private async Task <string> GetCommandLineForLaunchAsync()
{
CommandLineBuilder cb = new CommandLineBuilder();
cb.AddArguments("/waitfordebugger");
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// get the list of assemblies referenced by the project
var referencedAssemblies = await Properties.ConfiguredProject.Services.AssemblyReferences.GetResolvedReferencesAsync();
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// get the list of other projects referenced by the project being deployed
var referencedProjects = await Properties.ConfiguredProject.Services.ProjectReferences.GetResolvedReferencesAsync();
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// get the target path to reach the PE for the executable
//... we need to access the target path using reflection (step by step)
// get type for ConfiguredProject
var projSystemType = Properties.ConfiguredProject.GetType();
// get private property MSBuildProject
var buildProject = projSystemType.GetTypeInfo().GetDeclaredProperty("MSBuildProject");
// get value of MSBuildProject property from ConfiguredProject object
// this result is of type Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project
var projectResult = ((System.Threading.Tasks.Task <Microsoft.Build.Evaluation.Project>)buildProject.GetValue(Properties.ConfiguredProject));
// we want the target path property
var targetPath = projectResult.Result.Properties.First(p => p.Name == "TargetPath").EvaluatedValue;
// build a list with the full path for each DLL, referenced DLL and EXE
List <string> assemblyList = new List <string>();
foreach (IAssemblyReference reference in referencedAssemblies)
{
assemblyList.Add(await reference.GetFullPathAsync());
}
// loop through each project that is set to build
foreach (IBuildDependencyProjectReference project in referencedProjects)
{
if (await project.GetReferenceOutputAssemblyAsync())
{
assemblyList.Add(await project.GetFullPathAsync());
}
}
// now add the executable to this list
assemblyList.Add(targetPath);
// build a list with the PE files corresponding to each DLL and EXE
List <string> peCollection = assemblyList.Select(a => a.Replace(".dll", ".pe").Replace(".exe", ".pe")).ToList();
foreach (string peFile in peCollection)
{
cb.AddArguments("/load:" + peFile);
}
string commandLine = cb.ToString();
commandLine = Environment.ExpandEnvironmentVariables(commandLine);
return(commandLine);
}
