private async Task <string> GetCommandLineForLaunchAsync()
{
CommandLineBuilder cb = new CommandLineBuilder();
cb.AddArguments("/waitfordebugger");
// For a known project output assembly path, this shall contain the corresponding
// ConfiguredProject:
Dictionary <string, ConfiguredProject> configuredProjectsByOutputAssemblyPath =
new Dictionary <string, ConfiguredProject>();
// For a known ConfiguredProject, this shall contain the corresponding project output assembly
// path:
Dictionary <ConfiguredProject, string> outputAssemblyPathsByConfiguredProject =
new Dictionary <ConfiguredProject, string>();
// Fill these two dictionaries for all projects contained in the solution
// (whether they belong to the deployment or not):
await ReferenceCrawler.CollectProjectsAndOutputAssemblyPathsAsync(
ProjectService,
configuredProjectsByOutputAssemblyPath,
outputAssemblyPathsByConfiguredProject);
// This HashSet shall contain a list of full paths to all assemblies to be deployed, including
// the compiled output assemblies of our solution's project and also all assemblies such as
// NuGet packages referenced by those projects.
// The HashSet will take care of only containing any string once even if added multiple times.
// However, this is dependent on getting all paths always in the same casing.
// Be aware that on file systems which ignore casing, we would end up having assemblies added
// more than once here if the GetFullPathAsync() methods used below should not always reliably
// return the path to the same assembly in the same casing.
HashSet <string> assemblyPathsToDeploy = new HashSet <string>();
// Starting with the startup project, collect all assemblies to be deployed.
// This will only add assemblies of projects which are actually referenced directly or
// indirectly by the startup project. Any project in the solution which is not referenced
// directly or indirectly by the startup project will not be included in the list of assemblies
// to be deployed.
await ReferenceCrawler.CollectAssembliesToDeployAsync(
configuredProjectsByOutputAssemblyPath,
outputAssemblyPathsByConfiguredProject,
assemblyPathsToDeploy,
Properties.ConfiguredProject);
// build a list with the full path for each DLL, referenced DLL and EXE
List <string> assemblyList = new List <string>();
foreach (string assemblyPath in assemblyPathsToDeploy)
{
assemblyList.Add(assemblyPath);
}
// if there are referenced project, the assembly list contains repeated assemblies so need to use Linq Distinct()
// build a list with the PE files corresponding to each DLL and EXE
List <string> peCollection = assemblyList.Distinct().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);
}
private async Task <string> GetCommandLineForLaunchAsync()
{
CommandLineBuilder cb = new CommandLineBuilder();
cb.AddArguments("/waitfordebugger");
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// get the list of assemblies referenced by the project
var referencedAssemblies = await Properties.ConfiguredProject.Services.AssemblyReferences.GetResolvedReferencesAsync();
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// get the list of other projects referenced by the project being deployed
var referencedProjects = await Properties.ConfiguredProject.Services.ProjectReferences.GetResolvedReferencesAsync();
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// 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);
}