Engine.BuildProjectFile Method (String, array<String )

Loads the specified project file and builds the specified targets of the project.

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Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Engine (in Microsoft.Build.Engine.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function BuildProjectFile ( _
    projectFile As String, _
    targetNames As String() _
) As Boolean

public bool BuildProjectFile(
    string projectFile,
    string[] targetNames
)

public:
bool BuildProjectFile(
    String^ projectFile, 
    array<String^>^ targetNames
)

member BuildProjectFile : 
        projectFile:string * 
        targetNames:string[] -> bool

public function BuildProjectFile(
    projectFile : String, 
    targetNames : String[]
) : boolean

Parameters

• projectFile
  Type: System.String

  The project file to load and build.

• targetNames
  Type: array<System.String[]

  An array that contains the Name attributes of the Target elements to build.

Return Value

Type: System.Boolean
true if the build was successful; otherwise, false.

.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

Engine Class

BuildProjectFile Overload

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace