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[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Pre-translates native code for an assembly containing IL (Intermediary Language bytecode) on the Windows platform.

Parameters

Attribute Type Description Required
assembly string Assembly path or display name. True
debug bool If an image should be generated which can be used under a debugger. False
debugoptimized bool If an image should be generated which can be used under a debugger in optimized debugging mode. False
delete bool If existing images should be deleted. False
profiled bool If an image should be generated which can be used under a profiler. False
show bool If existing images should be shown. False
failonerror bool Determines if task failure stops the build, or is just reported. The default is true. False
if bool If true then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is true. False
timeout int The maximum amount of time the application is allowed to execute, expressed in milliseconds. Defaults to no time-out. False
unless bool Opposite of if. If false then the task will be executed; otherwise, skipped. The default is false. False
verbose bool Determines whether the task should report detailed build log messages. The default is false. False

Framework-configurable parameters

Attribute Type Description Required
exename string The name of the executable that should be used to launch the external program. False
useruntimeengine bool Specifies whether the external program should be executed using a runtime engine, if configured. The default is false. False

Nested Elements:

<arg>

The command-line arguments for the external program.

Contains a collection of Argument elements.

</arg>

Examples

Requirements

Assembly: NAnt.Contrib.Tasks (0.85.1793.0)