VssBase Members

MSBuild

Base class for all of the Visual SourceSafe tasks. This class is abstract (MustInherit in Visual Basic)abstractMustInherit and so cannot be instantiated.


The following tables list the members exposed by VssBase.

Protected Constructors

  Name Description
Family method VssBase Initializes a new instance of the VssBase class.
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Public Properties

  Name Description
Public property BuildEngine Gets or sets the instance of the IBuildEngine object used by the task. (inherited from Task)
Public property DatabasePath The path to the folder that contains the srcsafe.ini file.
Public property HostObject Gets or sets the host object associated with the task. (inherited from Task)
Public property Log Gets an instance of a TaskLoggingHelper class containing task logging methods. (inherited from Task)
Public property Password The password to use to log in to SourceSafe.
Public property Path The Visual SourceSafe project or file to perform the action on (starts with "$/").
Public property UserName The name of the user accessing the SourceSafe database.
Public property Version A version of the Path to reference.
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Protected Properties

  Name Description
Family property Database Represents the VSS Database
Family property HelpKeywordPrefix Gets or sets the prefix used to compose Help keywords from resource names. (inherited from Task)
Family property Item Represents the VSS item selected (file or project).
Family property TaskResources Gets or sets the culture-specific resources associated with the task. (inherited from Task)
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Public Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (inherited from Object)
Public method Execute Overidden. Reserved.
Public method GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. GetHashCode is suitable for use in hashing algorithms and data structures like a hash table. (inherited from Object)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (inherited from Object)
Public method ToString Returns a String that represents the current Object. (inherited from Object)
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Protected Methods

  Name Description
Family method ConnectToDatabase Attempts to connect to the SourceSafe Database and load the specified item, or version of the item, if specified.
Family method Finalize Allows an Object to attempt to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (inherited from Object)
Family method LogErrorFromException Logs an exception using the MSBuild logging framework.
Family method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (inherited from Object)
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See Also

Syntax based on .NET Framework version 2.0.
Documentation version 1.0.0.0.