ToolLocationHelper.GetPathToBuildTools Method (String, DotNetFrameworkArchitecture)

Given a ToolsVersion, return the path to the MSBuild tools for that ToolsVersion. The only version supported is “12.0”.

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetPathToBuildTools ( _
    toolsVersion As String, _
    architecture As DotNetFrameworkArchitecture _
) As String

public static string GetPathToBuildTools(
    string toolsVersion,
    DotNetFrameworkArchitecture architecture
)

public:
static String^ GetPathToBuildTools(
    String^ toolsVersion, 
    DotNetFrameworkArchitecture architecture
)

static member GetPathToBuildTools : 
        toolsVersion:string * 
        architecture:DotNetFrameworkArchitecture -> string

public static function GetPathToBuildTools(
    toolsVersion : String, 
    architecture : DotNetFrameworkArchitecture
) : String

Parameters

• toolsVersion
  Type: System.String

  The ToolsVersion for which to get the tools path.

• architecture
  Type: Microsoft.Build.Utilities.DotNetFrameworkArchitecture

  The architecture of the build tools location to get.

Return Value

Type: System.String
The tools path folder of the appropriate ToolsVersion if it exists, otherwise 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

GetPathToBuildTools Overload

Microsoft.Build.Utilities Namespace