XML Properties

[ChristopherHaws]

Hello, thanks for this great extension!

There seems to be an issue when using XML properties with this extension. It seems to think that it is an invalid property when it isn't. The tooling give the error: "MyProperty" is not a valid child element of a "Property" element.

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/visualstudio-docs/blob/master/docs/msbuild/msbuild-properties.md#storing-xml-in-properties

[tintoy]

Hi - thanks, and sorry it's not behaving correctly; I'm trying to reproduce that now. In the meanwhile, as a workaround does it function correctly if you wrap the property value (XML) in <!CDATA[]]>?

[tintoy]

Hmm, is the parent element called Property or PropertyGroup?

I tried opening a project with the following XML, and this is what I see:

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
    <AssemblyName>ConsoleApp1</AssemblyName>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <Diddly>
      <Foo Bar="Baz">
        <Hello>
          <World />
        </Hello>
      </Foo>
    </Diddly>
  </PropertyGroup>
</Project>

However, I do see errors in the output window if I'm typing that inner XML by hand and it's temporarily invalid. That's sort of a bug because those messages should only be logged when verbose logging is turned on (XML often becomes invalid while you're typing but will become valid again once you're done) and I'll get that fixed.

Can I just confirm that it's the log window where you're seeing the message about the invalid XML? Is it while editing or building the project?