UpdateBuildNumber.ExpandToken Method (String, String, IBuildDetail, DateTime, IBuildDefinition, Boolean)

This method takes in a token of the form $(...) and returns the value that the token expands to.

Namespace:  Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities
Assembly:  Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow (in Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function ExpandToken ( _
    token As String, _
    expandedPrefix As String, _
    buildDetail As IBuildDetail, _
    now As DateTime, _
    buildDefinition As IBuildDefinition, _
    designTime As Boolean _
) As String

public static string ExpandToken(
    string token,
    string expandedPrefix,
    IBuildDetail buildDetail,
    DateTime now,
    IBuildDefinition buildDefinition,
    bool designTime
)

public:
static String^ ExpandToken(
    String^ token, 
    String^ expandedPrefix, 
    IBuildDetail^ buildDetail, 
    DateTime now, 
    IBuildDefinition^ buildDefinition, 
    bool designTime
)

static member ExpandToken : 
        token:string * 
        expandedPrefix:string * 
        buildDetail:IBuildDetail * 
        now:DateTime * 
        buildDefinition:IBuildDefinition * 
        designTime:bool -> string

public static function ExpandToken(
    token : String, 
    expandedPrefix : String, 
    buildDetail : IBuildDetail, 
    now : DateTime, 
    buildDefinition : IBuildDefinition, 
    designTime : boolean
) : String

Parameters

• token
  Type: System.String

  A token of the form $(...).

• expandedPrefix
  Type: System.String

  The expanded format String occuring before the token. This is important only for the $(rev:.rr) and $(rev:.rrrr) tokens.

• buildDetail
  Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildDetail

• now
  Type: System.DateTime

• buildDefinition
  Type: Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Client.IBuildDefinition

• designTime
  Type: System.Boolean

Return Value

Type: System.String
Value of the token.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

UpdateBuildNumber Class

ExpandToken Overload

Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Build.Workflow.Activities Namespace