Items and when are they filled

Items and when are they filled

• simon_p

  Thanks for the information, this sorted my problem.

  Andy

  
  

• Rogerio Sobreira

  Since items are evaluated before any target is executed, if you need to include files that your targets create you'll have to use the CreateItem task. This allows you to dynamically create (append to existing) items. The expressions contained in these tasks are evaluated as the task executes.
  
  Sayed Ibrahim Hashimi
  www.sedodream.com
  
  

• Glenn Davis

  When MSBuild executes the project it will do the evaluation of the properties and Items in the following manner:

  • First evaluate the properties
  • Second evaluate the Items
  • Thrid evaluate the targets

  This means that if you put the code below in, 

  <ItemGroup>

           <TestAssemblies Include="**.tests.dll"/>

  </ItemGroup>

  TheTestAssemblies will be filled with all of the tests.dll 's that existed prior to any targets being run. 

  Also **.tests.dll will not do anything, you need to do **\*.tests.dll if you want to find all the *.tests.dll in the current directory and all nested directories

  So it should be:

  <ItemGroup>

           <TestAssemblies Include="**\*.tests.dll"/>

  </ItemGroup>

  
  
• Items and when are they filled