/// <summary>
/// This method adds a new ProjectReference item to the specified instance. The reference will either be to its metaproject (if the project
/// is a web project or has reference of its own) or to the project itself (if it has no references and is a normal MSBuildable project.)
/// </summary>
private void AddProjectReference(ProjectInstance traversalProject, ProjectInstance projectInstance, ProjectInSolution projectToAdd, ProjectConfigurationInSolution projectConfiguration, bool direct)
{
ProjectItemInstance item;
if (direct)
{
// We can build this project directly, so add its reference.
item = projectInstance.AddItem("ProjectReference", EscapingUtilities.Escape(projectToAdd.AbsolutePath), null);
item.SetMetadata("ToolsVersion", GetToolsVersionMetadataForDirectMSBuildTask(traversalProject));
item.SetMetadata("SkipNonexistentProjects", "False"); // Skip if it doesn't exist on disk.
item.SetMetadata("AdditionalProperties", GetPropertiesMetadataForProjectReference(traversalProject, GetConfigurationAndPlatformPropertiesString(projectConfiguration)));
}
else
{
// We cannot build directly, add the metaproject reference instead.
item = projectInstance.AddItem("ProjectReference", GetMetaprojectName(projectToAdd), null);
item.SetMetadata("ToolsVersion", traversalProject.ToolsVersion);
item.SetMetadata("SkipNonexistentProjects", "Build"); // Instruct the MSBuild task to try to build even though the file doesn't exist on disk.
item.SetMetadata("AdditionalProperties", GetPropertiesMetadataForProjectReference(traversalProject, SolutionConfigurationAndPlatformProperties));
}
// Set raw config and platform for custom build steps to use if they wish
// Configuration is null for web projects
if (projectConfiguration != null)
{
item.SetMetadata("Configuration", projectConfiguration.ConfigurationName);
item.SetMetadata("Platform", projectConfiguration.PlatformName);
}
}