ToolLocationHelper.GetFoldersInVSInstallsAsString Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.Build.Utilities

Assembly:

Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core.dll

Package:

Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Core v17.9.5

Returns folders in VS installs of specified range of versions (starting with 15.0) separated by ';'.

public static string GetFoldersInVSInstallsAsString (string minVersionString = default, string maxVersionString = default, string subFolder = default);

static member GetFoldersInVSInstallsAsString : string * string * string -> string

Public Shared Function GetFoldersInVSInstallsAsString (Optional minVersionString As String = Nothing, Optional maxVersionString As String = Nothing, Optional subFolder As String = Nothing) As String

Parameters

minVersionString

String

Optional. If specified, only VS instances with this or bigger version will be included.

maxVersionString

String

Optional. If specified, only VS instances with smaller versions will be included. For instance, 16.0 means that only 15.* versions will be included.

subFolder

String

Optional. If specified, the returned list will contain [VSInstallDir][subFolder] paths

Returns

String

Returns folders in VS installs in VS version descending order separated by ';'