ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToBuildToolsFile Method (String, String, DotNetFrameworkArchitecture)

Given the name of a file and a ToolsVersion, return the path to that file in the MSBuild tools path for that ToolsVersion. For the msbuildtaskhost.exe and tracker.exe tools, the only version supported is “12.0”.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Utilities
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core (in Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetPathToBuildToolsFile ( _
    fileName As String, _
    toolsVersion As String, _
    architecture As DotNetFrameworkArchitecture _
) As String

public static string GetPathToBuildToolsFile(
    string fileName,
    string toolsVersion,
    DotNetFrameworkArchitecture architecture
)

public:
static String^ GetPathToBuildToolsFile(
    String^ fileName, 
    String^ toolsVersion, 
    DotNetFrameworkArchitecture architecture
)

static member GetPathToBuildToolsFile : 
        fileName:string * 
        toolsVersion:string * 
        architecture:DotNetFrameworkArchitecture -> string

public static function GetPathToBuildToolsFile(
    fileName : String, 
    toolsVersion : String, 
    architecture : DotNetFrameworkArchitecture
) : String

Parameters

• fileName
  Type: System.String

  The file to find the path to.

• toolsVersion
  Type: System.String

  The ToolsVersion for which to find the file.

• architecture
  Type: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.DotNetFrameworkArchitecture

  The architecture of the build tools file to get.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The path to the file in the tools path folder of the appropriate ToolsVersion if it exists, otherwise null.

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see dd66cd4c-b087-415f-9c3e-94e3a1835f74.

See Also

Reference

ToolLocationHelper Class

GetPathToBuildToolsFile Overload

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace