ResolveAssemblyReference Class

This API supports the .NET Framework infrastructure and is not intended to be used directly from your code.

Implements the ResolveAssemblyReference task. Use the ResolveAssemblyReference element in your project file to create and execute this task. For usage and parameter information, see ResolveAssemblyReference Task.

MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System.Object
  Microsoft.Build.Utilities.Task
    Microsoft.Build.Tasks.TaskExtension
      Microsoft.Build.Tasks.ResolveAssemblyReference

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

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Class ResolveAssemblyReference _
    Inherits TaskExtension
public class ResolveAssemblyReference : TaskExtension
public ref class ResolveAssemblyReference : public TaskExtension
type ResolveAssemblyReference =  
    class 
        inherit TaskExtension 
    end
public class ResolveAssemblyReference extends TaskExtension

The ResolveAssemblyReference type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
Public method ResolveAssemblyReference Infrastructure. Initializes a new instance of the ResolveAssemblyReference class.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

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Properties

  Name Description
Public property AllowedAssemblyExtensions Infrastructure. Gets or sets the assembly extensions that will be considered during references resolution.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property AllowedRelatedFileExtensions Infrastructure. Gets or sets the extensions that will be considered when searching for related files.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property AppConfigFile Infrastructure. Gets or sets the App.Config file path.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property Assemblies Infrastructure. Gets or sets the assembly names to resolve into full paths and to find dependencies for. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property AssemblyFiles Infrastructure. Gets or sets a list of fully qualified assembly paths to find dependencies for.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property AutoUnify Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether the resulting dependency graph is automatically treated as if there were an App.Config file passed in to the AppConfigFile property.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property BuildEngine Gets or sets the instance of the IBuildEngine object used by the task.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property BuildEngine2 Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine2 object used by the task.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property BuildEngine3 Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine3 object used by the task.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property BuildEngine4 Gets the instance of the IBuildEngine4 object used by the task.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property CandidateAssemblyFiles Infrastructure. Gets or sets a list of assemblies, which must be absolute file names or project-relative file names, to use for the search and resolution process.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property CopyLocalDependenciesWhenParentReferenceInGac Gets or sets a switch that determines how dependencies are determined, and whether or not a dependency is copied locally.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property CopyLocalFiles Infrastructure. Returns all files in the ResolvedFiles, ResolvedDependencyFiles, RelatedFiles, SatelliteFiles, and ResolveAssemblyReference properties that have the CopyLocal item metadata with a value of true.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property DependsOnSystemRuntime Determines whether the assembly or any of its primary references depends on System.Runtime. (Aka needs Facade references to resolve duplicate types)
Public property FilesWritten Infrastructure. Gets or sets the items written to disk.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property FindDependencies Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether dependencies will be found (true) or only primary references will be found (false). MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property FindRelatedFiles Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether related files such as .pdb files and .xml files will be found.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property FindSatellites Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether satellite assemblies will be found.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property FindSerializationAssemblies Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether the serialization assemblies will be found.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property FullFrameworkAssemblyTables Gets or sets a list of items representing XML files that contain the full framework for the profile.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property FullFrameworkFolders Gets or sets a list of folders which contain a RedistList directory which represent the full framework for a given client profile, for example:%programfiles%\reference assemblies\microsoft\framework\v4.0MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property FullTargetFrameworkSubsetNames Infrastructure. A string that contains the names of the subsets of the specified target framework.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Protected property HelpKeywordPrefix Gets or sets the prefix used to compose Help keywords from resource names.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property HostObject Gets or sets the host object associated with the task.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property IgnoreDefaultInstalledAssemblySubsetTables Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether the task should look for and use additional installed assembly subset tables (also known as Subset Lists), which are found in the SubsetList directory under the provided TargetFrameworkDirectories.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property IgnoreDefaultInstalledAssemblyTables Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether the ResolveAssemblyReference task should ignore additional installed assembly tables found in the RedistList directory underneath the provided TargetFrameworkDirectories (true) or should search for and use these installed assembly tables (false).MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property IgnoreTargetFrameworkAttributeVersionMismatch Gets or sets a flag indicating whether to ignore the framework attribute when checking if an assembly is compatible with the targeted framework.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property IgnoreVersionForFrameworkReferences Gets or sets a flag indicating whether to ignore the version information on the framework assembly and actually resolve the framework assembly from the currently targeted framework. Flag applies if the primary reference is a framework assembly.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property InstalledAssemblySubsetTables Infrastructure. An ITaskItem that represents a list of XML files that contain assemblies that are expected to be in the target subset.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property InstalledAssemblyTables Infrastructure. Gets or sets a list of XML files that contain assemblies that are expected to be installed on the target machine.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property LatestTargetFrameworkDirectories Gets or sets the list of directories which contain the redist lists for the most current framework which can be targeted on the machine. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property Log Infrastructure. Gets an instance of a TaskLoggingHelperExtension containing task logging methods.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from TaskExtension.)
Public property ProfileName Gets or sets the name of the target framework profile we are targeting, for example Client, Web, or NetworkMSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property RelatedFiles Infrastructure. Gets related files, such as .xml and .pdb files with the same base name as a reference.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property ResolvedDependencyFiles Infrastructure. Gets the nth order paths to dependencies.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property ResolvedFiles Infrastructure. Gets a list of all primary references resolved to full paths.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property ResolvedSDKReferences A list of resolved SDK references which contain the sdk name, sdk location and the targeted configuration. These locations will only be searched if the reference has the SDKName metadata attached to it.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property SatelliteFiles Infrastructure. Gets any satellite files found.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property ScatterFiles Infrastructure. Gets the scatter files associated with one of the given assemblies.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property SearchPaths Infrastructure. Specifies the directories or special locations that are searched to find the files on disk that represent the assemblies.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property SerializationAssemblyFiles Infrastructure. Gets the serialization assemblies.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property Silent Infrastructure. Gets or sets a Boolean value that specifies whether no messages are logged. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property StateFile Infrastructure. Gets or sets a file name that indicates where to save the intermediate build state for this task.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property SuggestedRedirects Infrastructure. Gets one item for every distinct conflicting assembly identity, regardless of the value of the AutoUnify property.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property SupportsBindingRedirectGeneration Determines whether the project type supports "AutoGenerateBindingRedirects" (currently only for EXE projects).
Public property TargetedRuntimeVersion Gets or sets the name of the runtime we are targeting, for example, 2.0.57027. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property TargetFrameworkDirectories Infrastructure. Gets or sets the path to the target framework directory. MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property TargetFrameworkMoniker Gets or sets the target framework moniker being targeted, if any.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property TargetFrameworkMonikerDisplayName Gets or sets the display name of the target framework moniker being targeted, if any.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property TargetFrameworkSubsets Infrastructure. A list of target framework subset names that will be searched for in the target framework directories.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property TargetFrameworkVersion Infrastructure. Gets or sets the project target framework version used for reference filtering.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Public property TargetProcessorArchitecture Infrastructure. Gets or sets the preferred target processor architecture used for resolving Global Assembly Cache (GAC) references, which can have a value of x86, IA64, or AMD64.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.
Protected property TaskResources Gets or sets the culture-specific resources associated with the task.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework. You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Inherited from Task.)
Public property UnresolveFrameworkAssembliesFromHigherFrameworks If set to true, it forces to unresolve framework assemblies with versions higher or equal the version of the target framework, regardless of the target framework.
Public property WarnOrErrorOnTargetArchitectureMismatch Gets or sets a string value specifying the behavior when a mismatch between the target processor architecture and the architecture of a primary reference. When this is “Error”, an error will be logged for a mismatch. When this is “Warning”, a warning will be logged for a mismatch. When this is “None”, no error or warning will be logged for a mismatch.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0.

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Methods

  Name Description
Public method Equals (Inherited from Object.)
Public method Execute Infrastructure. Executes the ResolveAssemblyReference task.MSBuild is now included in Visual Studio instead of the .NET Framework.You can use MSBuild 12.0 side-by-side with versions previously deployed with the .NET Framework.For more information, see What's New in MSBuild 12.0. (Overrides Task.Execute().)
Protected method Finalize (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetType (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString (Inherited from Object.)

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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.Tasks Namespace