/// <summary>
/// Compile the specified 'code' into an executable assembly. If 'assemblyFileName'
/// is null then compile to an in-memory assembly.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="code">The code to compile.</param>
/// <param name="referencedAssemblies">Any referenced assemblies.</param>
/// <param name="sourceName">Path to a file on disk containing the source.</param>
/// <returns>Any compile errors or null if compile was successful.</returns>
private Compilation CompileTextToAssembly(string code, IEnumerable <MetadataReference> referencedAssemblies, out string sourceName)
{
string assemblyFileNameToCreate = Path.ChangeExtension(Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), tempFileNamePrefix + Guid.NewGuid().ToString()), ".dll");
bool VB = code.IndexOf("Imports System") != -1;
Compilation compilation;
if (VB)
{
sourceName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(assemblyFileNameToCreate) + ".vb";
SyntaxTree syntaxTree = VisualBasicSyntaxTree.ParseText(
code,
new VisualBasicParseOptions(),
path: sourceName);
VisualBasicSyntaxNode syntaxRootNode = syntaxTree.GetRoot() as VisualBasicSyntaxNode;
var encoded = VisualBasicSyntaxTree.Create(syntaxRootNode, null, sourceName, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
compilation = VisualBasicCompilation.Create(
Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(assemblyFileNameToCreate),
new[] { encoded },
referencedAssemblies,
new VisualBasicCompilationOptions(OutputKind.DynamicallyLinkedLibrary));;
}
else
{
sourceName = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(assemblyFileNameToCreate) + ".cs";
SyntaxTree syntaxTree = CSharpSyntaxTree.ParseText(
code,
new CSharpParseOptions(),
path: sourceName);
CSharpSyntaxNode syntaxRootNode = syntaxTree.GetRoot() as CSharpSyntaxNode;
var encoded = CSharpSyntaxTree.Create(syntaxRootNode, null, sourceName, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8);
compilation = CSharpCompilation.Create(
Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(assemblyFileNameToCreate),
new[] { encoded },
referencedAssemblies,
new CSharpCompilationOptions(OutputKind.DynamicallyLinkedLibrary));
}
return(compilation);
}