ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToDotNetFramework Method (TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion)

Gets a fully qualified path to the .NET Framework root directory.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetPathToDotNetFramework ( _
    version As TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion _
) As String

public static string GetPathToDotNetFramework(
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version
)

public:
static String^ GetPathToDotNetFramework(
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version
)

static member GetPathToDotNetFramework : 
        version:TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion -> string

public static function GetPathToDotNetFramework(
    version : TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion
) : String

Parameters

• version
  Type: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion

  The version of the .NET Framework to target.

Return Value

Type: System.String
A string containing the fully qualified path to the .NET Framework root directory, or a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the targeted version of the .NET Framework is not installed.

.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

GetPathToDotNetFramework Overload

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace