VisualStudioSolutionExplorer

Explore .sln and .slnx files and their projects in a tree view.

Usage

To start, create a Solution object providing the path to the solution file:

using SlnExplorer;

string SolutionFileName = @"C:\Path\To\YourSolution.sln";
Solution NewSolution = new(SolutionFileName);

The constructor also accepts a name and StreamReader:

Solution NewSolution = new("MySolution", new StreamReader(SolutionFileName));

This loads and parses the file. You can then access the projects within the solution:

foreach (Project Item in NewSolution.ProjectList)
{
    /// ...
}

Features

Solution class

Property	Comment
Name	The solution name.
SolutionFileName	The full path to the solution file.
ProjectList	A list of all projects in the solution.

Project class

Property	Comment
ParentSolution	The parent solution.
ProjectName	The project name.
RelativePath	The project path, relative to the solution path.
ProjectGuid	The project GUID.
ProjectType	The project type (Library, Console...)
Extension	The extension (typically, csproj).
Dependencies	The dependencies, as strings.
ProjectReferences	The project references, as strings.
ParentProjectGuid	The parent project GUID.
ProjectConfigurations	The project configurations (Debug, Release...)
DependencyLevel	The dependency level, -1 if none.
IsStaticLibrary	Is the project a static library?
SdkType	The Sdk type (Windows Desktop Sdk...)
OutputType	The project output type (Exe...)
UseWpf	Does the projcet uses WPF?
UseWindowsForms	Does the project uses Windows Forms?
HasVersion	Does the project have a version?
Version	The project version.
IsAssemblyVersionValid	Does the project have a valid assembly version?
AssemblyVersion	The assembly version.
IsFileVersionValid	Does the project have a valid file version?
FileVersion	The file version.
Author	The project author(s).
Description	The project description.
Copyright	The project copyright text.
HasRepositoryUrl	Does the project have a repository URL?
RepositoryUrl	The project repository URL (null if none).
ApplicationIcon	The project application icon.
FrameworkList	The list of parsed project frameworks (net48, net8.0, ...)
HasTargetFrameworks	Does the project have one or more target frameworks.
LanguageVersion	The language version.
Nullable	The project nullable values setting.
NeutralLanguage	The neutral langauge.
IsTreatWarningsAsErrors	Are project warnings treated as errors?
IsTestProject	Is the project a test project?
IsNotPackable	Is the project not packable?
IsEditorConfigLinked	Does the the project have links to the solution's editor config.
PackageReferenceList	The list of package references.
IsProjectWithOutput	Does the project produces an output?
PackageIcon	The project package icon.
PackageLicenseExpression	The project package license.
PackageReadmeFile	The project package readme.

Configuration class

Property	Comment
Project	The parent project.
ConfigurationName	The configuration name.
PlatformName	The platform name.
IncludeInBuild	Is the configuration included in build?

Framework class

Property	Comment
Name	The framework name.
Type	The framework type (.NET Standard, .NET Core...)
Major	The framework major version.
Minor	The framework minor version.
Moniker	The target framework moniker (TFM).
MonikerMajor	The moniker major version.
MonikerMinor	The moniker minor version.

PackageReference class

Property	Comment
Project	The parent project.
Name	The package name.
Version	The package version.
Condition	The package condition, in plain text
IsAllPrivateAssets	Are all assets private?