Error CS0840 in MSBuild but not in VS2015 - c#

I have the following code:
namespace NS{
public class ClassName{
public PropertyName{get;}
}
}
I get the following error:
TestFile.cs(11,32): error CS0840: 'NS.ClassName.PropertyName.get' must
declare a body because it is not marked abstract or extern.
Automatically implemented properties must define both get and set
accessors.
When compiled in VS2015 everything is working good. When trying to build using MSBuild the error happens.
I am compiling against .NET 4.6.2 with C# 6.0 and ToolsVersion 14.0.
What am I missing?

What is almost certainly happening here is that your version of MSBuild is old and is compiling against version 5 of C#. Consider this code:
public class Foo
{
public Foo()
{
Bar = 1;
}
public int Bar { get; }
}
This will compile happily in C# 6 (i.e. VS2015) but will throw the error you experience from MSBuild (and also if you used VS2013.)
If you want to compile with MSBuild then you need to download and install the updated build tools: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=48159

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C# compiler - getting verbose output or diagnostic info

Is there an option to the C# compiler CSC.exe which generates more verbose output, specifically details on its parsing logic?
I've got a C# source file in a project which essentially contains this:
namespace lib.data.files
{
public class group
{
public file[] file;
}
public class file
{
}
}
And a compile error of
files.cs(5,15): error CS1031: Type expected [lib.data.csproj::TargetFramework=netstandard2.0]
The problem can be fixed by changing line 5 to
public lib.data.files.file[] file;
But I'm curious to find out what the CSC compiler thinks file[] represents (if it isn't picking up the class referrence in the same namespace).
(p.s. adding <ErrorLog>compiler-diagnostics.sarif</ErrorLog> to the project file only gives the same level of detail.)
(p.p.s. this compile error only showed up after upgrading from .NET 6.0 to .NET 7.0)

Decompiled Sources only show "throw null" for every .NET Framework class

I have
installed Visual Studio Community 2019, version 16.3.3 (including "ASP.NET and Web development" and ".NET Core cross-platform development")
and have checked "Enable Navigation to decompiled Sources",
and created a new ASP.NET Core Web Application (.NET Core 3.0.0)
but when I then look at e.g. the decompiled source for any referenced class in the .NET framework e.g. System.Console or for Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder (or almost any other type), all I can see for every method's body is throw null (I showed an extract below)
I have read this question (update: and the answer to the question it was a duplicate to), but there only one class had this problem (because it was added in an incremental update). For me, this problem applies to every class in the .NET framework. What am I doing wrong? Is this expected behaviour and I should use something like dotPeek?
Can I use a symbols server instead of decompiled sources?
(Forgive my ignorance, I'm really new to C#... and the .NET world)
region Assembly System.Console, Version=4.1.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a
// C:\Program Files\dotnet\packs\Microsoft.NETCore.App.Ref\3.0.0\ref\netcoreapp3.0\System.Console.dll
// Decompiled with ICSharpCode.Decompiler 4.0.0.4521
#endregion
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
namespace System
{
// Summary:
// ....
public static ConsoleColor BackgroundColor
{
get
{
throw null;
}
set
{
}
}
//
// Summary:
//...
public static int BufferHeight
{
get
{
throw null;
}
set
{
}
}
...

Unable to compile code output because of some reference assembly goofups

My issue goes like this:
There is a project called myframework. It has some extension methods defined in it as follows:
namespace myframework
{
public static class Helpers
{
public static bool ContainsAll(this string obj, string[])
{
return true;
}
}
}
It also has some other stuff like interfaces, etc, etc.
There is a second class I generate via System.CodeDom classes. The generated output is somewhat like this:
using myframework;
public class A: IMyFrameworkInterface
{
public void foo()
{
string s ="HELLO";
if(s.ContainsAll(some_arr))
return;
}
//More methods defined...
}
The compiler options I pass which is created prior to the actual compile call references the correct assemblies
var cp = new CompilerParameters();
cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("System.dll");
cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add("myframework.dll");
The code compilation modules are written in a different project. The particular class responsible for this also nicely gives us access to a list of CompilerError object via which we can learn the result of compilation.
Issue1: When I tried this in an asp.net project the compiler threw error saying it could not find metadata file myframework.dll (despite it being referenced in the project).
Issue2: When I tried it with a windows forms project. It gave a different error. This time saying that string does not contain definition for ContainsAll()
How to solve these two specific problems?
Found out the answer to this after a bit digging up. I was using .net framework 3.5. The codedom compiler apis targets v2.0 of the framework by default. Hence, you have to manually specify the correct framework:
var cp = new CompilerParameters(
new Dictionary<string,string>() { {"CompilerVersion", "v3.5"} });
For the compilation to work within an asp.net environment you'd have to actually point the references to the correct location. Hence you'd have to do something like follows:
cp.ReferencedAssemblies.Add(
HttpContext.Current.Server.MapPath(
"bin\\myframework.dll"));
My references:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/lukeh/archive/2007/07/11/c-3-0-and-codedom.aspx
.Net 3.5 CodeDom Compiler generating odd errors
And comments in the question's post. :)

Having trouble registering assembly for COM

I have created a simple class library project in visual studio 2008 that has one class as shown below. I am trying to get this class to register for COM interop so that I can use in via unmanaged scripts like vbscript or jscript.
In my project build properties I have checked the box that says "Register for COM Interop".
In the Assembly Settings I have checked "Make this assembly COM Visible" and I have confirmed that the [assembly: ComVisible(true)] attribute is present in the assembly.cs file.
Every time I build this project I get an error that reads "projectname.dll does not contain any types that can be registered for COM Interop. Also, I have not been able to successfully create an instance of class 1 using a vbscript. Does anyone know that this is not registering properly?
My vbscript fails to create activex object at this line... Set F = CreateObject("64BitCLTest.Class1").
Finally, how do I get VS to register this in the 64bit area of the registry instead of the 32 bit area so that 64bit processes can use it?
-- The Test Class--
namespace _64BitCLTest
{
[Guid("BBAA06EF-CA4C-4fe2-97CD-9B1D85ADA656")]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
[ComVisible(true)]
[ProgId("64BitCLTest.Class1")]
public class Class1
{
Class1()
{
// do nothing
}
public string Method1()
{
return "This is a return string from method 1";
}
public int Property1
{
get {return 777;}
}
}
}
you need to mark the constructor public:
-- The Test Class--
namespace _64BitCLTest
{
[Guid("BBAA06EF-CA4C-4fe2-97CD-9B1D85ADA656")]
[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.AutoDual)]
[ComVisible(true)]
[ProgId("64BitCLTest.Class1")]
public class Class1
{
public Class1()
{
// do nothing
}
public string Method1()
{
return "This is a return string from method 1";
}
public int Property1
{
get {return 777;}
}
}
}
There are two parts to this answer. The first, problem as consultutah said was that I did not have the constructor marked as public.
The second answer is that there is a bug (I believe) in VS2008 that causes assemblies to never be registered in the 64-bit section of the registry, even if the setup project is configured for a target platform of x64.
I installed VS2010, rebuilt the exact same project and ran the Install. The assembly registered perfectly and I was able to successfully access it through COM using a 64bit process. I still have not found a solution for this in VS2008.

F# declared namespace is not available in the c# project or visible through the object browser

F# declared namespace is not available in the c# project or visible through the object browser.
I have built a normal F# library project, but even after i build the project and reference it to my C# project, I am unable to access the desired namespace.
I am also unable to see it in the object browser, i get an error telling me that it has not been built. I am running on the september release can someone point out my error ?
F# Version 1.9.6.0
(6) Edit : Referencing the dll directly has fixed my problem, referencing the project allows me to compile but the intellisence does not work. When the dll is directly referenced the intellisence works perfectly.
This is the code found in the .fs file
#light
namespace Soilsiu.Core
module public Process =
open System.Xml.Linq
let private xname (tag:string) = XName.Get(tag)
let private tagUrl (tag:XElement) = let attribute = tag.Attribute(xname "href")
attribute.Value
let Bookmarks(xmlFile:string) =
let xml = XDocument.Load(xmlFile)
xml.Elements <| xname "A" |> Seq.map(tagUrl)
let PrintBookmarks (xmlFile:string) =
let list = Bookmarks(xmlFile)
list |> Seq.iter(fun u -> printfn "%s" u)
(5) Edit : Could ReSharper 4.0 be the problem?
(4) Edit : When i say the Object browser is unable to read the resulting assembly, i mean that when I try to open the assembly in the object browser i get an error telling me the project has not yet been built. yet again i can read the assembly using reflector.
(3) Edit : Reflector can Disassemble the dll but the Object Browser is unable to read it.
(2) Edit : I have Upgraded my F# version to 1.9.6.2 and still the same consequence
(1) Edit : I was able to Disassemble the dll to C# I get : (Everything seems to be fine here)
namespace Soilsiu.Core
{
[CompilationMapping(7)]
public static class Crawler
[CompilationMapping(7)]
public static class Process
}
[CompilationMapping(7)]
public static class Process
{
// Methods
static Process();
public static IEnumerable<string> Bookmarks(string xmlFile);
public static void PrintBookmarks(string xmlFile);
internal static string tagUrl(XElement tag);
internal static XName xname(string tag);
// Nested Types
[Serializable]
internal class clo#13 : FastFunc<XElement, string>
{
// Methods
public clo#13();
public override string Invoke(XElement tag#9);
}
[Serializable]
internal class clo#17 : FastFunc<string, Unit>
{
// Methods
public clo#17();
public override Unit Invoke(string u);
}
}
What if you reference the produced DLL directly (i.e., not via a project reference, but via a file reference)?
Maybe IntelliSense is just messed up? What compiler error do you get when you try to use it in C#? When you say "the object browser is unable to read it" what does that mean?
For what it's worth, I added this to a F# library project, referenced it (project) from a C# console app, and was able to use it. IntelliSense did not work at first though. (Had to rebuild.)
If you can make a solid repro, I'd suggest emailing it to F# bugs alias (fsbugs).
I tried the same thing. It looks as if Visual Studio and Resharper 4.0 doesn't understand F# for some reason. If you ignore the sea of red text and the lack of intellisense, it will compile fine.
Try
Make sure that C# project is targeted FULL .NET (NOT Client Profile).
Add references to assemblies into C# project which are used by F# project.

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