ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToReferenceAssemblies Method (String, String, String)

Returns the paths to the reference assemblies location for the given target framework. This method will assume the requested ReferenceAssemblyRoot path will be the ProgramFiles directory specified by Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles In additon when the .NETFramework or .NET Framework targetFrameworkIdentifiers are seen and targetFrameworkVersion is 2.0, 3.0, 3.5 or 4.0 we will return the correctly chained reference assembly paths for the legacy .NET Framework versions. This chaining will use the existing GetPathToDotNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies to build up the list of reference assembly paths.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetPathToReferenceAssemblies ( _
    targetFrameworkIdentifier As String, _
    targetFrameworkVersion As String, _
    targetFrameworkProfile As String _
) As IList(Of String)

public static IList<string> GetPathToReferenceAssemblies(
    string targetFrameworkIdentifier,
    string targetFrameworkVersion,
    string targetFrameworkProfile
)

public:
static IList<String^>^ GetPathToReferenceAssemblies(
    String^ targetFrameworkIdentifier, 
    String^ targetFrameworkVersion, 
    String^ targetFrameworkProfile
)

static member GetPathToReferenceAssemblies : 
        targetFrameworkIdentifier:string * 
        targetFrameworkVersion:string * 
        targetFrameworkProfile:string -> IList<string> 

public static function GetPathToReferenceAssemblies(
    targetFrameworkIdentifier : String, 
    targetFrameworkVersion : String, 
    targetFrameworkProfile : String
) : IList<String>

Parameters

• targetFrameworkIdentifier
  Type: System.String

  Identifier being targeted

• targetFrameworkVersion
  Type: System.String

  Version being targeted

• targetFrameworkProfile
  Type: System.String

  Profile being targeted

Return Value

Type: IList<String>
Collection of reference assembly locations.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	When the frameworkName is 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

GetPathToReferenceAssemblies Overload

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace