Thanks Troy,
I wasn't aware that I could write a custom task using the script element.
very cool, none the less...
Jim
> James Geurts wrote:
>> Is there a way to explicitly call a function?
>>
>> For example, I created a function similar to the one below
>> and I would like to call it occasionally in my build file:
>
> James,
>
> You can call a function as part of an expression,
> ${function-prefix::function-name(...)}
>
>> <script language="C#" prefix="file" >
>> <code><![CDATA[
>>
>> [Function("create-file")]
>> public static void CreateFile(string filename) {
>> // Create a random file
>> File.Create(filename);
>> }
>> ]]></code>
>> </script>
>
> I'm not sure this really fits the role of function... functions
> certainly perform operations, but their purpose is to return a result.
> If a particular operation doesn't have a natural concept of a
> "returning a result", then perhaps it should be defined as a task:
>
> <script language="C#">
> <code><![CDATA[
> [TaskName("create-file")]
> public class CreateFile : Task {
> [TaskAttribute("filename")]
> public FileInfo Filename {
> get { return _filename; }
> set { _filename = value; }
> } private FileInfo _filename;
>
> public override void ExecuteTask() {
> File.Create(Filename);
> }
> }
> ]]></code>
> </script>
>
>
> You can then call your shiny new task anywhere you'd normally use a
> task:
> <create-file filename="foo.txt" />
>
>
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