TfsVersion Class

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TfsVersion Class

MSBuild Extension Pack Help 4.0.12.0

Valid TaskActions are:

GetVersion (Required: TfsBuildNumber, VersionFormat Optional:Major, Minor, BuildNumberRegex, PaddingCount, PaddingDigit, StartDate, DateFormat, BuildName, Delimiter, Build, Revision, VersionTemplateFormat, CombineBuildAndRevision, UseUtcDateOutput: Version, Major, Minor, Build, Revision)

Please Note: The output of GetVersion should not be used to change the $(BuildNumber). For guidance, see: http://freetodev.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!EC3C8F2028D842D5!404.entry

SetVersion (Required: Version, Files Optional: TextEncoding, SetAssemblyVersion, AssemblyVersion, SetAssemblyFileVersion, ForceSetVersion

Remote Execution Support: NA

Inheritance Hierarchy

SystemObject  Microsoft.Build.UtilitiesTask
    MSBuild.ExtensionPackBaseTask
      MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudioTfsVersion

Namespace: MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio
Assembly: MSBuild.ExtensionPack (in MSBuild.ExtensionPack.dll) Version: 4.0.0.0

The TfsVersion type exposes the following members.

Constructors

	Name	Description
	TfsVersion

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Properties

	Name	Description
	AssemblyVersion	Sets the AssemblyVersion. Defaults to Version if not set.
	Build	Gets or Sets the Build version
	BuildName	Sets the name of the build. For Tfs 2005 use $(BuildType), for Tfs 2008 use $(BuildDefinition)
	BuildNumberRegex	Sets the BuildNumberRegex to determine the verison number from the BuildNumber when using in Synced mode. Default is \d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+
	CombineBuildAndRevision	Sets whether to make the revision a combination of the Build and Revision.
	DateFormat	Sets the date format to use when using VersionFormat="DateTime". e.g. MMdd
	Delimiter	Sets the Delimiter to use in the version number. Default is .
	Files	Sets the files to version
	ForceSetVersion	Set to true to force SetVersion action to update files that do not have AssemblyVersion \| AssemblyFileVersion present. Default is false. ForceSetVersion does not affect AssemblyVersion when SetAssemblyVersion is false.
	Major	Sets the major version
	Minor	Sets the minor version
	PaddingCount	Sets the number of padding digits to use, e.g. 4
	PaddingDigit	Sets the padding digit to use, e.g. 0
	Revision	Gets or Sets the Revision version
	SetAssemblyFileVersion	Set to True to set the AssemblyFileVersion when calling SetVersion. Default is true.
	SetAssemblyVersion	Set to True to set the AssemblyVersion when calling SetVersion. Default is false.
	StartDate	Sets the start date to use when using VersionFormat="Elapsed"
	TextEncoding	Sets the file encoding. Default is UTF8
	TfsBuildNumber	Sets the Tfs Build Number. Use $(BuildNumber) for Tfs 2005 and 2008.
	UseUtcDate	Set to True to get the elapsed calculation using UTC Date Time. Default is false
	Version	Gets or Sets the Version
	VersionFormat	Sets the Version Format. Valid VersionFormats are Elapsed, DateTime, Synced
	VersionTemplateFormat	Specify the format of the build number. A format for each part must be specified or left blank, e.g. "00.000.00.000", "..0000.0"

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Examples

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<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" DefaultTargets="Default" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
    <PropertyGroup>
        <TPath>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks</TPath>
        <TPath Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\Common\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks')">$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\..\..\Common\MSBuild.ExtensionPack.tasks</TPath>
    </PropertyGroup>
    <Import Project="$(TPath)"/>
    <ItemGroup>
        <FilesToVersion Include="C:\Demo\CommonAssemblyInfo.cs"/>
    </ItemGroup>
    <Target Name="Default">
        <!-- Get a version number based on the elapsed days since a given date -->
        <MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio.TfsVersion TaskAction="GetVersion" BuildName="YOURBUILD" TfsBuildNumber="YOURBUILD_20080703.1" VersionFormat="Elapsed" StartDate="17 Nov 1976" PaddingCount="4" PaddingDigit="1" Major="3" Minor="5">
            <Output TaskParameter="Version" PropertyName="NewVersion" />
        </MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio.TfsVersion>
        <Message Text="Elapsed Version is $(NewVersion)"/>
        <!-- Get a version number based on the format of a given datetime -->
        <MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio.TfsVersion TaskAction="GetVersion" BuildName="YOURBUILD" TfsBuildNumber="YOURBUILD_20080703.1" VersionFormat="DateTime" DateFormat="MMdd" PaddingCount="5" PaddingDigit="1" Major="3" Minor="5">
            <Output TaskParameter="Version" PropertyName="NewVersion" />
        </MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio.TfsVersion>
        <Message Text="Date Version is $(NewVersion)"/>
        <!-- Set the version in a collection of files -->
        <MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio.TfsVersion TaskAction="SetVersion" Files="%(FilesToVersion.Identity)" Version="$(NewVersion)"/>
        <!-- Set the version in a collection of files, forcing AssemblyFileVersion to be inserted even if it was not present in the affected file -->
        <MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio.TfsVersion TaskAction="SetVersion" Files="%(FilesToVersion.Identity)" Version="$(NewVersion)" ForceSetVersion="true"/>
        <!-- Get a version number based on the elapsed days since a given date and use a comma as the delimiter -->
        <MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio.TfsVersion TaskAction="GetVersion" Delimiter="," BuildName="YOURBUILD" TfsBuildNumber="YOURBUILD_20080703.1" VersionFormat="Elapsed" StartDate="17 Nov 1976" PaddingCount="4" PaddingDigit="1" Major="3" Minor="5">
            <Output TaskParameter="Version" PropertyName="NewcppVersion" />
        </MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio.TfsVersion>
        <Message Text="C++ Version: $(NewcppVersion)"/>
    </Target>
</Project>

Reference

MSBuild.ExtensionPack.VisualStudio Namespace

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