public static Assembly CompileCode(string code, string FileName, out CompilerResults result, string[] resourceFilePaths = null)
{
Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider csProvider = new Microsoft.CSharp.CSharpCodeProvider();
CompilerParameters options = new CompilerParameters();
options.GenerateExecutable = false; // we want a Dll (or "Class Library" as its called in .Net)
if (FileName != null)
{
options.OutputAssembly = FileName;
}
else
{
options.GenerateInMemory = true;
}
// Add any references you want the users to be able to access, be warned that giving them access to some classes can allow
// harmful code to be written and executed. I recommend that you write your own Class library that is the only reference it allows
// thus they can only do the things you want them to.
// (though things like "System.Xml.dll" can be useful, just need to provide a way users can read a file to pass in to it)
// Just to avoid bloating this example to much, we will just add THIS program to its references, that way we don't need another
// project to store the interfaces that both this class and the other uses. Just remember, this will expose ALL public classes to
// the "script"
//var assemblies = AppDomain.CurrentDomain
// .GetAssemblies()
// .Where(a => !a.IsDynamic)
// .Select(a => a.Location);
//options.ReferencedAssemblies.AddRange(assemblies.ToArray());
options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location);
ReferencedAssemblies.ForEach(x => options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(x));
//options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.Data.dll");
//options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll");
//options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.Xml.dll");
//options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.Data.Linq.dll");
//options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("ChampionshipSolutions.DM.dll");
//options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("mscorlib.dll");
//options.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.Core.dll");
if (resourceFilePaths != null)
{
foreach (string filePath in resourceFilePaths)
{
if (System.IO.File.Exists(filePath))
{
options.EmbeddedResources.Add(filePath);
}
}
}
// Compile our code
//CompilerResults result;
result = csProvider.CompileAssemblyFromSource(options, code);
if (result.Errors.HasErrors)
{
// TODO: report back to the user that the script has errored
return(null);
}
if (result.Errors.HasWarnings)
{
// TODO: tell the user about the warnings, might want to prompt them if they want to continue
// running the "script"
}
return(result.CompiledAssembly);
}