 

public function GetItems(
    itemType : String
) : ICollection<ProjectItem>

Parameters

• itemType
  Type: System.String

  The item type to be retrieved.

Return Value

Type: ICollection<ProjectItem>
Returns all the items in the project of the given item type. Returns an empty list if there are no items with the given item name.

Remarks

Use AddItem or RemoveItem to modify items in this project.

.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

Project Class

Microsoft.Build.Evaluation Namespace