ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToStandardLibraries Method (String, String, String, String)

Returns the path to mscorlib and system.dll

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetPathToStandardLibraries ( _
    targetFrameworkIdentifier As String, _
    targetFrameworkVersion As String, _
    targetFrameworkProfile As String, _
    platformTarget As String _
) As String

public static string GetPathToStandardLibraries(
    string targetFrameworkIdentifier,
    string targetFrameworkVersion,
    string targetFrameworkProfile,
    string platformTarget
)

public:
static String^ GetPathToStandardLibraries(
    String^ targetFrameworkIdentifier, 
    String^ targetFrameworkVersion, 
    String^ targetFrameworkProfile, 
    String^ platformTarget
)

static member GetPathToStandardLibraries : 
        targetFrameworkIdentifier:string * 
        targetFrameworkVersion:string * 
        targetFrameworkProfile:string * 
        platformTarget:string -> string

public static function GetPathToStandardLibraries(
    targetFrameworkIdentifier : String, 
    targetFrameworkVersion : String, 
    targetFrameworkProfile : String, 
    platformTarget : String
) : String

Parameters

• targetFrameworkIdentifier
  Type: System.String

  Identifier being targeted

• targetFrameworkVersion
  Type: System.String

  Version being targeted

• targetFrameworkProfile
  Type: System.String

  Profile being targeted

• platformTarget
  Type: System.String

  This is used to determine where we should look for the standard libraries. Note, this parameter is only used for .NET Framework 3.5 or less.

Return Value

Type: System.String
Collection of reference assembly locations.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	When the frameworkName is 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

GetPathToStandardLibraries Overload

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace