GetFrameworkPath Task

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Retrieves the path to the .NET Framework assemblies.

Task Parameters

The following table describes the parameters of the GetFrameworkPath task.

Parameter	Description
FrameworkVersion11Path	Optional String output parameter. Contains the path to the framework version 1.1 assemblies, if present. Otherwise returns null.
FrameworkVersion20Path	Optional String output parameter. Contains the path to the framework version 2.0 assemblies, if present. Otherwise returns null.
FrameworkVersion30Path	Optional String output parameter. Contains the path to the framework version 3.0 assemblies, if present. Otherwise returns null.
FrameworkVersion35Path	Optional String output parameter. Contains the path to the framework version 3.5 assemblies, if present. Otherwise returns null.
FrameworkVersion40Path	Optional String output parameter. Contains the path to the framework version 4.0 assemblies, if present. Otherwise returns null.
Path	Optional String output parameter. Contains the path to the latest framework assemblies, if any are available. Otherwise returns null.

Remarks

If several versions of the .NET Framework are installed, this task returns the version that MSBuild is designed to run on.

In addition to the parameters listed above, this task inherits parameters from the TaskExtension class, which itself inherits from the Task class. For a list of these additional parameters and their descriptions, see TaskExtension Base Class.

Example

The following example uses the GetFrameworkPath task to store the path to the .NET Framework in the FrameworkPath property.

<Project xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">  
    <Target Name="GetPath">  
        <GetFrameworkPath>  
            <Output  
                TaskParameter="Path"  
                PropertyName="FrameworkPath" />  
        </GetFrameworkPath>  
    </Target>  
</Project>  

See Also

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