In .NET Core 1.0 and 1.1, it was needed to set PackageTargetFallback when referencing packages that are known to work on .NET Core but don’t officially support it – e.g. PCL libraries or libraries built for the legacy dotnet framework moniker. Due to this, the project (.csproj, .fsproj, …) will contain a line similar to: … Read more
Which reference-type you get depends on how you link the assembly. select the referenced assembly in the project-explorer go to the properties-page there you find a boolean flag “specific Version” true means: the assembly must have version=xxx false means: ignore the assembly version (I only have a german-vs2010 so the english translation for the german … Read more
This is for “extern aliases”. Suppose you want to use two different types, both of which are called Foo.Bar (i.e. Bar in a namespace of Foo). The two types will be in different assemblies (by definition) – you use the property in VS to associate an alias with each reference, then you can do: extern … Read more
I also got the same after upgrading to version 15.6 of Visual Studio 2017. Closing VS and deleting the .vs folder fixed it for me.
The sdk-style projects have a few automatic includes. By default, the sdk has something like <None Include=”**/*”> (simplified) that is added (included) before your project’s contents. But you don’t want your file to be in the “None” set, but in the “EmbeddedResource” set. MSBuild doesn’t have any problem with the files being in more than … Read more
The simplest way since only ONE HintPath can be used is to use the all-so-nice Condition attribute like this: <Reference Include=”TheAssembly”> <HintPath Condition=”Exists(‘..\My\Assembly\Path’)”>..\My\Assembly\Path\TheAssembly.dll</HintPath> <HintPath Condition=”Exists(‘..\..\My\Assembly\Path’)”>..\..\My\Assembly\Path\TheAssembly.dll</HintPath> <HintPath Condition=”Exists(‘..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path’)”>..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path\TheAssembly.dll</HintPath> <HintPath Condition=”Exists(‘..\..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path’)”>..\..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path\TheAssembly.dll</HintPath> <HintPath Condition=”Exists(‘..\..\..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path’)”>..\..\..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path\TheAssembly.dll</HintPath> <HintPath Condition=”Exists(‘..\..\..\..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path’)”>..\..\..\..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path\TheAssembly.dll</HintPath> <HintPath Condition=”Exists(‘..\..\..\..\..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path’)”>..\..\..\..\..\..\..\My\Assembly\Path\TheAssembly.dll</HintPath> etc… </Reference> So the answer to the question would be this: <Reference Include=”assembly”> <HintPath Condition=”Exists(‘..\..\csharp\bin’)”>..\..\csharp\bin\assembly.dll</HintPath> <HintPath Condition=”Exists(‘..\..\..\..\foo\sdk\csharp\bin’)”>..\..\..\..\foo\sdk\csharp\bin\assembly.dll</HintPath> </Reference> If multiple … Read more
NuGetPackageImportStamp is a workaround for Visual Studio 2013 and later versions not being able to detect that a NuGet package added or removed an MSBuild import. This workaround is not required for older versions of Visual Studio. Even in Visual Studio 2013, the property can safely be removed: if you close and re-open the solution, … Read more
You should use Or, not ||: Condition=”‘$(Configuration)’==’Debug’ Or ‘$(Configuration)’==’Release'”
Basically the .csproj file contains the list of files in your project, plus the references to system assemblies etc. There are a whole bunch of settings – Visual Studio version, project type, Assembly name, Application Icon, Target Culture, Installation Url,… Everything you need to build your project. While you could assume that you need everything … Read more
Just in case anyone would like to put InternalsVisibleTo within a .csproj file instead of AssemblyInfo.cs (a possible scenario is to have a naming convention between a project under test and a test project), you can do it like this: <ItemGroup> <AssemblyAttribute Include=”System.Runtime.CompilerServices.InternalsVisibleTo”> <_Parameter1>$(MSBuildProjectName).Test</_Parameter1> </AssemblyAttribute> </ItemGroup> Having this the following code will be generated [assembly: … Read more