Well-Known PostSharp Properties

The following table lists the PostSharp properties that may be set from the MSBuild project. The second column specifies the name of the MSBuild property that influences the value of the PostSharp property, if any.

Property Name	MSBuild Property Name	Description
Configuration	Configuration	Build configuration (typically Debug or Release).
Platform	Platform	Target processor architecture (typically AnyCPU, x86 or x64).
MSBuildProjectFullPath	MSBuildProjectFullPath	Full path of the C# or VB project being built.
IgnoredAssemblies		Comma-separated list of assembly short names (without extension) that should be ignored by the dependency scanning algorithm. Add an assembly to this list if it is obfuscated, or contains native code, and causes PostSharp to fail.
ReferenceDirectory	MSBuildProjectDirectory	Directory with respect to which relative paths are resolved.
SearchPath	PostSharpSearchPath	Comma-separated list of directories containing reference assemblies and plug-ins.
TargetFrameworkIdentifier	TargetFrameworkIdentifier	Identifier of the target framework of the current project (i.e. the framework on which the application will run). For instance .NETFramework or Silverlight.
TargetFrameworkVersion	TargetFrameworkVersion	Version of the target framework of the current project (i.e. the framework on which the application will run). For instance v4.0.
TargetFrameworkProfile	TargetFrameworkProfile	Profile of the target framework of the current project (i.e. the framework on which the application will run). For instance WindowsPhone.

Other properties are recognized but are of little interest for end-users. For a complete list of properties, see PostSharp.targets.

Using custom properties

By defining your own PostSharp properties, you can pass information from the build environment to aspects, or to any code running in PostSharp. Custom PostSharp properties behave exactly as other PostSharp properties, so they can be defined and read using the same procedures.