Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools 18.12.1606

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dotnet add package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools --version 18.12.1606
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools -Version 18.12.1606
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="18.12.1606">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools" Version="18.12.1606" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools">
  <PrivateAssets>all</PrivateAssets>
  <IncludeAssets>runtime; build; native; contentfiles; analyzers</IncludeAssets>
</PackageReference>
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools --version 18.12.1606
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools, 18.12.1606"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools@18.12.1606
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools&version=18.12.1606
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools&version=18.12.1606
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

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There are no supported framework assets in this package.

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NuGet packages (5)

Showing the top 5 NuGet packages that depend on Microsoft.VSSDK.BuildTools:

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Visual Studio Extensibility Framework SDK tools, contains tooling for building out of process extensions.
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Allows consuming VSIX manifest properties from code, as well as MSBuild project properties from the VSIX manifest. For example: partial class ThisAssembly { public static partial class Vsix { public const string Id = "MyVsix"; } } or <PackageManifest Version="2.0.0" ...> <Metadata> <Identity Id="|%CurrentProject%;VsixId|" Version="|%CurrentProject%;VsixVersion|" Language="|%CurrentProject%;VsixLanguage|" Publisher="|%CurrentProject%;VsixPublisher|" /> <DisplayName>|%CurrentProject%;VsixDisplayName|</DisplayName> <Description>|%CurrentProject%;VsixDescription|</Description> </Metadata> ... </PackageManifest>
Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workspace.Extensions.VS

Package Description
CallGraphAnalyzer1945

Roslyn-based analyzer to generate method call graphs from C# solutions.

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