MSBuild Property Demo

PrintValues

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Project ToolsVersion="4.0"
         DefaultTargets="PrintValues" 
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">

  <PropertyGroup>
    <Add>$([MSBuild]::Add(5,9))</Add>
    <Subtract01>$([MSBuild]::Subtract(90,768))</Subtract01>
    <Mult01>$([MSBuild]::Multiply(4,9))</Mult01>
    <Div01>$([MSBuild]::Divide(100,5.2))</Div01>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup>
    <SampleString>This is a sample string</SampleString>
    <SampleString2>   This is a sample string   </SampleString2>
    
    <!-- Here we now can call instance methods on the String class -->
    <Sub04>$(SampleString.Substring(0,4))</Sub04>
    <Contains01>$(SampleString.Contains("This"))</Contains01>
    <Contains02>$(SampleString.Contains("this"))</Contains02>
    <CompareTo01>$(SampleString.CompareTo($(SampleString)))</CompareTo01>
    <EndsWith01>$(SampleString.CompareTo("string"))</EndsWith01>
    <Insert01>$(SampleString.Insert(2,"INSERTED"))</Insert01>
    <Trim01>$(SampleString2.Trim())</Trim01>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <PropertyGroup>
    <!-- 
      Here we Now01 can call static methods/properties on many types 
      See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd633440%28VS.100%29.aspx
      for the list of classes that we can call static methods/properties on.
    -->
    <Now01>$([System.DateTime]::Now)</Now01>
    <Pow01>$([System.Math]::Pow(2,3))</Pow01>
    <TempFile01>$([System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName())</TempFile01>
  </PropertyGroup>

  <Target Name="PrintValues">
    <Message Text="Add: $(Add)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="Subtract01: $(Subtract01)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="Mult01: $(Mult01)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="Div01: $(Div01)" Importance="high"/>

    <Message Text="-----------------------"/>

    <Message Text="Now01: $(Now01)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="Pow01: $(Pow01)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="TempFile01: $(TempFile01)" Importance="high"/>
    
    <Message Text="-----------------------"/>

    <Message Text="SampleString: $(SampleString)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="Sub04: $(Sub04)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="Contains01: $(Contains01)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="Contains02: $(Contains02)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="CompareTo01: $(CompareTo01)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="EndsWith01: $(EndsWith01)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="Insert01: $(Insert01)" Importance="high"/>
    <Message Text="Trim01: $(Trim01)" Importance="high"/>
    
    <Message Text="-----------------------"/>

    <Message Text="MSBuild: $(MSBuild)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildBinPath: $(MSBuildBinPath)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildExtensionsPath: $(MSBuildExtensionsPath)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildExtensionsPath32: $(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildExtensionsPath64: $(MSBuildExtensionsPath64)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildLastTaskResult: $(MSBuildLastTaskResult)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildNodeCount: $(MSBuildNodeCount)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildOverrideTasksPath: $(MSBuildOverrideTasksPath)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildProgramFiles32: $(MSBuildProgramFiles32)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildProjectDefaultTargets: $(MSBuildProjectDefaultTargets)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildProjectDirectory: $(MSBuildProjectDirectory)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildProjectDirectoryNoRoot: $(MSBuildProjectDirectoryNoRoot)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildProjectExtension: $(MSBuildProjectExtension)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildProjectFile: $(MSBuildProjectFile)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildProjectFullPath: $(MSBuildProjectFullPath)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildProjectName: $(MSBuildProjectName)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildStartupDirectory: $(MSBuildStartupDirectory)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildThisFile: $(MSBuildThisFile)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildThisFileDirectory: $(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildThisFileDirectoryNoRoot: $(MSBuildThisFileDirectoryNoRoot)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildThisFileExtension: $(MSBuildThisFileExtension)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildThisFileFullPath: $(MSBuildThisFileFullPath)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildThisFileName: $(MSBuildThisFileName)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildToolsPath: $(MSBuildToolsPath)"/>
    <Message Text="MSBuildToolsVersion: $(MSBuildToolsVersion)"/>
  </Target>

</Project>