BuildEngine

[Joe]

Hi anyone use the BuildEngine Class

I cannot get code from MSDN to compile. I get the following error.
I am trying to us it to parse csproj file

thanks
at line
engine = new Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Engine(binPath);

get this error

Error 1 Invalid token '=' in class, struct, or interface member declaration
C:\Data\DotNet\CSharp\XML\ParseCSharpProjFile\Clas s1.cs 23 20
ParseCSharpProjFile

using System.Reflection;

using Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine;

using Microsoft.Build.Framework;

using Microsoft.Build.Utilities;

using Mono.XBuild.Framework;

using Mono.XBuild.Utilities;

namespace ParseCSharpProjFile

{

class Class1

{
// Instantiate a new Engine object

Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Engine engine;

// Point to the path that contains the .NET Framework 2.0 CLR and tools

string binPath = "C:\\WINNT\\Microsoft.NET\\framework\\v2.0.507 27";

engine = new Microsoft.Build.BuildEngine.Engine(binPath);
// Create a new empty project

Project project = new Project();
// Load a project

project.Load(@"c:\temp\validate.proj");

Console.WriteLine("Project Properties");

Console.WriteLine("----------------------------------");

[Jani Järvinen [MVP]]

Hi Joe,

Error 1 Invalid token '=' in class, struct, or interface member
declaration C:\Data\DotNet\CSharp\XML\ParseCSharpProjFile\Clas s1.cs 23 20
ParseCSharpProjFile

Your code must reside inside a method. I can't see you having one!

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Regards,

Mr. Jani Järvinen
C# MVP
Helsinki, Finland
ja***@removethis.dystopia.fi
http://www.saunalahti.fi/janij/