ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToReferenceAssemblies Method (FrameworkName)

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05/05/2015

Gets the paths to the reference assemblies location for the given target framework.

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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 ( _
    frameworkName As FrameworkName _
) As IList(Of String)

public static IList<string> GetPathToReferenceAssemblies(
    FrameworkName frameworkName
)

public:
static IList<String^>^ GetPathToReferenceAssemblies(
    FrameworkName^ frameworkName
)

static member GetPathToReferenceAssemblies : 
        frameworkName:FrameworkName -> IList<string>

public static function GetPathToReferenceAssemblies(
    frameworkName : FrameworkName
) : IList<String>

Parameters

frameworkName
Type: FrameworkName

The framework name.

Return Value

Type: IList<String>
Returns the paths to the reference assemblies location.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	When the frameworkName is null

Remarks

This method assumes that the requested ReferenceAssemblyRoot path will be the ProgramFiles directory that is specified by Environment.SpecialFolder.ProgramFiles. In addition, when the .NETFramework or .NET Framework targetFrameworkIdentifiers are seen and targetFrameworkVersion is 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, or 4, the correctly chained reference assembly paths for the legacy .NET Framework versions will be returned. This chaining will use the existing GetPathToDotNetFrameworkReferenceAssemblies to build up the list of reference assembly paths.

.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.

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