ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToDotNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies Method

Returns the path to the reference assemblies location for the given framework version.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetPathToDotNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies ( _
    version As TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion _
) As String

public static string GetPathToDotNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies(
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version
)

public:
static String^ GetPathToDotNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies(
    TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion version
)

static member GetPathToDotNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies : 
        version:TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion -> string

public static function GetPathToDotNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies(
    version : TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion
) : String

Parameters

• version
  Type: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.TargetDotNetFrameworkVersion

  Version of the targeted .NET Framework

Return Value

Type: System.String
Returns a string containing the fully qualified path to the Reference Assemblies folder, or a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if the targeted version of the .NET Framework is not installed.

.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

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace