Project.Build Method (array<String )

Builds the specified list of targets in the project.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function Build ( _
    targetNames As String() _
) As Boolean
public bool Build(
    string[] targetNames
)
public:
bool Build(
    array<String^>^ targetNames
)
member Build : 
        targetNames:string[] -> bool
public function Build(
    targetNames : String[]
) : boolean

Parameters

  • targetNames
    Type: array<System.String[]

    The list of targets to build. This parameter can be a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) to build the default targets.

Return Value

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

.NET Framework Security

See Also

Reference

Project Class

Build Overload

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace