assigntargetpath-task.md

title	AssignTargetPath Task
description	Use the MSBuild AssignTargetPath task to accept a list of files and add TargetPath attributes if they are not already specified.
ms.date	11/04/2016
ms.topic	reference
dev_langs	VB CSharp C++
author	ghogen
ms.author	ghogen
ms.subservice	msbuild

AssignTargetPath task

This task accepts a list of files and adds <TargetPath> attributes if they are not already specified.

Task parameters

The following table describes the parameters of the AssignTargetPath task.

Parameter	Description
RootFolder	Optional string input parameter. Contains the path to the folder that contains the target links.
Files	Optional xref:Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem[] input parameter. Contains the incoming list of files.
AssignedFiles	Optional xref:Microsoft.Build.Framework.ITaskItem [] output parameter. Contains the resulting list of files.

Remarks

In addition to the parameters listed above, this task inherits parameters from the xref:Microsoft.Build.Tasks.TaskExtension class, which itself inherits from the xref:Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task class. For a list of these additional parameters and their descriptions, see TaskExtension base class.

Example

The following example executes the AssignTargetPath task to configure a project.

<Project>
    <Target Name="MyProject">
        <AssignTargetPath
RootFolder="Resources"
            Files="@(ResourceFiles)"
            <Output TaskParameter="AssignedFiles"
                ItemName="OutAssignedFiles"/>
        </AssignTargetPath>
    </Target>
</Project>

See also

• Tasks
• Task reference