BuildItem.SetMetadata Method (String, String, Boolean)

Assigns the specified value to the specified item metadata, and optionally treats the metadata as a literal value.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub SetMetadata ( _
    metadataName As String, _
    metadataValue As String, _
    treatMetadataValueAsLiteral As Boolean _
)

public void SetMetadata(
    string metadataName,
    string metadataValue,
    bool treatMetadataValueAsLiteral
)

public:
void SetMetadata(
    String^ metadataName, 
    String^ metadataValue, 
    bool treatMetadataValueAsLiteral
)

member SetMetadata : 
        metadataName:string * 
        metadataValue:string * 
        treatMetadataValueAsLiteral:bool -> unit

public function SetMetadata(
    metadataName : String, 
    metadataValue : String, 
    treatMetadataValueAsLiteral : boolean
)

Parameters

• metadataName
  Type: System.String

  The item metadata name.

• metadataValue
  Type: System.String

  The item metadata value.

• treatMetadataValueAsLiteral
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to treat the metadata as a literal value by escaping all MSBuild special characters; 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

BuildItem Class

SetMetadata Overload

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace