ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToDotNetFrameworkSdkFile Method (String, TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion)

Gets the fully qualified path to a file in the .NET Framework SDK.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetPathToDotNetFrameworkSdkFile ( _
    fileName As String, _
    version As TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion _
) As String

public static string GetPathToDotNetFrameworkSdkFile(
    string fileName,
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version
)

public:
static String^ GetPathToDotNetFrameworkSdkFile(
    String^ fileName, 
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version
)

static member GetPathToDotNetFrameworkSdkFile : 
        fileName:string * 
        version:TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion -> string

public static function GetPathToDotNetFrameworkSdkFile(
    fileName : String, 
    version : TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion
) : String

Parameters

• fileName
  Type: System.String

  The file to locate in the .NET Framework SDK.

• 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 \bin directory of the .NET Framework SDK, or a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the targeted version of the .NET Framework SDK is not installed.

Remarks

The path for the SDK takes in consideration the processor architecture environment information for the calling process, so it might end up being ".../bin/i64", for example.

Unlike GetPathToDotNetFrameworkFile and GetPathToSystemFile this method checks for the existence of the file, so that an invalid fileName returns 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

GetPathToDotNetFrameworkSdkFile Overload

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace