MSBuild Extended Tasks

The XmlNodeExists Task will check if a node exists in an xml document based on an XPath query.

Example Usage:

  <XmlNodeExists XmlFile="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\$(OutputPath)Test.xml"
      XPath="/Project/Output">
    <Output PropertyName="OutputNodeExists" TaskParameter="Exists" />
  </XmlNodeExists>
  <Message Text="Output node exists = $(OutputNodeExists)" />

Attribute	Description	Required	Type	Direction
Name	The name of the node	N/A	String	Output
NamespaceURI	The namespace URI for the node	False	String	Input
Prefix	The namespace prefix for the node	False	String	Input
XmlFile	The path and file name of the xml document	True	String	Input
XPath	The XPath that is used to check if a node exists.	True	String	Input
Exists	An indicator if the node that was checked exists in the xml document	N/A	Boolean	Output