Get project references

[Int-L]

Hi all,

 

I'm working on an application in which i need to read the references of the project itself.

 

Is there any idea to get the projects references and display their names?

Ex :

 

System;

System.Collections.Generic;

System.ComponentModel;

System.Data;

System.Drawing;

etc....

 

Thanks.

[Nate Bross]

You can load the .csproj file to determine binaries referenced:

From my sample C# .csproj file (in notepad)

<Reference Include="System" />

<Reference Include="System.Data" />

<Reference Include="System.Core">

<RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>

</Reference>

<Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions">

<RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>

</Reference>

<Reference Include="System.DirectoryServices" />

<Reference Include="System.DirectoryServices.AccountManagement">

<RequiredTargetFramework>3.5</RequiredTargetFramework>

</Reference>

 

You can look for "using" in each .cs file to see what is used by code:

pseudocode

string Ref = String.Empty;
foreach(file in IO.Directory.GetFiles("C:\Project\Directory\"))
{
   foreach(line in file)
   {
       If(line.StartsWith("System."))
       {
           Ref += line + "\r\n";
       }

   }
}