ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToDotNetFramework Method (TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion, DotNetFrameworkArchitecture)

Gets a fully qualified path to the framework's 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, _
    architecture As DotNetFrameworkArchitecture _
) As String

public static string GetPathToDotNetFramework(
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version,
    DotNetFrameworkArchitecture architecture
)

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

static member GetPathToDotNetFramework : 
        version:TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion * 
        architecture:DotNetFrameworkArchitecture -> string

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

Parameters

• 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 the framework's 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

GetPathToDotNetFramework Overload

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace