using NuGet in VS 2017 with X# - easy ?!

[Phil Hepburn]

Hi guys,

In at least one of the Forum topic areas I seem to remember reading about the issues some of our colleagues were having with NuGet and their VS X# projects.

Well, this post is good news to you as it suggests an easy way to get around the NuGet problem until Fabrice sorts out the VS 2017 integration of X# into the IDE.

Lets start with a picture of success - here below is a new XSharp solution/project with the required MVVM Light assemblies used in the Reference section of the SE pane :-

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For the moment I will assume that you know how to use NuGet with C#, when the IDE works as Microsoft intended it to. But a couple of images won't go amiss anyhow ;-0)

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I opened a new C# solution/project and then used the right click context menu to access the NuGet pages.

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Search for MVVMlight (as an example of what you may be looking for).

Install what is found in the search :-

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There are more dialog boxes/screens than I show here but they are very simple and straightforward :-

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After a bit of this and that (not long) we get a C# new sample SE pane with the assemblies referenced - just like that ...... :-

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So now all we need do is ..... YES, you have guessed it, open up the XSharp new solution/project and go to add a new / extra reference - then us the 'Add Reference' dialog to navigate to the correct folder in the C# sample :-

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Use the 'packages' folder to find the correct DLLs :-

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After a few more little and simple dialogs we see this in the folder called 'net45' :-

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Then simply multiple select and click OK. And the whole process takes only a minute or two, depending on your speed and/or experience.

So you can do this now in VS 2017, and for any app and for any new X# project.

I suggest you keep one C# solution for downloading any of the NuGet stuff - and - it is not only DLLs you get in a one-off manner, but the NuGet system will inform you of version updates. You may have to periodically go into the NuGet system/screen, I haven't tested that part as yet.

I chose MVVMlight (MvvmLight) simply because I am about to use it quite soon, in one of my own apps.

I hope this helps a few of you new to VS - its actually much simpler to use than many of you think or believe!

Regards, 
Phil.
Wales, UK.

[robert]

Phil,

Nuget support will be included in the next build.
It is working on my machine.

Robert

[Phil Hepburn]

Great to hear that Robert ;-0)

I know that this task / job of keeping VS integration in sync with Microsoft's frequent new releases is a huge and difficult task - BUT - it is and will be appreciated by those that need to use VS.

So thanks for trying - you and your team.

Have a nice weekend,
Phil.
Wales, UK.