ProjectItemElement.AddMetadata Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Build.Construction

Assembly:

Microsoft.Build.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Build v17.9.5

Overloads

AddMetadata(String, String)	Convenience method to add a piece of metadata to this item. Adds after any existing metadata. Does not modify any existing metadata.
AddMetadata(String, String, Boolean)	Convenience method to add a piece of metadata to this item. Adds after any existing metadata. Does not modify any existing metadata.

AddMetadata(String, String)

Convenience method to add a piece of metadata to this item. Adds after any existing metadata. Does not modify any existing metadata.

public:
 Microsoft::Build::Construction::ProjectMetadataElement ^ AddMetadata(System::String ^ name, System::String ^ unevaluatedValue);

public Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectMetadataElement AddMetadata (string name, string unevaluatedValue);

member this.AddMetadata : string * string -> Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectMetadataElement

Public Function AddMetadata (name As String, unevaluatedValue As String) As ProjectMetadataElement

Parameters

name

String

Name of metadata.

unevaluatedValue

String

Metadata to be added.

Returns

ProjectMetadataElement

The modified metadata.

AddMetadata(String, String, Boolean)

Convenience method to add a piece of metadata to this item. Adds after any existing metadata. Does not modify any existing metadata.

public:
 Microsoft::Build::Construction::ProjectMetadataElement ^ AddMetadata(System::String ^ name, System::String ^ unevaluatedValue, bool expressAsAttribute);

public Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectMetadataElement AddMetadata (string name, string unevaluatedValue, bool expressAsAttribute);

member this.AddMetadata : string * string * bool -> Microsoft.Build.Construction.ProjectMetadataElement

Public Function AddMetadata (name As String, unevaluatedValue As String, expressAsAttribute As Boolean) As ProjectMetadataElement

Parameters

name

String

The name of the metadata to add

unevaluatedValue

String

The value of the metadata to add

expressAsAttribute

Boolean

If true, then the metadata will be expressed as an attribute instead of a child element, for example <Reference Include="Libary.dll" HintPath="..\lib\Library.dll" Private="True" />

Returns

ProjectMetadataElement