XmlUpdate Class

MSBuild

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Updates a XML document using a XPath.

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

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration)
Public Class XmlUpdate Inherits Task

C#
public class XmlUpdate : Task

C++
ref class XmlUpdate : Task

J#
public class XmlUpdate extends Task

JScript
public class XmlUpdate extends Task

Example

Update a XML element.

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<XmlUpdate Prefix="n" Namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" XPath="/n:Project/n:PropertyGroup/n:TestUpdate" XmlFileName="Subversion.proj" Value="Test from $(MSBuildProjectFile)"/>

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            <XmlUpdate Prefix="n"
                Namespace="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003" 
                XPath="/n:Project/n:PropertyGroup/n:TestUpdate"
                XmlFileName="Subversion.proj"
                Value="Test from $(MSBuildProjectFile)"/>

Remarks

The XML node being updated must exist before using the XmlUpdate task.

Inheritance Hierarchy

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

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.