BuildItemGroup.AddNewItem Method (String, String, Boolean)

Adds a new BuildItem with the specified Name and Include property values to the BuildItemGroup, allowing you to specify whether the Include property value is treated as a literal.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function AddNewItem ( _
    itemName As String, _
    itemInclude As String, _
    treatItemIncludeAsLiteral As Boolean _
) As BuildItem

public BuildItem AddNewItem(
    string itemName,
    string itemInclude,
    bool treatItemIncludeAsLiteral
)

public:
BuildItem^ AddNewItem(
    String^ itemName, 
    String^ itemInclude, 
    bool treatItemIncludeAsLiteral
)

member AddNewItem : 
        itemName:string * 
        itemInclude:string * 
        treatItemIncludeAsLiteral:bool -> BuildItem

public function AddNewItem(
    itemName : String, 
    itemInclude : String, 
    treatItemIncludeAsLiteral : boolean
) : BuildItem

Parameters

• itemName
  Type: System.String

  The Name property value to assign the new BuildItem.

• itemInclude
  Type: System.String

  The Include property value to assign the new BuildItem.

• treatItemIncludeAsLiteral
  Type: System.Boolean

  true to treat the itemInclude parameter as a literal value; otherwise, false.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.BuildItem
The new BuildItem.

.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

BuildItemGroup Class

AddNewItem Overload

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine Namespace