TemplateFile Class

MSBuild

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MSBuild task that replaces tokens in a template file and writes out a new file.

Namespace: MSBuild.Community.Tasks
Assembly: MSBuild.Community.Tasks (in MSBuild.Community.Tasks.dll)

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Class TemplateFile Inherits Task

C#
public class TemplateFile : Task

C++
ref class TemplateFile : Task

J#
public class TemplateFile extends Task

JScript
public class TemplateFile extends Task

Example

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<ItemGroup> <Tokens Include="Name"> <ReplacementValue>MSBuild Community Tasks</ReplacementValue> </Tokens> </ItemGroup> <TemplateFile TemplateFile="ATemplateFile.template" OutputFile="ReplacedFile.txt" Tokens="@(Tokens)" />

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            <ItemGroup>
                <Tokens Include="Name">
                    <ReplacementValue>MSBuild Community Tasks</ReplacementValue>
                </Tokens>
            </ItemGroup>
            
            <TemplateFile TemplateFile="ATemplateFile.template" OutputFile="ReplacedFile.txt" Tokens="@(Tokens)" />

Remarks

Tokens in the template file are formatted using ${var} syntax and names are not case-sensitive, so ${Token} and ${TOKEN} are equivalent.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task
MSBuild.Community.Tasks.TemplateFile

Thread Safety

Public static (Shared in Visual Basic)staticShared members of this type are safe for multithreaded operations. Instance members are not guaranteed to be thread-safe.