BuildPropertyGroup.RemoveProperty Method

Definition

Removes the specified BuildProperty from the BuildPropertyGroup.

Overloads

RemoveProperty(BuildProperty)

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.ConstructionMicrosoft.Build.EvaluationMicrosoft.Build.Execution

Removes the given BuildProperty object from either a persisted or a virtual BuildPropertyGroup.

RemoveProperty(String)

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.ConstructionMicrosoft.Build.EvaluationMicrosoft.Build.Execution

Removes all properties with the given name from either a persisted or a virtual BuildPropertyGroup. For persisted PropertyGroups, there could be multiple. For a virtual BuildPropertyGroup, there can be only one.

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.

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='http://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="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
            //         <Optimize>true</Optimize>
            //         <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
            //         <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
            //         <OutputPath>bin\release</OutputPath>
            //         <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
            Console.WriteLine(project.Xml);
        }
    }
}
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='http://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="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
        '          <Optimize>true</Optimize>
        '          <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
        '          <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
        '          <OutputPath>bin\release</OutputPath>
        '          <MyNewProperty>MyNewValue</MyNewProperty>
        Console.WriteLine(project.Xml)

    End Sub

End Module

RemoveProperty(BuildProperty)

Source:
BuildPropertyGroup.cs

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.ConstructionMicrosoft.Build.EvaluationMicrosoft.Build.Execution

Removes the given BuildProperty object from either a persisted or a virtual BuildPropertyGroup.

public:
 void RemoveProperty(Microsoft::Build::BuildEngine::BuildProperty ^ property);
public void RemoveProperty (Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildProperty property);
member this.RemoveProperty : Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildProperty -> unit
Public Sub RemoveProperty (property As BuildProperty)

Parameters

property
BuildProperty

Remarks

Warning

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.Construction Microsoft.Build.Evaluation Microsoft.Build.Execution

Applies to

RemoveProperty(String)

Source:
BuildPropertyGroup.cs

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.ConstructionMicrosoft.Build.EvaluationMicrosoft.Build.Execution

Removes all properties with the given name from either a persisted or a virtual BuildPropertyGroup. For persisted PropertyGroups, there could be multiple. For a virtual BuildPropertyGroup, there can be only one.

public:
 void RemoveProperty(System::String ^ propertyName);
public void RemoveProperty (string propertyName);
member this.RemoveProperty : string -> unit
Public Sub RemoveProperty (propertyName As String)

Parameters

propertyName
String

Remarks

Warning

This method (and the whole namespace) is deprecated. Please use the classes in these namespaces instead: Microsoft.Build.Construction Microsoft.Build.Evaluation Microsoft.Build.Execution

Applies to