NAnt SDK Documentation - v0.92

ExternalProgramBase Properties

The properties of the ExternalProgramBase class are listed below. For a complete list of ExternalProgramBase class members, see the ExternalProgramBase Members topic.

Public Instance Properties

Arguments The command-line arguments for the external program.
BaseDirectory Gets the working directory for the application.
CommandLine Gets the command-line arguments, separated by spaces.
ErrorWriter Gets or sets the TextWriter to which error output of the external program will be written.
ExeName The name of the executable that should be used to launch the external program.
ExitCode Gets the value that the process specified when it terminated.
FailOnError (inherited from Task) Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true.
IfDefined (inherited from Task) If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true.
LogPrefix (inherited from Task)Obsolete. The prefix used when sending messages to the log.
Managed Specifies whether the external program should be treated as a managed application, possibly forcing it to be executed under the currently targeted version of the CLR.
Name (inherited from Task) The name of the task.
NamespaceManager (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the XmlNamespaceManager.
Output Gets the file to which the standard output should be redirected.
OutputAppend Gets a value indicating whether output will be appended to the Output.
OutputWriter Gets or sets the TextWriter to which standard output messages of the external program will be written.
Parent (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the parent of the element.
ProgramArguments Gets the command-line arguments for the external program.
ProgramFileName Gets the filename of the external program to start.
Project (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the Project to which this element belongs.
Properties (inherited from Element) Gets the properties local to this Element and the Project.
Spawn Gets or sets a value indicating whether the application should be spawned. If you spawn an application, its output will not be logged by NAnt. The default is false.
Threshold (inherited from Task) Gets or sets the log threshold for this Task. By default the threshold of a task is Debug, causing no messages to be filtered in the task itself.
TimeOut The maximum amount of time the application is allowed to execute, expressed in milliseconds. Defaults to no time-out.
UnlessDefined (inherited from Task) Opposite of IfDefined. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false.
UseRuntimeEngineObsolete. Specifies whether the external program is a managed application which should be executed using a runtime engine, if configured. The default is false.
Verbose (inherited from Task) Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false.

Protected Instance Properties

CustomXmlProcessing (inherited from Element) Gets a value indicating whether the element is performing additional processing using the XmlNode that was used to initialize the element.
Location (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the location in the build file where the element is defined.
ProcessId Gets the unique identifier for the spawned application.
XmlNode (inherited from Element) Gets or sets the XML node of the element.

See Also

ExternalProgramBase Class | NAnt.Core.Tasks Namespace