ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToDotNetFrameworkFile Method (String, TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion, DotNetFrameworkArchitecture)

Gets a fully qualified path to a file in the frameworks root directory for the specified architecture.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetPathToDotNetFrameworkFile ( _
    fileName As String, _
    version As TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion, _
    architecture As DotNetFrameworkArchitecture _
) As String

public static string GetPathToDotNetFrameworkFile(
    string fileName,
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version,
    DotNetFrameworkArchitecture architecture
)

public:
static String^ GetPathToDotNetFrameworkFile(
    String^ fileName, 
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version, 
    DotNetFrameworkArchitecture architecture
)

static member GetPathToDotNetFrameworkFile : 
        fileName:string * 
        version:TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion * 
        architecture:DotNetFrameworkArchitecture -> string

public static function GetPathToDotNetFrameworkFile(
    fileName : String, 
    version : TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion, 
    architecture : DotNetFrameworkArchitecture
) : String

Parameters

• fileName
  Type: System.String

  File name to locate in the .NET Framework directory

• version
  Type: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion

  Version of the targeted .NET Framework

• architecture
  Type: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.DotNetFrameworkArchitecture

  Desired architecture, or DotNetFrameworkArchitecture.Current for the architecture this process is currently running under.

Return Value

Type: System.String
Returns a fully qualified path to a file in the frameworks root directory.

.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

GetPathToDotNetFrameworkFile Overload

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace