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Michal Hosala
Michal Hosala

Reputation: 5697

How to add reference with "copy local" true via roslyn?

I am trying to add metadata reference to my VB.NET project via roslyn using the following syntax:

project = project.AddMetadataReference(
    MetadataReference.CreateFromFile(
        package.FullName,
        MetadataReferenceProperties.Assembly));

However, I need to set "Copy local" to true for this assembly, how to do that? Seems like for assembly reference I only have WithEmbedInteropTypes and WithAliases available, how to set the rest of properties of a particular reference...?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 196

Answers (1)

Damien_The_Unbeliever
Damien_The_Unbeliever

Reputation: 239636

I suspect that "copy local" is an MSBuild feature rather than a compiler feature. If you look at the csc command line:

                        - INPUT FILES -
 /recurse:<wildcard>           Include all files in the current directory and
                               subdirectories according to the wildcard
                               specifications
 /reference:<alias>=<file>     Reference metadata from the specified assembly
                               file using the given alias (Short form: /r)
 /reference:<file list>        Reference metadata from the specified assembly
                               files (Short form: /r)
 /addmodule:<file list>        Link the specified modules into this assembly
 /link:<file list>             Embed metadata from the specified interop
                               assembly files (Short form: /l)
 /analyzer:<file list>         Run the analyzers from this assembly
                               (Short form: /a)
 /additionalfile:<file list>   Additional files that don't directly affect code
                               generation but may be used by analyzers for produ
cing
                               errors or warnings.

You can do /reference:<alias>=<file> to get an alias, or /link:<file list> to embed interop metadata, but there's no option here to "copy local".

You'll have to perform the copy yourself.

Upvotes: 2

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