ByteDev.DotNet

Set of classes for reading .NET solution and project files.

Installation

ByteDev.DotNet has been written as a .NET Standard 2.0 library, so you can consume it from a .NET Core or .NET Framework 4.6.1 (or greater) application.

ByteDev.DotNet is hosted as a package on nuget.org. To install from the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio run:

Install-Package ByteDev.DotNet

Further details can be found on the nuget page.

Release Notes

Releases follow semantic versioning.

Full details of the release notes can be viewed on GitHub.

Usage

There are two main classes in the project: DotNetSolution and DotNetProject.

DotNetSolution

Use DotNetSolution from the namespace: ByteDev.DotNet.Solution.

Load a .NET solution file:

DotNetSolution dotNetSolution = DotNetSolution.Load(@"C:\mysolution.sln");

Console.WriteLine(dotNetSolution.VisualStudioVersion);
Console.WriteLine(dotNetSolution.Projects.Count);

DotNetSolution contains the following properties:

• FormatVersion
• MajorVersion
• VisualStudioVersion
• MinimumVisualStudioVersion
• Projects
• GlobalSections

DotNetProject

Use DotNetProject from the namespace: ByteDev.DotNet.Project.

Load a .NET project file:

DotNetProject dotNetProject = DotNetProject.Load(@"C:\myproj.csproj");

Console.WriteLine(dotNetProject.ProjectTargets.Single());
Console.WriteLine(dotNetProject.Format);

DotNetProject contains the following properties:

• IsMultiTarget
• ProjectTargets
• Format
• ProjectReferences
• PackageReferences
• ExcludedItems
• IncludedItems
• AssemblyInfo
• NugetMetaData