SolutionFile Class

Parses a solution file and returns an MSBuild project file containing the projects and dependencies defined in the solution.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Build.Construction.SolutionFile

Namespace:  Microsoft.Build.Construction
Assembly:  Microsoft.Build (in Microsoft.Build.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public NotInheritable Class SolutionFile

public sealed class SolutionFile

public ref class SolutionFile sealed

[<Sealed>]
type SolutionFile =  class end

public final class SolutionFile

The SolutionFile type exposes the following members.

Properties

	Name	Description
	ProjectsByGuid	Gets the collection of projects in this solution, accessible by their GUIDs as strings in "{XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX}" form
	ProjectsInOrder	Gets all the projects in this solution, in the order they appeared in the solution file.
	SolutionConfigurations	Gets all the full solution configurations (configuration + platform) in this solution.

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Methods

	Name	Description
	Equals	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetDefaultConfigurationName	Gets the default configuration name for this solution. Usually it's Debug, unless it's not present, in which case it's the first configuration name we find.
	GetDefaultPlatformName	Gets the default platform name for this solution. Usually it's Mixed Platforms, unless it's not present, in which case it's the first platform name we find.
	GetHashCode	(Inherited from Object.)
	GetType	(Inherited from Object.)
	Parse	Parses the projects and project dependencies in the solution file and creates internal data structures representing the projects within the SLN.
	ToString	(Inherited from Object.)

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Remarks

Introduced in Visual Studio 2015.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Build.Construction Namespace